On the afternoon of 28. October around 1700 UTC I heard ZL3IX on Top Band.

This is the first time in history that a station from New Zealand is heard in Iceland on 160 meters.

I called him a couple of times and it seems that he was alerted to my presence and he called a few times QRZ TF but did not hear me and then he disappeared.

This was incredibly exciting and raises hopes that a contact may be possible in the future.

I recorded the event:

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I have been hearing VK9DWX in Willis Island near Australia, with fairly good signals for several afternoons.   I have called and called and it appears that the DXpedition had severe receiving problems with S9 Plus noise.
This afternoon, they were stronger than ever, a real 589 signal and I dropped my call three times and to my big surprise they came right back to me.
Unfortunately, I had not started recording at the time I worked VK9DWX, but I went on to call CQ and made 58 QSOs with JA that night.
You may listen to the recordings of the entire event.

Recording starts at approximately 18:12Z.
The following DX stations are recorded in this file:
JA7OEM, UA9KAA, RW0CR, JK1OPL, JA1MRM, JH2UVL, JA7AKQ, JA1UQP, JH1HDT, JM2RUV, JG3IWL, JE1SSE, JA4LXY, JA7BXS, JA1EOD, JA0GJJ and JA1SYY

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This recording is from 19:21Z to 20:21Z and contains QSOs with the following DX stations:

JA7KY, JA4CQS, JH1TWT, JR3GWZ, JA1CNM, JA3FYC, JA7KY, JF2KOZ, JA0RUG, JA7FUJ, UA0SR, JA2XYO, JQ2VVH, UA0BA, JR3VXR, JA2EPW, JH7PFD, JK1GKG, JA0DBQ, JR1IJV, JA6HUG, JE7JDL, JF3KON, JR6EZE, JA6BZI, JH6WMJ, JH1CHA, JR3IIR, JA3PIS, JA0MVW, 7N2KRX, JH1NYM and JF1EGO

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The last recording is from 20:21Z to 2119Z and contains the following DX QSOs.:
JA1DOF, JA3TJA, JA8FKO, JH4ADV, JA8BKM, JA3ONB, JA1FNA, JA0ED, JH3VNC, RV0AR, JA7AKH, JW7QIA, RW9WA, EY8MM and JH4IFF.

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This afternoon was one of the highest points in my life.  Can this get even better?

I believe so, when the BIG TX vertical is built near the sea, and the 9 new Beverage directions are connected it will be even better.  What a pleasure!
I received a recording made by JA3FYC of our QSO.  He was running only 100 Watts.

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I heard VK3LZ with reasonable signals for a while but not well enough for a QSO.

Seven JA stations made it into the log:

JN4MIV, JQ2VVH, JA7ZP, JA7QVI, JQ3DUE, JH2RMU and JA8ISU.

JJ2LPV, JH0INP, JA9KRO and JE7JDL were heard and responded to, but did not make it into the log.

This is a recording of the whole session.

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JA7QVI sent me a recording of our QSO – it is interesting to compare the recordings made in Japan and Iceland.

This is the QSO as recorded in Japan

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This is the QSO recorded in Iceland.

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This is a recording of the QSO with JA8ISU

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It seems quite clear that my reception is of world class quality, but transmit side needs improvement.