a day of Netherlands QSOs with a few others thrown in!

notable stations were OP1V/M with his 1600 watt linear in the car.....
PI4C which is the CRASH 40-45 Air War and Resistance Museum in the Netherlands, operated by PA3BOH who I spoke to yesterday operating under his own call,  and DL0DPM which was Clubstation Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt.

RA6ABO	Russia
F4GFT	France
DL3LAH	Germany
DL0DPM	Germany
UR4MU	Ukraine
PD4SRL	Netherlands
PD0MGX	Netherlands
PA3GHI	Netherlands
SP6CRZ	Poland
RD3N	Russia
SM0EAD	Sweden
OP1V/M	Belgium
EA1BYQ	Spain
PI4C	Netherlands
PD4SAM	Netherlands
IK5JXR	Italy
OK3PJ	Czech Rep
LA7DK	Norway
PD1JKS	Netherlands
LA4URA	Norway
UR4EF	Ukraine

a load of QSOs today, including 2 US stations, and a repeat contact with Russian RA3PA.

spotted a quirk with QRZ.  if the station isn't registered, then the address obviously isn't in the database.  yet there's still a distance given..... I ASSUME that this is the middle of the country?  dunno, but the stations working from outside their own country with another national prefix still get a distance on QRZ.......

anyway, several times over the last few days I've heard KB2UZY calling CQ and handling pileups.  I'v tried but not got through.  today, I had my CQ answered by a KB station and fed the call into QRZ and lo and behold a bunch of photos that look very familiar!!  Nice one!!

YU175SB	Serbia
DF9JL	Germany
F1FJR	France
PD0LDX	Netherlands
PD4K	Netherlands
ON5LS	Belgium
OZ1CIW	Denmark
LA3CSA	Norway
KB2UZY	USA MA
PA3BOH	Netherlands
I1OOU	Italy
PD0MNF	Netherlands
ON3KP	Belgium
SM5CQR	Sweden
YO9APK	Romania
DF1JM	Germany
DF8VP	Germany
DL8FFI	Germany
F4EOP	France
IW2NYG	Italy
IZ5OHJ	Italy
PD2ND	Netherlands
PA2FBN	Netherlands
ON5PK	Belgium
DJ7BS	Germany
K2WY	USA NY
RA3QPK	Russia
DJ4OA	Germany
DN5NC	Germany
OH1JTL	Finland
CT/SM5XW	Portugal
IZ2YJK	Italy
DF2NH	Germany

and the top ten distance chart has two new entries!

PT0S	St Peter & St Paul Rocks	3943
KC9KBB	USA IL	3869
W8PT	USA OH	3414
5N4EAM	Nigeria	3372
RC9O	Russia	3297
N2NC	USA NJ	3206
K2WCT	USA NJ	3184
K2QBV	USA NY	3152
K2WY	USA NY	3096
KB2UZY	USA MA	3052

US states worked chart is as follows.....

WB1GQR	USA VT
W8PT	USA OH
K2QBV	USA NY
K2WY	USA NY
N2NC	USA NJ
K2WCT	USA NJ
KB1CSI	USA NH
KB2UZY	USA MA
K1RAW	USA MA
KB1VXH	USA MA
W1KBN	USA MA
KC9KBB	USA IL

So, thats 7 worked. 

only 43 to go!!

Not a record breaking day, but a load of  good QSOs around Europe.  I dropped down onto 40m for a while and had my CQ answered by MX0SSW which was a teacher in a school radio club.  it was approaching break time and he asked me would i mind staying around and talking to a few newly licenced m6 kids..... OF COURSE I would!  great kids and of course I filled an envelope with QSL cards to send off IMMEDIATELY!!

PD1RA	Netherlands
DJ1ND	Germany
DF1QA	Germany
IZ8PNF	Italy
CT1GTP	Portugal
PA3ATD	Netherlands
DC6FW	Germany
PD1BM	Netherlands
MX0SSW	England
M6CWW	England
M6LPN	England
LA7RHA	Norway
OZ6LN	Denmark
DL9GUL	Germany
DG8OP/M	Germany
PD3TRU	Netherlands
ON5GQ	Belgium
F7BBD	France
IK8TGH	Italy
LY8BV	Lithuania
IZ3TXM	Italy
DL3MN	Germany
IZ3XKU	Italy

only a little time on the air today, but it was competition day again and there were a million stations screaming out and then swamping each other with QRM.

I had a few chats here and there, but I did answer a few of the contest folks.

last weeks contest had a number that had to be given, which was the number of QSOs that that station had had in the competition so far.  I answered one of the contest CQs and gave my call and a number I made up just to keep him happy.  he said I was wrong!!!  didn't I mean 27?  apparently this weekends competition wanted you to add your ITU zone.  ho hum!

any way, today's QSOs listed below.

UR5ZFU	Ukraine
DL9KT	Germany
OZ8CTH	Denmark
DL7DON	Germany
DK4WO	Germany
RA3QPK	Russia
F5OBI	France
WB1GQR	USA VT
N2NC	USA NJ

and the distance top 10 has yet another new entry!!

PT0S	St Peter & St Paul Rocks	3943
KC9KBB	USA IL	3869
W8PT	USA OH	3414
5N4EAM	Nigeria	3372
RC9O	Russia	3297
N2NC	USA NJ	3206
K2WCT	USA NJ	3184
K2QBV	USA NY	3152
K1RAW	USA MA	3000
KB1VXH	USA MA	2996

and WB1GQR makes it to #12.  I'm getting further all the time!

some competition on today with loads of stations calling for the rubber stamp QSOs.

Somehow I managed to get a couple of nice chats with folks through the mayhem.

todays contacts....

DJ3ST	Germany
LA8MOA	Norway
DD9WL	Germany
EA4EED	Spain
PA0AWZ	Netherlands
PD1TV	Netherlands
ON5YS	Belguim
DK7IF	Germany
9A5D	Croatia
UT3QD	Ukraine
RC9O	Russia
DL41AL	Germany
RC6U	Russia
F4GHB	France
PD0GBS	Netherlands
IZOTTE	Italy
LY2BIS	Lithuania
OH1WZ	Finland

and a new entry at #5 in the distance charts!!

PT0S	St Peter & St Paul Rocks	3943
KC9KBB	USA IL	3869
W8PT	USA OH	3414
5N4EAM	Nigeria	3372
RC9O	Russia	3297
K2WCT	USA NJ	3184
K2QBV	USA NY	3152
K1RAW	USA MA	3000
KB1VXH	USA MA	2996
W1KBN	USA MA	2986