Today’s mail brought me the QSL card of CO8LY.
My country totals on 160m are now 169 Worked, 163 Confirmed.
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Just before going to sleep, I decided to check 160 meters.
Only one very faint signal was heard on the whole band and a closer listen revealed that it was 9L5MS in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
A quick look at my log showed that I already had 9L confirmed on Top Band, but I decided to test the power of the Arctic King and call them anyway since they did not have many callers.
I am not really surprised anymore at the power of the Arctic King – what marvellous DX!
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The mailman brought me number 161 confirmed on 160 Meters.
A71DLH is the call sign of the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club.
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A Russian team is in Senegal as 6V7D.
I worked them on the first call on 160 meters.
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It seems it is still worthwhile to keep an eye or a big ear on Top Band.
The Amateur Radio Society of India is conducting a DXpedition to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
This is what their signals sound like in the Arctic.
VU4PB on 17 Meters:
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VU4PB on 15 Meters:
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A nice DX contact with 8P9AA in Barbados on 30 meters made my day.
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I have been chasing the S21YZ DXpedition across the bands.
Conditions are poor and the competition is intense.
QSO on 17m:
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QSO on 20m:
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I have now begun my quest for the complete WAZ – all 200 zones in earnest.
This morning 4A4A in Socorro Island, Revillagigedo, Zone 6, had workable signals on 40m.
It only took a few calls with my large USA Rhombic to put them in my log.
When a DXpedition has a clear pattern of of working the pile up, it makes it much easier to work them.
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Today´s mail brought me the QSL card from Robert, ST2AR in Khartoum.
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I have received the confirmation from the CQ Awards Manager that my
WAZ160 – All 40 Zones
is now officially completed.
My WAZ160 is the first certificate issued to a station in Iceland and in Zone 40, since the award was first introduced on January 1. 1975.
Although 370 stations have qualified for the basic award ( 30 Zones confirmed ) only 162 stations worldwide have worked and confirmed all 40 Zones, making TF4M number 163 in a period of 36 years.
March 7, 2011
TF4M – 40 zones
Thorvaldur Stefansson
Otradal
IS- 465 Bildudal
Iceland
Dear Thor,
Due to the costs and time involved in confirming your application I no longer use regular mail so this letter is the ONLY letter you will receive regarding the status of your application. You need to print out and save this letter for your records for any future correspondence about this application. It is being sent to your email address that either you provided me with, or what is listed on www.QRZ.com.
Your QSL cards and seals for your Certificate will be mailed to the above address in next few days.
1) You have paid for the processing of 40 zones.
2) You have been awarded certificate number 342 for your 160 Meter WAZ award.
3) Please refer to this number in your future correspondence.
4) My records show that you have submitted QSL cards from: 40 zones
5) My records show that you need the following zones to complete your 160 Meter WAZ:
NONE.
Check the CQ Web page for the latest WAZ rules, results and info.
Thanks for your interest in the WAZ Program.
73,
Floyd Gerald, N5FG
WAZ Award Manager
WAZ160 All Zones – First from TF and Zone 40.
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