Romeo Charlie 2012 Awards!

It is  with great pride for me to receive this award from the Romeo Charlie International DX Group HQ.  The group HQ has selected Operators from all over the world to receive this and I am honored to be chosen among the 5.

I wish to thank my QSLM for the huge support and I will keep on being an active member of the group.
I hope I get gold next year!

New Members From 79 Division

We have recently added 4 new members to our roster in 79 Division. On behalf of the Romeo Charlie International DX Group I would like to welcome the following:

79RC011   Op.  Reni
70RC131   Op.  Rolando
79RC621   Op.  Alvin
79RC731   Op.  Arden


Watch out for these callsigns as they will be making noise on 555 soon!

Goodluck and good DX guys!

Propagation

Propagation on 79 division has been very poor since June. All I hear are stations from 153, 91, 25, and some local operators. Not too much activity on my part. Since prop has been that bad, I am working on 40M and 2 M daily. local qso. I recently rx'ed qsl cards from station I contacted last May here on 79. I will be posting the cards soon. anyway, I hope propagations improve soon. I will be off to work again and I might be inactive since I might not be going to 89 Division.

47PL122

I received a nasty email from this operator. he called me a "little bandit" because i was not able to send him a post card for his wife direct from 89. he did however rx my qsl card direct from 89. I sent him an envelope without asking for any contribution. just like I did with other operators i who received qsl direct from 89 outside Romeo Charlie QSL Management. in my effort to please this guy, I promised to send him the postcard sometime later as soon as possible. I guess he couldn't wait and just send the email calling me a "LITTLE BANDIT".

This is a notice for all of you that 47PL122 does not care of security issues in some divisions. all he cares is getting QSL and Post card direct. He does not have any respect for QSL Managers because he insists on getting QSL's  direct from contacts.

I am very disappointed by his behavior and I resent him calling me a bandit since I never asked for any contribution from him. I spent my own money on the card I designed and made myself and went to the post office to mail it myself despite security risks that may arise. He is the person who benefited for all the trouble i went through and he has the gall to call me a bandit? what a clown.

I hope operators who read this will keep away from 47PL122. he is not an operator i wish to qso with again.

79RC003 active in the Philippines

Now that I am back in 79 Div., I m active daily on t5. my qsl manager is still Stephane. I am using a 100 watt transceiver with a vertical antenna. my 4 el yagi is still under works and hopefully will be ready soon. Looking forward to contacts soon on the air.

73's

89RC0 Summary

1124 logged contacts.

74 Divisions Worked from January 6-23 and March 11-April 22, 2012

1,2,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18,19,20,21,22,23,26,29,30,31,32,34,35,37,39,42,43,44,45,

46,47,54,56,67,68,69,73,75,78,88,91,93,94,102,104,106,108,109,119,122,136,143,153,158,161,163,165,

168,173,195,196,201,205,207,233,327,328,329,344,347,348.

Most operators Worked in a Single Division: France with 307 contacts.

1 Maritime mobile station worked.

8 incomplete QRZ.

14?I107, 14IR448?, ?AT213, 14??021, 2WT475?, 109?A027, 31??001, 161AT427?

89RC0 LOG UPDATE

The 89RC0 Log is updated today. April 22 ,2012.
Many thanks to all stations worked. Today was extra special because i worked 2 new Divisions in my log. 43  and 42.

I hope to make more contacts in the remaining days of this activation.

73's

89RC0 QSL TO 14RC001

PACKAGE I SENT TO 14RC001

79RC003 on air again soon!!

89RC0 activation is nearly ended. I'm still trying everyday to get some more stations logged for a last chance contact with this activation. I hope the propagation improves this weekend.

On another note, I will be active on air again soon as 79RC003. after a long absence in the 11 meter DX, I hope my call will be heard all over the world again. it has been almost 14 years since i went QRT.
I hope to meet old DX friends and new ones soon.

Romeo Charlie 79 Division will be heard more on the band.  We have recently added 79RC100 Mr. Jonathan and Andy, 79RC104. There will be more additions in the 79 RC roster. Currently this is the   79 Romeo Charlie Line up:

> 79 RC 003 Mark
> 79 RC 010 Dennis,
> 79 RC 100 Jonathan
> 79 RC 101 Rio
> 79 RC 102 Jimbo, PHILIPPINES COORDINATOR
> 79 RC 103 Hector,
> 79 RC 104 Andy
> 79 RC 170 Seth,

I hope you work all these stations soon. Jimbo, the Coordinator for the Philippines will be setting up his antenna for 11 meter soon. he is currently active in the HAM bands.

89RC0 QSL Cards

Stephane 14RC001, the QSL Manager for 89RC0 has announced that the first batch of QSL Cards are ready for sending tomorrow. This is great news for everyone that has sent qsl and received by Stephane. Aside from this, I personally sent a card from 89 Division to a few random contacts and RC members who used the Romeo Charlie callsign when I got their call. So to all those who will receive a card from me, kindly post it on your websites or in any website and help in validating my activity in 89.
 RC Activations are and has always been the most exciting in the 11 meter world. I hope that my activation has lived up to those standards. Just keep checking out this site and the Romeo Charlie Website for future exciting activations by the Romeo Charlie International DX Group. 73's Mark 79RC003/89RC0

34RC/AF 004

I got lucky today!! Propagation was bad at 89 today but the gods of the Sporadic E layer was kind enough to let me have contact with Francisco, 34RC229. I am the very first to get a progressive number, 1A. I hope his activation will be a big success. So Francisco, I wish you all the best and many contacts for the 34RC/AF 004 activation!!!

34RC/AF 004

34RC/AF 004

From 15/04/2012 to 15/07/2012

To 500 prog. (5 operators / 100 prog. by operator)

Operators list :

- 34RC011 Suso – letter S (Tenerife isl.)
- 34RC014 Juan – letter N (Gran Canaria isl.)
- 34RC025 José – letter R (Gran Canaria isl.)
- 34RC101 Juan José – letter J (Hierro isl.)
- 34RC229 Fran – letter A (Lanzarote isl.) QSL Manager: 34 RC 229
FRANCISCO A.
P.O.BOX – 65
35509 PLAYA HONDA (LANZAROTE)
ISLAS CANARIAS – ESPAÑA
34rc229@gmail.com
Ea8cyh@gmail.com
Contribution:
• Operators from Spain (30,34,49 and 106) : 1 SASE
• Operators from Europe : 1 SAE + 1 IRC or 1$
• Operators outside of Europe : 1 SAE + 1 IRC or 2$
Also possible by PAYPAL to : ea8cyh@gmail.com

Please write :  Prog./Call-sign/address • 1,5€ or 2$ to operators in Europe and outside Europe

• 1€ to spanish operators

BE SURE YOU ARE ONE OF THE 500 CONTACTS!!!  

THIS CARD IS ANOTHER "MUST HAVE" FROM THE RC GROUP

89RC0 QSL CARDS

back side of 89RC0 QSL

Great news!!! The 89RC0 QSL Cards has just been Delivered to Stephane 14RC001. He announced that he will soon start sending out the cards to all stations that QSL'ed the 89RC0 activation. So better check you mailboxes soon!!!

Please visit the Romeo Charlie Facebook page for more info.

I hope you you receive the card soon. This will surely be a valuable addition to your QSL collection.

73's

PROP in 89

Prop is not so good tonight. I only worked 3 stations. 3SAB001 Michael, 29WT200 Nick and 168AT116 Beth.

All of them were 5 x 3 just riding above the QRN. There are generators around where I am transmitting from so there's nothing i can do about it .

Anyway, I'm still on 555 listening. seems that the qrn is out but  I'm not keeping my hopes up just yet.
I'll be on air daily but my times will be shorter. I can't air around 1100 utc anymore. only from 1500 utc till.

Just keep your ears on towards 89 and maybe we'll get lucky.

73's

89RC0

Well, this is the last month that 89RC0 will be active on the air. My name is Mark by the way, and my call is 79RC003. It has been fun operating the 89RC0 activation. I have made lots of QSO's and friends. 

Over the past 3 months that I operated, (I skipped February due to work commitments) I have had some very easy contacts, but most were really hard ones. I have made errors on callsigns and I apologize for that. I also wish to say I'm sorry for those of whom  I couldn't copy. My antenna system is only a dipole so my range is quite limited. Regardless of excellent propagation conditions, the dipole I use isn't just good enough for the job. My biggest hope is that this activation be a success when it comes to QSL's. So far the response is not up to what I imagined it would be. So if any one I talked to should read this; please QSL if you haven't. QSL cards are a lot better than posting it on cluster or posting that you have made contact with any station over a blog. 

Anyway, I do hope to make more new contacts until the end of this activation. I wish to say thanks to all the stations I worked, and to all who already sent their QSL cards please expect a return in the coming weeks. And to all still thinking about sending theirs... thank you still.

 My next activation should be in 79 Division sometime soon. 

For now, I wish you all the best and good luck on your DX'ing. May the PROP be with you!!