Blimey!  more spots than an unwashed teenager!

Very interesting article on chasing DX slots when you don't have a massive station.

http://qrznow.com/25-dxing-tips-little-guy/

Callsign	160	80	60	40	30	20	17	15	12	10	6	4	2	70	23	13	Total	Slots
MI0OIM	0	41	4	69	31	122	61	48	55	97	0	0	5	1	0	0	150	534

So, this morning's contact on 40m with VK9DLX on Lord Howe Island marks a threshold as my 150th DXCC worked.

next big step will be 100 on 10m. 

bring it on!!

Propogation is playing it's silly tricks again.

right now, 40m is as dead as Hector

a few inter G contacts but nothing any further an nothing that isn't a strain to hear

and yet an hour ago I contacted the DXpedition on Lord Howe Island on the far side of Australia.

What is THAT about!?

Propogation confuses me.

OK, its the summer and things are flat.

but why can I contact Brazil in the depth of winter?

surely its summer THERE?

in the last month across the bands things have been quiet, with not much more than Europe and the far north of Africa reaching my far western European QTH.  and yet twice on 40m I've been shocked, when calling CQ on a very lonely 40m to have California K6SIK(in the afternoon) and then Australia VK3XUF (early morning) answer my call.

I'm GRATEFUL, but confused.

Ah well, this is what keeps it interesting....

its like you can buy fish in a supermarket.  you know what you'll get, and how much it'll cost, and yet lots of folk still go down to the waters edge and drop a line in there just to see what takes a bite.