Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Diamond DXCC 2012

Just received DDXCC certificate confirming contacts with 100 DX entities from 1932 DXCC list.


What a joy chasing the rare ones with some historical significance that too with mere 50W from a urban jungle full of RFI! .

Setup:
5 band completely homebrewed Hexxabeam : This one is real winner which got my country total for 2012 to 130+.(from March to Sept). Looking for CQWW for sweeping some more DX from Africa and Caribbean.

Yaesu 857 trx with modified Creative headset and foot switch interface box.

See you on air
73s Kiran

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