[ADXA] CQ WW DX CW, ZD9 confirmations?

[J. Setcer]

Thank You Charles for reminding me to OQRS ZD9W. My contact info matched
with theirs.
I sent them five Euros via PayPal.
It will be an ATNO for me when they confirm.
- QJ

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM k5cs <mail.k5cs at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The op for ZD9W was YL2GN, the same operator as VK9XY and soon to be
> VK9CY.  He's apparently too busy running around the southern hemisphere
> to bother with QSLs.  I don't think he has a QSL manager so all the
> contacts from all his DXpeditions will probably wait until he gets home
> someday.  It's funny...LoTW and Clublog have spoiled us by not having to
> wait a year or more to get confirmations via the buro.  Personally, I'm
> not-so-waiting for ZD9W & VK9XY for a pair of ATNO's.
>
> -Charles, K5CS
>
>
> On 11/27/2023 5:17 PM, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> > I just cruised for new band counters during the contest. Activity was
> > amazing on 10 meters and I occasionally wanted to try to run a bunch
> > of Europeans, but that is not the goal now.  I worked 16 new band
> > counters and made several observations.
> >
> > Conditions were so hot on the higher bands that things seemed pretty
> > lackluster on 160 thru 40.  I guess people wore themselves out on the
> > high bands, and they were also open way into the night.  My noise
> > level is high, but I have been hearing OK and there didn't seem to be
> > as many stations on compared to other years.  On 80M, I tried  P3, 7O,
> > etc, but the European wall was impossible to break through.  I did
> > work a few new Europeans but anything desired by EU was out of reach
> > for me.  40 was full of stations, but I didn't find much I needed.
> >
> > I usually try to get ZF5T on all bands but missed out on 20 and 160
> > somehow.  160 was tough.  I have an inverted-L with a single elevated
> > radial and thought I would get a few SA/CA/Carib stations, but not
> > much success.  I worked ZF1A but that's about all on 160.
> >
> > Spotting, at least on DX Summit, seems to be pretty slim during
> > contests.  I never find it to be too helpful, but RBN was more useful
> > if I had a target in mind.  Otherwise, it was doing it the old
> > fashioned way, turning the knob.
> >
> > Has anyone received confirmation from ZD9W?  I sent my OQRS on 10-22.
> > He is probably waiting until the other stops are finished before
> > confirming.  Not that I'm anxious or anything, but that will be 6 new
> > band counters for me.  I'll get a few from H44WA, 7O73T, XW4DX, PR0T,
> > VK9XY, and others when OQRS opens up for them.
> >
> > I may have to think about actually working the ARRL CW DX contest in
> > 2024.  10M would be a hoot.  I could do it at the BAT station with QRO
> > power and do 10M single band.  I could even get a little sleep that
> > way.....something to think about, and that's probably all I will do...
> >
> > 73,
> > Dennis/RZ
> >
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