Guinea-Bissau (J5UAP)

I have just received this nice eQSL for a QSO I made last week on the 20m band with J5UAP from Guinea-Bissau.
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is located in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.
It covers nearly 37,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,600,000. Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea, upon independence, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name to prevent confusion with the Republic of Guinea. The country's per-capita gross domestic product is one of the lowest in the world.
Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, part of the Mali Empire; parts of this kingdom persisted until the eighteenth century, while others were part of the Portuguese Empire. Portuguese Guinea was known also, from its main economic activity, as the Slave Coast.

Senegal: No. 21 with the PRC-320 and 68 overall

The Senegalese station 6V7T operated by Luc (F5RAV) has finally been awarded Authenticity Garanteed status by eQSL, so they now count for eQSL awards. This QSO makes the 21st country validly confirmed with my PRC-320 and the 68th country overall.
Luc was in La Somone, Senegal, from 18 February to 1 March, 2010, and will be back on the air again as 6V7T again at the end of October. At http://www.le-calao.com/ you can find information about lodging opportunities in Senegal that include the option to use an amateur radio shack that can accommodate several stations.

Malta with the 320 on 15m (9H5SN)

This is a video os a QSO on the 15m band with Maltese station 9H5SN (operator Marco) from Mosta.

Mosta (or Il-Mosta) is a town situated in the middle of the island of Malta, to the north-west of Valletta. It has a population of 19,018 people (Dec 2007).
Mosta boasts the third largest unsupported dome in the World [1] dedicated to the Assumption. The Feast of the Assumption is held on August 15 and it is a public holiday. The church is also known as the Rotunda of St Marija Assunta. On 9 April 1942, the church was nearly destroyed during World War 2. An Axis bomb pierced the dome of the church but failed to explode. The detonator was removed and a replica bomb is now displayed as a memorial.

Greece with the 320 (SV2CXI)

This is a video of a QSO with Greek station SV2CXI (Kostas) on the 15m band. I made this QSO immediately after the tests I made with Alex (ON4FB).

As you can see, the weather was not as good as the propagation. These days we have just the opposite phenomenon: good weather and awful propagation.

Testing the PRC-320 on 40m USB

Here you have some videos of the tests I made with a colleague from Belgium on 40m USB last Friday. As you can see on the following video, we also tried 20m but without success.

Then we decided to go back to 40m USB and test his PRC-320. First we used the 100W power amplifier and then we tried the standard 30W output.

We also tried different antennas for the PRC-320. All in all it was a difficult test because there was strong QRM from other stations.