Dennis, K7BV, was active again this year from San Andres Island as 5J0BV. This is a difficult path and last year (as 5J0M) he was worked in The Netherlands by only 2 or 3 stations. Today was his last day being active from the island. What a sheer luck that it opened to W-Europe. Extremely spotty opening though. I was busy in the house and just happened to walk into the shack to see on the ON4KST chat that Dennis was on and being heard with short burst in my area.
After a while his CW signal came suddenly out of the noise. Apparently nobody else could hear him at that time. He came back to my call, gave 569 and I could quickly QSL and give him 559 TU => in the log as #202 !! Then he disappeared into the noise and I never heard him again except for a few dots and dashes. Thank god he was in CW. Think about the mess when he would have been in SSB … Thanks Dennis !!
Phew, talking about keeping your nerve together … But that’s 6m DXing alright !
[Edit 08-Jul-2009] Just received an e-mail from Dennis stating:
Enno,
Thank you for being one of my last QSOs from the island. I had to QRT very soon after our contact. The QSB was very very deep that final morning.
Again, thanks for the QSO!
73
Dennis K7BV
