Had the nice folding QSL of SV2ASP/A in the mailbox today. I was lucky enough to work him via Sporadic E on 6 m in summer 2011 and then again on 10 m in autumn. Mount Athos is a separate DXCC entity and thus quite sought after. Finally got around to send a direct QSL just before Christmas (unfortunately he’s not a bureau member). Thanks for a really rare one and god bless you, Monk Apollo!
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 to you just pay 5 EUR to DARC. For me the PDF version is sufficient and I can still print it myself if ever needed. 😉
Really a nice service of DARC on behalf of IARU. DCL contains confirmed QSOs from DARC contests that can be used to apply electronically for several DARC awards. Besides this it is also possible to import your confirmed contacts from ARRL’s LoTW (Logbook of The World).
Just digging through the pile of QSLs received via the bureau last month and almost made a jump out of my chair. 😉 Finally received the card of Ralph, 4X1IF, whom I worked in May 2010 on 2 m via Sporadic E. That’s a whopping 2.863 km for terrestrial propagation, i.e. no EME or satellites! Remember the contact quite well as we were outside just starting to mount the recently bought Cushcraft X7 beam. I had to go inside to grab some wrenches when I heard a weak CW signal on 144.300 MHz. Couldn’t believe my ears when I identified 4X1IF calling CQ – Sporadic E + tropo extension over the Mediterranean Sea! Guys outside got angry waiting for me but cooled down quite soon after hearing what was going on and finally working their first 4X on 2 m as well. 😉 Nice ODX and and always nice to remember such once in a life-time occassions. Thanks a lot Ralph for replying to my card and supporting the bureau system.
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 m so far and I was really keen to finally apply for 5 band WAC. So I bit the bullet and sent a card with $3 for return postage to Nick.
Just scanned the card and sent it to the German WAC award manager DL1DUO. All other confirmations are there electronically in DARC’s DCL so to apply for the award was just an “a few clicks” action. Can really recommend DCL for such stuff!
Just set up an “About me” page. Have fun reading. 😉
Seems WP is running fine. Old project pages are still available. Will try to move all old content into the new structure soon. Due to lots of QRL it might still take a while. But hey, you still find everything. 😉
Just installed WordPress into my webspace. It’s 5 minutes install is really great and easy. If I only would have known before how easy it is I would have installed it much earlier already. 😉 Now trying out all the features before putting it “online” for the root domain …
