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 2279 confirmed in LoTW. 2720 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
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Digital Mode
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Data Updated:
- WAS -
- 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 & WAZ, Misc -
- WPX Honor Roll. LoTW confirmed 2815, total 3277.
- 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 2278.
- Counties confirmed 2265.
QRZ awarded: