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Category Archives: Awards
IOTA final results
Final results are out! 
Now eager to see what the trophy looks like. 
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PJ4/DH8BQA: Holidays & Makrothen Contest ’21
My second time on Bonaire! This time as a family holiday with a bit of radio, too. Been there for the first two weeks of October after we had to postpone the trip three times due to all the Corona … Continue reading
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World Win in ARRL-10M last year!
It was just by coincidence after uploading my contest log from last weekend yesterday that I looked around the ARRL contest webpages seeing some new contest awards for download and got excited quite fast: Now how cool’s that? My 5th … Continue reading
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WPX-CW ’19 World Win Plaque
Nice surprise when getting back home today. The plaque for winning the world on 10 m in WPX-CW last year [1][2][3] (a once in a lifetime event from here) was finally received. Doug, K1DG, managing the plaque program of … Continue reading
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CQ WPX RTTY 2019 Plaque received :-)
Another very nice surprise in the post box today! Many thanks to Sid, NH7C, for the plaque sponsorship!
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ARRL DX CW 2019 Plaque received :-)
Very happy opening the post box today! Brings back very nice memories immediately and looks great on the wall, too.
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Final WPX-CW results :-)
CQ Magazine published the final results of this year’s CQ WW WPX CW contest in it’s November issue. This officially confirms my 4th world-win this year.
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Another world-win confirmed :-)
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Two world-wins confirmed :-)
My V37DX world-wins in this year’s CQ WPX RTTY as well as the ARRL DX CW I took part in from Belize are officially confirmed now.
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IOTA World Winner :-)
Just got a mail from Oliver, DL2ARD, that we made it #1 world-wide in this year’s IOTA contest! It was great to have been part of the team! Let’s see how it fits next year.
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ARRL certificates now online
ARRL decided to put their contest certificates online (as most other organizations are doing, too). That means that everybody can now generate & download certificates for their contest participations in ARRL contests no matter the result. Earlier they just sent … Continue reading
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ARRL-10M 2017 results
A real pity DL2ARD decided not to go for SSB-only in this one as he usually does but also go for mixed mode else this would have been my first world win in ARRL-10M! 
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ARRL 10M 2016 certificate surprise :-)
Unexpected letter from ARRL in the mail box today! I have to admit I didn’t look for the results of last year’s ARRL 10 m contest on the ARRL contest website during the past month’, I had simply forgotten … Continue reading
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No luck after SCC RTTY log check :-(
Checking the SCC website today for updates on the results of August’s SCC RTTY Championship. It seems I made a few more errors in logging than LY5W as he’s now on 1st place while I was it when the claimed … Continue reading
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P4ØFA – WPX RTTY 15 m World Win Plaque received :-)
Nice surprise in the postbox yesterday: Finally my first contest plaque! Many thanks to Steve, K4FJ, for his sponsorship as well as Ed, WØYK, who manages the contest and took care of mailing it. It will definitely find a … Continue reading
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ARRL Centennial Points Challenge Award … again
Very astonished to receive a letter from ARRL today. It had another ARRL Centennial Points Challenge Award inside looking a tad differently than the one I had applied for and received over a year ago. Seems ARRL sent out awards … Continue reading
Another world win: SARTG-NY 2016
It felt like ages until the SARTG contest committee finally released the results of SARTG New Year RTTY Contest 2016 now. I have been checking their website every now and then for the last 4 month’. Took part in that one for … Continue reading
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P4ØFA took SOHP15 world win in CQ WPX RTTY 2016
It’s official now: Despite being quite antenna challenged I won world #1 as P4ØFA during our stay on Aruba earlier this year operating as SOHP15 during CQ WPX RTTY contest.
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WIA Awards
Applied for and got a few nice awards issued by WIA (Wireless Institue of Australia). They have a great online system to apply for the awards using ADIF uploads and getting the contacts confirmed through LotW and/or eQSLs. The awards are issued … Continue reading
CQ WW 160 SSB winning certificate received
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