KL7J

Main operating interest is in the hobby's CW, SSB and Digital time-honored HF Awards of DXCC, WAS, WAZ.

All my CW is hand sent (Vibroplex Iambic) and copied in my head, no CW reader.

A CW reader misses Morse Code as a natural language and interpreting an operator's unique "fist".

- DXCC -

ARRL Honor Roll #1, (yr 2001 to 2026). 351 DX entities confirmed from QTH in Southcentral Alaska.
Challenge ARRL Award mode/band is 2282 confirmed in LoTW. 2723 total.
Diamond DXCC Challenge ARRL Award (yr 9/2012).
Digital Mode total: 330 DX entities.
SSTV IVCA-DX award #7, 100 confirmed. HF SSTV thrills were half way around the world to ZS6 and 5X.
Satellite ARRL DX award in 1981 (Two meter up, ten meter downlink, Oscar 7 & 8 era).
5-Band DXCC (#2777), combined modes in 1989 (The era when 500 country QSL cards were required).
7-Band SSB-DXCC 10/12/15/17/20/40/80.
9-Band Digital 10/12/15/17/20/30/40/60/80. DX in: FT8 (301 FT mode), FT4 (199), JT65 (113), RTTY (242).
9-Band CW-DXCC 10/12/15/17/20/30/40/80/160 (10-160 mtrs in LoTW).
10-Band (yr. 2021) 10/12/15/17/20/30/40/60/80/160.

DXCC Totals
KL7J DXCC Stats

Digital Mode
KL7J Digital Stats

5-Band WAS #925 in 1981. Back in 'distant times' when 250 QSL cards in hand ;-)
7-Band SSB - 10/12/15/17/20/40/80.
9-Band CW - 10/12/15/17/20/30/40/80/160.
10-Band Digital - 10/12/15/17/20/30/40/60/80/160.
Completed FT8: 10-160m (yr 2021). FT4: 10-40m (yr 2023). JT65, JT9, RTTY.
Triple Play ARRL Award #156 (2/10/2009).
Geratol 80 Mtr Net #1445 and Dir #364.
ARRL Sweepstakes - 7 Sweeps, most in CW low power.
SSTV WAS - Interface homebrewed using a 741 chip to decode and RTS/2N2222 serial keying.

WPX Honor Roll. LoTW confirmed 2822, total 3284.
WAZ in modes: CW, SSB and Digital.
WAZ 7-Band Mixed 10/12/15/17/20/30/40 meters completed. (I need Zone 37 in N.E. Africa on 80 meters).
Grids confirmed 2282.
Counties confirmed 2271.

QRZ awarded:

QRZ Awards