I received the TX5S QSL today. I have so many Q’s they had to send me a supplemental card(there’s 1 10m CW contact on that one). This was a really fun one, some contacts were easy, some were hard, or I just needed to come back later when the pile up was gone. I even broke out the mic for some SSB.
Not the typical contest ones I usually get from the bureau.
I did a lot of stuff with the radio club this year, I wrote a Year in Review about it on the club webpage. My big radio things this year were going to the FCG Contest Dinner at Hamcation, usually it’s on the same day as the club meeting. I got to meet quite a few people I knew from on the air and online only, also I won a power supply in the raffle. Hamcation is on the 2nd weekend in February for 2023 and I’ve already got my tickets to this year’s dinner. I also drove up to Dayton this year and did POTA camping on the way….
First time getting an eyeball QSL card in the mail. This from the MVARA bus I checked out in Dayton this year.
Been awhile since I’ve received a card and today I got 11, one from a shortwave listener
I was able to pick up Idaho on SSB during the Idaho QSO Party this weekend which finished off my Worked All States triple play award. That is a contact with every state in SSB(Voice), CW(Morse code) and Digital modes. I’ve just needed that Idaho contact for over a year. I paid for the award plaque, I’ll put up a photo of that when it arrives. I’m real close to working all states on a few other modes and bands but I mostly need North Dakota and there’s like only 2 hams up there.
4,260 total contacts this year (10,476 lifetime total QSOs) Finished CW Academy and got my CW Ops number, #2626 11 Parks on the Air activations, 1st time doing CW activation, 264 POTA activation QSOs, 17 hunter QSOs Became VE Liaison to the ARRL VEC, 11 new Technicians so far Moved and got a new antenna, Zerofive 10-80m ground plane vertical Confirmed LOTW totals: 6,692 QSLs 171 DXCC Mixed 97 DXCC CW 117 DXCC Phone 141 DXCC Digital just need Idaho SSB for Worked All States Triple play Submitted logs for 25 contests Participated in 75 CWT mini contests, 64 over 10 contacts, 34 QSO high score(huge improvement this year) AA3B…
Got some cards from the Bureau in the mail. VE6SH is the IARU president, also got 5X2S from the Uganda DXpedition, also HA7TM, a guy who’s always on a radio. On a side note, at last nights VE session there was an older gentleman and lady who didn’t know each other. While we were grading their tests (they both passed Technician), he got her number and then they left together.
I received the 13 Colonies Event QSL today. I got the “All CW” endorsement, along with getting the “Clean Sweep”.
