Category: QSL

First pack of bureau cards

April 27, 2019

My first bureau card shipment came in. These QSO's are pretty old. One is from 10 days after I was first licensed. All of them to my old callsign. I'll have to remember to send out some envelopes to the 0 call area incoming bureau.

QSL from Russia and St. Helena

February 22, 2019

Some new QSL cards came. I made the contact with R7MA and looked at his QRZ page, he has some impressive antennas and a cool card so I sent my QSL. I liked the stamps too, so I kept them. St Helena Island is here: There's a couple hams on St Helena Island, this was my 2nd contact.

QSL from Vatican City and Marconi Cape Cod

February 11, 2019

Received QSL cards from KM1CC and HV0A. I had to hold off sending my to KM1CC because the Cape Code National Seashore was closed during the gov'ment shutdown.

New QSL cards

January 11, 2019

E44WE sent a magnet with his card from Bethlehem, which is great because I like magnets. Also got a card from a DXpedition to Barbados. I'm seriously considering a vacation there and bringing my radio.

12 Days of Christmas Special Event - Clean Sweep

January 4, 2019

I like these special events where you have to contact a bunch of stations. I got all of them again, 2 on CW. Someday I might like to run one of these, I'm going to look into it.

One year as a ham

November 30, 2018

A year ago today my original callsign(KX4HL) appeared in the FCC database after 9 long days of waiting. It's been quite a year, as of this morning I have 2411 QSOs. Here's some of my QSO cards: I've moved from just a wire antenna to a hex beam on the roof, put up a 2m antenna, built a AMSAT…

Rwanda 9X0T QSL card

November 30, 2018

I received this QSL card today. Also put in an order for more of my own cards.

Ghana QSL card

November 23, 2018

Received a QSL response from Ghana today

Armed Services Cross band test 2018

September 20, 2018

I got my QSL card for the Armed Forces Day crossband test. AAZ Ft Huachuca is where they guy I bought my IC-7410 from works. This wasn't a very difficult test, basically just use split mode. It was fun to get a contact with the Pentagon and NSS, and also decoding the message in CW.

13 Colonies event QSL

August 9, 2018

I received the QSL from the 13 Colonies event. "Clean Sweep" with the two extra stations. This was a fun one. This weekend I'm going on a road trip and bringing the radio. I plan on doing some POTA activations so I'll have some new content soon.