From: dxcoffee@alt119.net.remove-jyq-this   
      
   20 March 2017   
      
   Laurent F5IXR informs DxCoffee Readers:   
      
   "Hello,   
      
   Some news from Mali, I';m still active and would be active until 2019 minimum   
   so bother to want to break the pile-up anyway, if not for this time it will be   
   for a next time.   
      
   I';m currently active on 40, 20, 17, 12, 10 M and CW basically because it';s   
   the easiest for me because I only have 100W and a simple dipole. I cannot work   
   on 80 and 15 M with the ICOM7300 it doesn't automatic tune. I plan to bring   
   back a manual tuning    
   box the next time I go to France to solve the problem.   
      
   For the 160M with 100W, I do not know if it';s really worth it, all the   
   stations I heard have much better traffic conditions and I heard them 55. I   
   will try anyway in the future to find an antenna adequate to my QTH but it   
   seems complicated. I have an    
   amplifier that should arrive in the middle of the year, only 300W output but   
   it will be better than nothing.   
      
   About me, I am not a DX expedition. I practice radio in my free time, often   
   after a busy day. The QSL is free via buro, just have patience. Those who send   
   F5MXH directly to receive it faster are asked to participate as usual. For   
   LOTW, we will upload    
   once we have received a significant number of QSLs to avoid too many errors in   
   uploaded logs. I stopped the radio for more than 15 years, the recovery was   
   difficult, but it';s like cycling, it does not get lost! and no problem   
   anymore.   
      
   So I ask a little patience for some OM, when I start a call sign, I like to   
   concretize it, even if I have him repeat 20 times his calling code, often   
   drowned in the QRM because I am stubborn.   
      
   ÿI would do a recording soon so that you can realize how difficult it is   
   sometimes to hear the stations even with all the filters and accessories just   
   because the QRM level is such that it is impossible to eliminate it but I do   
   with and I am applying to    
   get the call signs in the noise.   
      
   When the propagation is present, it completely changes the way of trafficking   
   since I manage to reach the 150 QSO per hour without any problem. There are   
   some good sporadic openings on 10M sometimes just for an hour, but surprising.   
      
   I am also surprised by the number of double in my log. I am currently at 5700   
   QSO registered and I have 259 double? Often always the same stations that   
   contacted me in the month 7 or 8 times on the same bands, what is the interest   
   ? They insist in the    
   pile-up as it was the first time, I am obliged to answer them to release the   
   frequency of their call, because often they have big stations.   
      
   Some news about the modes, I just configure the RTTY and I would do some QSOs   
   soon. Thank you for being indulgent, I have never done before! Hi!   
      
   Good traffic to all and best 73's,   
      
   TZ5XR Laurent   
      
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   16 May 2016   
      
   Laurent F5IXR informs DxCoffee Readers:   
      
   "Hi DxCoffee readers,   
      
   It is not an expedition, but my work, and i should stay in Mali for one year   
   with some periods in France. I will go back in france on 1stÿ June and come   
   back in malia 5 july until 12 august.   
      
   Regards."   
      
   Laurent   
      
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   14 May 2016   
      
   Laurent F5IXRÿis nowÿactive from Mali as TZ5XRÿuntil 2 June 2016.   
      
   QSL via F5MXH, LoTW.   
      
   http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2017/tz5xr-mali/   
      
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