Category Archives: Awards

Thüringen-Trophy

Posted on February 23, 2014 by dh8bqa

Another nice one received recently was the Thüringen-Trophy. It is the highest class of the Thuringia award and offered through DCL, too. The trophy is about 19 cm high made from pug cast, nicely colored and symbolizes a typical landmark … Continue reading →

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WAE-TOP Plaque received

Posted on February 23, 2014 by dh8bqa

Friday I found my WAE-TOP plaque in the post box. 🙂 WAE stands for Worked All Europe, a challenging awards program by DARC. I had applied for the WAE award already a few years ago but to go for the … Continue reading →

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EU-DX-D TROPHY

Posted on February 10, 2014 by dh8bqa

Thanks to the superb award application possibilities of DCL I was able to apply for my EU-DX-D trophy electronically, using confirmations from DARC contests as well as LotW. Dietmar, DL3DXX, who’s not only a well known DXer and DXpeditioner but … Continue reading →

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5BWAC CW received

Posted on January 20, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just got the mail from DCL (DARC Contest Logbook) that my 5 band WAC is ready for download as PDF. In that variant it is completely free of charge if applied for through DCL. If you want a printed copy sent … Continue reading →

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VK2DX QSL received / applied for 5BWAC

Posted on January 19, 2014 by dh8bqa

Finally received my first VK QSL on 80m. Usually I would not send any card direct to countries that have a working QSL bureau. But had to make an exception for VK2DX as he’s my only Oceania station on 80 … Continue reading →

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