KL7J

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

-DXCC-

  • ARRL Honor Roll #1, (yr 2001 to 2024).   351 DX entities confirmed from QTH in Southcentral Alaska.
  • Challenge ARRL Award mode/band is 2148 confirmed in LoTW. 2637 total.
  • Diamond DXCC Challenge ARRL Award (yr 9/2012).
  • Digital Mode total: 322 DX entities.
  • SSTV IVCA-DX award #7, 100 confirmed. HF SSTV thrill's 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 in 1989 (In 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: RTTY (242), JT65 (113), FT4 (169), and FT8 (287 FT mode).
  • 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
Digital Mode


- WAS -

  • 5-Band WAS #925 in 1981. Back in 'distant times' when 250 QSL cards in hand required ;-)
  • 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, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 160 (yr 2021).  FT4: 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40.  JT65.  JT9.  RTTY.
  • Triple Play ARRL Award #156 (2/10/2009). 50 State LoTW QSO's in each mode (CW, SSB, Digital) after 1/1/2009.
  • ARRL Sweepstakes - 7 Sweeps, most in CW low power.
  • SSTV WAS - Homebrewed with a 741 chip decoder and RTS/2N2222 serial keying. JVFAX, WIN95SSTV era.


- WPX & WAZ, Misc -

  • WPX Honor Roll. LoTW confirmed 2649, total 3674
  • WAZ in modes: CW, SSB and Digital.
  • WAZ 7-Band Mixed 10/12/15/17/20/30/40 meters completed. I need zone #37 on 80 meters (East coast of Africa).
  • Grids worked 2057.


QRZ awarded:


Rev 1/2022

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