Friends in Friedrichshafen

With YO2MAB – George With VE3LYC – Cezar, YO6YLJ – Nicoleta and LB9HI – Mihai With YO3RU – Carol With YO9XC – Ovidiu and YO3HTC – Gigi With E21EIC – Champ and his wife With A41CK – Khalid and A41CS – Saud who says that he is half Romanian (because he has a Romanian wife)…

Friedrichshafen Here I Come!

Ham Radio – 2023 So, I got lucky. Shortly after the Dayton Hamvention I am traveling with my friend YO8DHA – Dorin to the annual meeting of hams on the shore of Bodensee. It is too expensive to take a ride with the Zeppelin but riding the flea market is always a pleasure. And it can…

RSGB FT4 – 2023 Contest 4/9

RSGB FT4 – 2023 Contest 4/9 You cannot have all you want. That’s for sure in each and every way. And you all know this very well. My last example for this is the 4th event of this year’s RSGB FT4 Contest. Sad, but true, I was not able to participate. But ….. the reason…

I’ve met a lot of friends in Dayton

Long Island DX Association Adrian – KO8SCA with Steve – N2AJ At Long Island DXA with John – W2GW, Walter – W2TE and “9M2-Margaret” wife of N2AJ YO8PS with Axel – DL6KVA in Grand Central, NY YO8PS with Axel – DL6KVA on the boat to Liberty Island YO8PS with Axel – DL6KVA on Liberty Island…

Dayton 2023 – Flea Market glimpses

A walk into the Flea Market Unlike the previous year, now the weather was very fine and walking the Flea Market was a real pleasure. Lots of items from the Dark Ages up to now, lots of great people. Only strange thing was that a lot of hams asked me what country “YO” stands for.…

Hello IARU

Hello IARU ! One of the highlights of my participation in Hamvention 2023 was meeting the leaders of our international union. Tim VE6SH – President and Joel W5ZN – Secretary were very kind to spend few moments together with me. 73s de Sorin

With a big help from Adrian

With a big help from Adrian – KO8SCA    My dream of visiting Hamvention 2023 wouldn’t be possible without the big help from Adrian – KO8SCA who said very few but powerful words to me when I’ve asked him for some guidance on traveling and accommodation:  Don’t need to worry! Just come over to New York…

YBDXPI FT8 Contest 2022

YBDXPI FT8 Contest – 2022 This time Alex – LY1R – came ahead of me, taking the World #1 place, leaving me with the Europe’s winner place.  Exactly opposite to what I did to him in the earlier Batavia FT8 Contest. Anyway, Alex is a great competitor and I hope to meet him in future…

RSGB FT4 Contest 2022

RSGB FT4 Contest – 2022 This year, again, I’ve came third. But this time in the 100W category, going up from last year’s 10W category. It was a nice but, sometimes, a difficult competition. I still need to learn how PJ4DX manages to make more than the maximum  theoretical 120 QSOs in 90 minutes, but…

Batavia FT8 Contest

Number 1 in the World    Today, my birthday begun with a nice surprise: receiving the final results from the Batavia FT8 Contest.    In preliminary results I saw some stations being ahead of me in terms of points but, after the needed crosschecking, it came out that I am the first in the world.…