WPE5ABW ham SWL first logs Jan 1960-Dec 1962 (CST, GMT-6) Philmore CR-5AC superhet and various long wires, 20-m dipole, all c. 8' AGL (from 3x5 index card file) most all are AM mm-dd-yyyy time band call QTH (action) ---------- ---- ---- ------ ------------ 01-17-1960 1210 15-m K0MUD NE Omaha (QSO with K5RKR) (QSL) 01-24-1960 1703 15-m W9ZHE WI Wausau (clg K7JGZ) 01-24-1960 1455 15-m W7SLU AZ Phoenix (clg "CQ-15") 02-07-1960 1545 10-m W7ZCA NV Reno (clg VP2AR) ("Ocean Hopper") 02-14-1960 1225 10-m W7LEB UT Salt Lake City (clg "CQ-DX-Africa") 03-05-1960 1610 10-m KH6BJ HI Kailuai (clg "CQ-10") (QSL) 03-06-1960 1446 10-m VP7BZ Bahamas (clg W8SMO) 03-06-1960 1916 10-m TI5JG Costa Rica, Heredia 03-08-1960 1811 10-m K2RKN NY North Syracuse (clg "CQ-Hastings-New-Zealand") 03-08-1960 1826 10-m LU5DBS Argentina, Dolores, BA (QSO with a W0) 03-10-1960 1601 10-m VP5AA Jamaica, Montego Bay (QRTing) (QSL) 03-12-1960 1045 10-m VE3CJZ ON London (QSO with PA0SBO) 03-12-1960 1300 10-m VE3COS ON Kitchener (clg "CQ-10") 03-12-1960 1314 10-m VE3AUC ON Niagra-on-the-Lake (clg "CQ") 03-13-1960 1052 10-m VE5AY SK Lancer 03-13-1960 1137 10-m VE4SH MB Charleswood (QSO with a W6) 03-13-1960 1200 10-m VE3ASA ON Toronto (QSO with XE2FC and VE3CRM) 03-13-1960 1234 10-m VE5EW SK Weyburn (QSO with Ireland) 03-13-1960 1240 10-m VE5VL SK Saskatoon (QSO with a K4) 03-13-1960 1300 10-m VE3CJF ON Windsor (clg "CQ-10") 03-18-1960 1715 10-m VE3DWD ON Mildmay (clg "CQ-10") 03-18-1960 1835 10-m HH2OP Haiti, Port-au-Prince (clg "CQ-Montreal") 03-19-1960 1810 10-m LU4FX Argentina, Santa Fe (clg "CQ-10") 03-20-1960 0921 10-m VE3CVR ON Ottawa (clg "CQ-10") 03-20-1960 0946 10-m VE2ABV PQ Roxboro (clg "CQ-Corpus-Christi-or-vicinity") 03-20-1960 1047 10-m VE7VJ BC South Burnaby (clg "CQ-10") 03-20-1960 1135 10-m VP6AL Barbados, Saint John (QSO with VE4SD) 03-20-1960 1145 10-m VP6FO Barbados, Saint Michael (QSO with VE4SD) 03-20-1960 1300 10-m VE5BT SK Dinsmore 03-27-1960 1133 10-m VE7NX BC Vancouver (clg "CQ-10") 03-27-1960 1248 10-m VE2ZI PQ Laviolette 03-27-1960 1412 10-m VE6WK AT Benalto (clg "CQ-10") 04-09-1960 1702 10-m W1TBG VT Winooski (clg "CQ-DX-10-Australia") (QSL) 04-15-1960 1140 10-m KG4AO Guantanamo Bay (QSO with a 0) (QSL) 04-15-1960 1529 10-m VE2SX PQ Richmond (QSO with an Arizonan) 04-15-1960 1700 10-m VE2WY PQ Sainte Rose (QSO with K6RMO) 04-15-1960 1913 10-m ZL2BE New Zealand, Hastings (clg "CQ") 04-16-1960 1255 10-m TG9AZ Guatemala, Guatemala City (clg "CQ-10") 04-16-1960 1832 10-m KP4AGR PR Mayaguez (QSO with an LU) 04-20-1960 1836 10-m VE7NW BC New Westminster (QSO with a K5) 04-22-1960 1018 10-m KP4AOD PR Rio Piedras (clg "CQ") 05-01-1960 1010 10-m VE3YX ON Deep River (QSO with CO7HQ) 05-01-1960 1126 10-m VE3ARN ON Port Arthur (clg "CQ-10") 05-01-1960 1155 10-m VE3AQX ON Byron (clg "CQ-10") 05-01-1960 1236 10-m VE3DHD ON Brantford (QSO with XE1KQ) 05-01-1960 1445 10-m VE3PE ON Stratford (clg "CQ-10") 05-01-1960 1510 10-m VE3ADX ON Stratford (QSO with VE6TP) 05-06-1960 2055 20-m HK4BQ Colombia, Uraba (QSO with a W0) 05-07-1960 1800 15-m W4LM SC Charleston (clg "CQ-15 stateside") (QSL) 06-02-1960 1555 15-m VP7NB Bahamas (QSO with a Norwegian) 06-05-1960 2125 20-m OA4M Peru, Lima (clg "CQ-20") 06-06-1960 0003 20-m KG4AA Guantanamo Bay (clg "CQ Toledo with phone patch traffic") 06-06-1960 1702 20-m KP4WQ PR Aguadilla (QSO with a 9) 06-10-1960 2359 20-m VE3QA ON Metcalfe (clg "CQ-DX-20") 06-11-1960 2342 20-m VE3DZY ON Atikokan (QSO with K9JWS, cw) 06-13-1960 1909 15-m YV5EX Venezuela, Caracas (clg "CQ-15") 06-16-1960 0010 20-m VE3BWY ON Toronto (clg "CQ") 06-17-1960 1753 20-m W7BIQ AZ Phoenix (QSO with a West Virginian) (QSL) 06-20-1960 2342 20-m YV5GN Venezuela, Caracas (clg K0RRU) 06-22-1960 2342 20-m VK2QR Australia, NSW, Beecroft (clg W6AO) (QSL - Aug 1963!) 06-25-1960 1224 15-m KP4ANQ PR Ponce (QSO with a K3) 06-25-1960 1936 20-m W0ZWY SD Sioux Falls (clg W4OGG) 06-25-1960 2149 20-m VE3KT ON Willowdale (QSO with K5MUR) 06-25-1960 2211 20-m VE6DY AT Lethbridge (clg "CQ-20") 06-30-1960 2347 20-m KZ5FF CZ Ft. Amador (phone patch to 4-land) 07-02-1960 0109 20-m KX6CA Marshall Is., Ebeye (clg WA6CTF) (QSL) 07-03-1960 0130 20-m VE7AGS BC Prince Rupert (clg "CQ-DX-20") 07-03-1960 0142 20-m VE7AL BC Vancouver (QSO with a VK) 07-03-1960 0145 20-m TG9TI Guatemala, Guatemala City (clg "CQ") 07-03-1960 0201 20-m KL7CGB AK Murder Point (Attu) (QSO with Lake Charles, LA) (QSL) 07-04-1960 2245 20-m VE5PA SK Prince Albert (clg "CQ-San-Diego") 07-10-1960 0124 20-m VE3AYS ON Beamsville (clg "CQ-DX-ZL-VK") 07-10-1960 0135 20-m VE3EGW ON Toronto (clg VK4OR) 07-10-1960 1522 20-m XE1OM JAL Guadalajara (clg "CQ-20") 07-11-1960 0153 20-m VE7QE BC Sidney (QSO with a VK) 07-18-1960 2019 20-m VE5ES SK Weyburn (QSO with a W4) 07-24-1960 0051 20-m TI2EH Costa Rica, San Jose 07-24-1960 0103 20-m VE2AVC PQ Saint Hubert (QSO with HC1RG) 07-24-1960 0126 20-m VE2AUU PQ Montreal (QSO with HC1RG) 07-24-1960 0128 20-m VE2AKT PQ Outremont (QSO with HC1RG) 07-24-1960 1445 15-m VE4SC MB Flin Flon (clg VP9QQ) 07-24-1960 1535 15-m HI8CM Dominican Rep., Ciudad Trujillo (QSO with Illinois) 08-07-1960 0100 20-m YV3BT Venezuela, Lara (QSO with VE3AFM) 08-07-1960 1435 20-m W0OQQ SD Rapid City (clg "CQ-20") 08-08-1960 2329 20-m ZL1AIX New Zealand, Auckland (QSO with a W7) 08-15-1960 0139 20-m ZL3JO New Zealand, Timaru (testing) 08-21-1960 1811 20-m VE4SA MB Fort Garry (clg "CQ-20") 08-22-1960 1800 20-m VP4TK Trinidad, Port of Spain (clg "CQ-20") 08-25-1960 0045 20-m CO6DX Cuba, Cienfuegos (clg I1UA) 09-04-1960 1439 20-m XE1HC DF Mexico City (clg "CQ-20") 09-04-1960 1838 20-m HH2Y Haiti, Port-au-Prince (clg "CQ-20") 09-10-1960 0108 20-m OA4CV Peru, Lima (QSO with Colorado) 09-10-1960 1808 20-m XE1LF DF Mexico City (QSO with VE2ACU) 09-10-1960 1810 20-m VE2ACU PQ Dorval (QSO with XE1LF) 09-10-1960 1826 20-m XE1YL DF Mexico City (clg "CQ-DX-20") 09-11-1960 0007 20-m HP1TS Panama, Panama City (clg "CQ-Washington") 09-17-1960 1845 20-m HK2BB Colombia, Cucuta (clg "CQ-DX-20" in Spanish) 09-18-1960 1223 10-m VE7ADT BC Sidney (clg "CQ-10") 09-23-1960 2234 20-m XE1CW DF Mexico City (clg "CQ-San-Leandro") 09-24-1960 0817 15-m VE2AJS PQ Quebec West (clg "CQ-15") 09-24-1960 1258 10-m KG4AD Guantanamo Bay (QSO with VE4SH) 09-24-1960 2250 20-m VE3PN ON Pakenham (QSO with a WA6) 09-30-1960 1838 20-m HR2DK Honduras, San Pedro Sula (clg "CQ") 10-02-1960 1817 20-m VE1IE NB Grand Manan Island (QSO with W0EEE) 10-08-1960 1604 10-m VE3LB ON Chatham (clg "CQ") 10-08-1960 1620 10-m VE3AGV ON London (QSO with CO2JL) 10-08-1960 1634 10-m VE3EAT ON Sudbury (QSO with Redding, CA) 10-09-1960 0953 10-m VE3BZU ON Agincourt (clg "CQ-10") 10-15-1960 0811 10-m VE3CBO ON Ottawa (clg "CQ-10") 10-16-1960 1121 10-m TG9AO Guatemala, Guatemala City (clg "CQ Africa") 10-16-1960 1428 10-m VE6CC AT Picture Butte (clg "CQ-10") 10-16-1960 1452 10-m VE3ZO ON Tecumseh (clg "CQ") 10-16-1960 1526 10-m VE3BTL ON Sarnia (clg "CQ-10") 10-16-1960 1603 10-m VE3HB ON Oakville (clg Japan) 10-16-1960 1707 10-m LU8DF Argentina, Martinez (clg "CQ-10") 10-22-1960 1110 10-m VE3CNB ON Windsor (QSO with DJ5WB) 10-22-1960 1603 10-m VE3DVD ON Toronto (clg "CQ-DX-10") 10-23-1960 0958 10-m VE3BOG ON Goderich (clg "CQ-DX") 10-23-1960 1015 10-m VE3BIL ON Port Arthur (QSO with DJ2SI) 10-23-1960 1018 10-m VE3BIF ON Toronto (clg VO1DT) 10-23-1960 1025 10-m VE3AIU ON Goderich (QSO with ZD2KO) 10-23-1960 1026 10-m VE3NK ON Ottawa (clg "CQ-10") 10-23-1960 1027 10-m VE3DAR ON Willowdale (clg "CQ Jamboree") 10-23-1960 1038 10-m VE3NG ON Willowdale (QSO with DJ2ES) 10-29-1960 0003 40-m XE1LA VC Poza Rica (QSO with K5YSX) 10-29-1960 1304 10-m VQ4DT Kenya, Nakuru (clg "CQ Contest") [CQWW Phone] 10-29-1960 1721 10-m HH2LD Haiti, Port-au-Prince (clg "CQ Idaho, Wyoming, and North Dakota") 10-30-1960 1156 10-m VE3DNV ON Leamington (clg "CQ") 10-30-1960 1620 10-m VE7EH BC Cloverdale (clg "CQ Contest") 11-05-1960 0843 10-m CO8JK Cuba, Santiago de Cuba (QSO with W1HNG) 11-05-1960 1743 10-m CE3DY Chile, Cisterna-Santiago (clg "CQ") 11-06-1960 1804 10-m LU1ACF Argentina, Buenos Aires (clg "CQ-DX") 11-19-1960 1644 10-m VP5BL Jamaica, Kingston (clg "CQ-10") 11-20-1960 1026 10-m VE3BTP ON Port Colborne (clg "CQ-10") 11-20-1960 1556 10-m VE3BLP ON Windsor (QSO with a VE6) 11-25-1960 1610 10-m VE5RU SK Wadena (clg "CQ-10") 11-26-1960 1225 10-m VE3CMX ON Toronto (clg "CQ-10") 11-27-1960 0924 10-m VE3DCK ON Welland (clg "CQ-10") 11-27-1960 0932 10-m VP6JC Barbados, Christ Church (clg "CQ Surinam") 11-27-1960 0945 10-m VE3AHZ ON Deep River (clg "CQ-10") 11-27-1960 1057 10-m EL1D Liberia, Harbel (clg WA2BCX on schedule) 11-27-1960 1440 10-m VE3BQ ON Toronto (clg "CQ-10") 12-03-1960 1020 10-m VE3CGC ON Windsor (clg "CQ-10") 12-18-1960 1135 10-m VE3EOG ON Peterborough (clg "CQ-10") 12-18-1960 1145 10-m VE3CKC ON Timmins (clg "CQ-10") 01-02-1961 1422 10-m VE3DXR ON Oakville (clg "CQ-10") 01-08-1961 1602 10-m VE3ALV ON Sault Sainte Marie (QSO with W5CDR) 01-22-1961 1345 10-m TI2MS Costa Rica, San Jose (clg W5KSI) 01-29-1961 0959 10-m VE3COV ON Fruitland (clg "CQ-10") 02-12-1961 1152 10-m TI2RKL Costa Rica, San Jose (clg K5EGO) 03-19-1961 1213 15-m YV5HM Venezuela, Caracas (clg "CQ") 03-19-1961 1257 15-m CO8ES Cuba, Santiago de Cuba (QSO with G3TR) 04-08-1961 1704 15-m TI2AB Costa Rica, San Jose (clg "CQ-Dallas-TX") 06-18-1961 1534 15-m VP2LS Saint Lucia, Castries (clg "CQ Jamaica") 06-18-1961 1911 15-m YN6AH Nicaragua, Chinandega (QSO with W4EYZ) 06-26-1961 2344 20-m HC1FG Ecuador, Quito (QSO with KH6OR) 09-03-1961 1824 20-m XE1JP PUE Puebla (clg "CQ-20") 12-09-1961 1329 15-m TI2WA Costa Rica, San Jose (clg "CQ Washington DC") 12-17-1961 1445 15-m VE3AZX ON Kenora (QSO with K5MBL) 02-03-1962 1450 15-m VE5GF SK Craik (clg OA1W) 02-03-1962 1513 15-m VE3AMZ ON Newton (clg "CQ Contest") [ARRL DX Phone when it was two weekends] 02-03-1962 1528 15-m VE3AO ON Toronto (QSO with CO8JK) 02-04-1962 1342 15-m VP9AK Bermuda, Hamilton (QSO with W4YQT) 02-04-1962 1412 15-m YV5AGD Venezuela, Caracas (clg "CQ Contest") 02-04-1962 1435 15-m HK3AFB Colombia, Bogota (QSO with VE3AMZ) 02-10-1962 1323 15-m VP4LG Trinidad, San Fernando (QSO with VE5GF) 02-25-1962 2018 20-m VE4CQ MB Fort Churchill 03-17-1962 1551 15-m VP6WR Barbados, St. Michael (QSO with VE3BIU) 03-17-1962 1551 15-m VE3BIU ON Port Colborne (QSO with VP6WR) 03-18-1962 1520 15-m KP4HM PR Yauco 03-23-1962 1856 20-m XE2NF BCN Tijuana (clg "CQ-20" in Spanish) 03-24-1962 1004 20-m TI2DL Costa Rica, San Jose 04-01-1962 1613 15-m HP1AP Panama, Panama City (clg "CQ-15") 05-13-1962 1524 15-m XE1Z DF Mexico City (QSO with W6IBS) 05-13-1962 1543 15-m TG5HC Guatemala, Huehuetenango (clg St. Louis, MO) 05-27-1962 1803 15-m YN4CF Nicaragua, Bluefields (QSO with K5ZBV) 06-02-1962 1158 15-m YN9MQ Nicaragua, Jinotega 06-23-1962 1217 15-m HC2OM Ecuador, Guayaquil (clg "CQ Los Angeles") 08-24-1962 1254 15-m YN6HH Nicaragua, Chinandega (QSO with WA4DOG) 08-24-1962 1506 20-m XE1PY DF Mexico City (QSO with K5DMK) (famous 6m op!) 08-25-1962 1550 15-m HH2CL Haiti, Port-au-Prince (QSO with K0FQY) 08-25-1962 1821 15-m HK4NI Colombia, Medellin (clg K6JVQ) 08-25-1962 1858 15-m HK3HY Colombia, Bogota (clg "CQ-DX") 08-25-1962 1902 15-m TI2HK Costa Rica, San Jose (clg "CQ-15") 08-25-1962 1905 15-m PY2BGO Brazil, Sao Paulo (clg "CQ-DX") (QSL - with two other WPEs for me to forward) 08-26-1962 1629 15-m CE3AGI Chile, Santiago (clg Lake Charles AFB) 08-29-1962 1744 15-m CE2HX Chile, La Serena (clg "CQ California for a phone patch") 09-09-1962 1932 15-m VE7ACK BC Qualicum Beach (clg "CQ-15") 09-14-1962 1915 15-m XE2BM DUR Durango (clg "CQ-DX") 09-15-1962 0238 40-m XE1CV DF Mexico City (QSO with WA6UFJ) 09-15-1962 1743 15-m XE3AQ YUC Merida (clg "CQ-15") 09-16-1962 1049 15-m VE3CTX ON Scarborough (clg "CQ-DX-15") 09-30-1962 0810 15-m KZ5AB CZ Fort Gulick (clg a 4-land station) 09-30-1962 1549 15-m VP5EM Jamaica, Constant Spring (clg W6YHN) 09-30-1962 1831 20-m VE3YG ON Barrie (clg "CQ-20") 10-06-1962 1615 15-m VE5JI SK Regina (clg "CQ-15") 10-07-1962 0333 40-m XE1CZ DF Mexico City (clg "CQ-40") 10-13-1962 1237 15-m VP7NT Bahamas (clg FG7XN) 10-14-1962 1533 10-m VE6IK AT Lethbridge (clg "CQ-10") 10-14-1962 1538 10-m HK3LX Colombia, Bogota (clg "CQ-10") 10-14-1962 1759 10-m LU4DFD Argentina, San Fernando (clg WA6NON) 10-20-1962 0919 15-m VE3CQG ON Gananoque (QSO with HB9FL) 10-21-1962 1235 10-m VE3CXU ON Ottawa (clg "CQ-Jamboree") 10-21-1962 1338 10-m VE3ENU ON Creighton Mines (clg "CQ-10") 10-27-1962 1318 10-m VE2AQN PQ Longueuil (QSO with XE3AQ) 10-27-1962 1406 10-m VE2OC PQ Montreal (clg "CQ Contest") [CQWW Phone during Cuban Missile Crisis!] 10-27-1962 1624 15-m HK3QV Colombia, Bogota (clg "QRZ Contest") 10-27-1962 1707 15-m CE4BP Chile, Parral (QSO with K5MDX) 10-27-1962 1731 15-m PY3AHU Brazil, Estrela (clg "CQ Contest") 10-27-1962 1758 15-m LU7DGM Argentina, San Isidro (clg "CQ Contest") 11-03-1962 1439 15-m VE4ZX MB East Kildonan (clg VP5BB) 11-03-1962 1445 15-m VE3CWQ ON St. Catharines (clg "CQ-DX-15") 11-11-1962 1700 15-m OA8B Peru, Pucallpa (clg "CQ California") 11-17-1962 1339 15-m K7HHW WY Riverton (clg "CQ") (QSL) 11-18-1962 1110 15-m VE4SD MB Cranberry Portage 11-25-1962 1559 15-m YV5AEV Venezuela, Caracas (QSO with K0TYV) 12-01-1962 1634 15-m VE7CE BC North Vancouver (clg VP5EM) 12-08-1962 1109 15-m K9AEG WI Eland (clg YV5BOA) 12-08-1962 1129 15-m VP5BB Grand Turk (clg VE3BPM) 12-16-1962 1335 15-m CO8RA Cuba, Santiago de Cuba (clg "CQ Illinois") 12-16-1962 1534 15-m VE5QP SK Elstow (clg "CQ") 12-23-1962 1620 15-m YN1FF Nicaragua, Managua (clg "CQ Cumberland, MD with phone patch traffic") 12-23-1962 1629 15-m HP3FL Panama, David (QSO with W4EGB) upgraded to SX-110