Up until this DXPedition, I’d only received on IRC (International Reply Coupon) and simply passed it on to another JA who’s confirmation I wanted. With the flood of E51AMF QSL cards, I received a pile of IRCs and needed a mechanism to redeem them. Coincidentally, Dan – W7WA, posted to the Western Washington DX Club’s …
Having returned from E51AMF in the North Cook Islands, I was incredibly excited to see my own confirmation. I used the expensive WiFi on-site to remote my home station’s Flex 6500 and make a barefoot RTTY contact. I gave myself bi-directional 599s, but the K7ADD me was probably 459 – took a number of repeated calls …
Just sync’ed DXKeeper with LoTW and was pleasantly surprised to see that K5P had already uploaded! Call Band Mode Station Call Result K5P 15M SSB K7ADD new confirmation for Palmyra & Jarvis Islands: 15M K5P 12M SSB K7ADD new confirmation for Palmyra & Jarvis Islands: 12M K5P 20M SSB K7ADD new confirmation for Palmyra & …
Managed to work the K5P Palmyra DXPedition on 3 bands (12m, 15m, and 20m), all phone. This was due, in no small part, to horrible illness that Lauren and I picked up. We skipped our vacation to Costa Rica and enjoyed a round of antibiotics and stomach flu, instead… which meant I was in the …
Having posted about the new QSL cards, I thought it was worth a followup on the process I used to burn my first 850+ cards in a year or so. I’ve been “chasing paper” (seeking awards) and keeping my confirmed : worked ratio high has been a constant challenge. LoTW is awesome, but some DX just don’t upload. …