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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Spring is just around the corner and most of the snow is gone.
Birta (Magyar Vizsla) and Skuggi (Labrador) enjoyed the warm weather.
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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Robert, S53R has been active from Khartoum, Sudan.
I had a rare SSB contact with him on 20 meters moments before he shut down.
As you can hear the competion was quite intense.
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Later I had a QSO with him on 10m CW, but no recording was made.
This is our QSO on 12m CW
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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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QSO on 30m:
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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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Arctic weather at it´s best. -10°C and 40 m/s winds.
I have been issued 5BWAZ number 1718. As far as I can see from the complete list of 5BWAZ holders, this is the first 5BWAZ issued to a station in TF.
My next goal is to work and confirm the missing zones and joining the elite club of those 837 (1 March 2011) Radio Amateurs who have worked all 200 Zones on the the 5 bands.
Two stations from Zone 40 have previously achieved 5BWAZ – JW7FD and JW5NM (SK) – both of them have also achieved the full 200 Zone 5BWAZ.
I am proud to be the third station from Zone 40 to achieve 5BWAZ.
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1718 Date: March 15, 2011
TF4M – 152 zones
Thorvaldur Stefansson
Otradalur
IS- 465, Bildudalur
Iceland
Congratulations 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.
If there are ANY corrections to either the name or your address, please let me know as soon as possible.
1) You have paid for the processing for 150 zones.
2) You have been awarded certificate number 1718 for your 5BWAZ.
3) Please refer to this number in any future correspondence.
4) My records show that you have verified QSL cards for 152 zones!
My records indicate that you require the following to complete your 5BWAZ:
BAND ZONES ZONE NUMBERS NEEDED
80 26
40 29
20 39
15 33 23,24,29,30,31,32,34.
10 25
TOTALS 152
6) The remaining cards above count of 170 zones must be submitted to the WAZ Manager for checking.
This information will be forwarded to the New York offices of CQ Magazine,
where an artist will complete your certificate and mail it directly to you at the address listed above.
Please allow 90-120 days for receipt of the certificate.
Check the CQ Web page for the latest WAZ rules, results and info.
Thanks for your interest in the WAZ Program.
Floyd Gerald, N5FG
WAZ Award Manager