Gino,
Congrats on your ATNO!
Which way was your antenna pointed? LP or SP? I think as our days are getting longer and the nights shorter, the openings to that part of the world will start to be SP at around this time. I was listening for him via the LP yesterday, but got not a single decode. This morning I was waiting for him with my antenna pointed SP and it was an easy QSO.
Marvin VE3VEE