PRC-320: QSO with EA8FC (Canary Islands)

I have made another QSO with the Canary Islands using the PRC-320 and a 4m-long military whip on the 20m band. José Antonio (EA8FC) gave me a report of 5 by 5 and also let me listen to a recording of my transmission.

The PRC-320 headset seems to be working alright.

Testing the Clansman headset

Today I went to Monte de San Pedro in order to test the Clansman headset with some DX work and the result was very satisfactory.
It was late already and the 20m band was only open to the West, but I was able to make a couple of QSOs with the Canary Islands (Manolo - EA8CEQ - from La Palma and Orlando - EA8CCQ from Gran Canaria), one with the US (Rich - W8VS from Michigan), and one with the neighboring town of Ferrol (Diego - EA1GWL).
The one in the picture is me with the Clansman headset. It was really cold outside.

8Q7CE from the Maldives

I have just chatted with Cezar (YO8TLC), who is already on Feydhoo Island, Addu Atoll, where he will be active as 8Q7CE until 25 January. Holiday style operation on 40m, 30m and 20m bands, mainly CW and some SSB.
He has just finished installing his antenna and made his first QSO with UN9GD. His working condition consists of a Yaesu FT857 at 100W, a manual MFJ971 antenna tuner and a vertical multiband antenna (Rybakov style with 10m fiber glass mast).
His QSL manager will be EB7DX. Luckily, he will also upload his log to eQSL.

The refurbished PRC-320

This is a picture of my PRC-320 in its current form after receiving a new hand o paint and new screws.
I have also installed some rubber feet on the upper and lower sides of the transceiver so that it does not scratch the table. They also help to hold the rig in place when using the hand crank generator.

Morocco: The country no. 64 (CN8YE)

I have just receive the eQSL for a QSO with CN8YE, which represents the country number 64 for my eDX award. The QSO was in SSB on the 15-meter band, which is probably my favourite and for DX. I am using it more often now that I have the Yaesu FC-40 autotuner and I can move from one band to another very quickly. My 4m-long military whip works fine on that band.