160 Meter QSL cards
The PostMan brought me some new QSL cards for my 160m DXCC.
OD5NJ´s QSL card brings my country totals to 176 Worked, 170 Confirmed on Top Band.
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Arctic QSLing
Today I mailed the last of the direct QSL requests received this year. It is nice to have a clean slate at the end of the year.
The post man delivered three nice Top Band QSL cards today.
This morning had the best conditions on Top Band experienced this season. The band was open to JA, OC, NA, the Carribbean and EU simultaneously. Especially good signals from the US and VE. Interesting QSOs were with KV4FZ, KH2/N2NL, JA8ISU, VE1ZZ, FM5CD to name a few.
The ARRL has finished the processing of my hybrid application (both LOTW credits and QSL cards) and I qualify for what I believe is the third 5BDXCC award issued to a station in Iceland.
The previous 5BDXCC holders are Yngvi, TF3Y (with 30 Meter endorsement) and Óskar, TF3DC (with 30 Meter endorsement).
My 5BDXCC is the first in Iceland with a 160 Meter Endorsement.
In addition, I also qualify for the basic Challenge award.
My application is already in the mail. This is the result of sorting through all those old QSL cards which I had stored while I was working abroad. What a pleasure!
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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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After completing WAZ160, I found myself in a bit of an identity crisis, filled with malaise and existential angst.
What could I possibly enjoy in amateur radio after accomplishing this?
I decided to look at my log to see if there was another challenge to undertake that would give me pleasure again, and as a result of this I have spent the last several weeks sorting through my Arctic Treasure.
This photo shows a young TF1MM 1990 after I had finished entering data into my logging program from all my QSL cards.
These cards were stored during my years in Hell, and later ended up in one of the outbuildings in Otradalur, where they were exposed to snow and ice for several years.
Since my computer log showed that I had confirmation for several difficult awards, I decided to find those boxes and locate the QSL cards.
Several more boxes of QSL cards turned up – it seemed endless, I guess there must be around 100,000 cards – it appears that I have only lost very few cards during the time I was abroad.
Weeks of sorting all the QSL cards by band followed with the result that I found enough QSL cards to qualify for 5BDXCC – which will be endorsed with 160m for 6BDXCC and 5BWAZ.
The 5BWAZ application is being processed and once I receive the cards back from the WAZ Card Checker, I will send in my application for 5BDXCC.
I have prepared direct QSL requests for the missing zones for 5BWAZ and once they start trickling in, I will start looking for the zones I need to finish all 200 zones.
I have already begun working on my 5BWAS, but this requires another pass of sorting through the cards, since that award specifies that contacts be made from the same location and not from the same DXCC Country.
It seems that I have a new goal now. What a pleasure.
Start Slide Show with PicLens LiteThis wonderful QSL card from HK0GU in San Andrés Island arrived in the mail today.
With the LOTW confirmation of J28AA this brings my totals on 160-Meters to 167 eintities Worked and 154 Confirmed.
Start Slide Show with PicLens LiteThe QSL card for my contact with PZ5T arrived today.
The 160m score is now 164 entities Worked / 152 Confirmed.
Perhaps it is possible to reach 200 countries one day…
PZ5T
PZ5T reverse side
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The mailman brought more joy to TF4M today.
A QSL card from C6ARR in the Bahamas – a new entity for my 160m DXCC.
I now stand at 164 countries worked and 151 countries confirmed.
C6ARR
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