tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30758223876859123582024-02-18T20:45:07.041-08:00es1tu blogaaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-85611813673479251172020-07-22T13:10:00.000-07:002020-07-22T13:10:05.082-07:00JCC 600Got a card from Kiyotsugu-san, JA3KVT from Tondabayashi city, Osaka prefecture.<br />
That puts my JCC confirmation count to 600!<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-53804396917151058332015-10-24T03:33:00.002-07:002015-10-24T03:33:50.318-07:00JCC 70% done!Got a card from Toshi-san, JH6HZH from Ureshino town, Saga prefecture.<br />
With that, I have 70% of all 810 JCC's confirmed!<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-19541009948751606102015-01-02T02:21:00.001-08:002015-01-02T02:21:35.853-08:00NH - all confirmed!Another state, New Hampshire, is 100% confirmed with paper cards!<br />
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"100%"-ers: AK, DE, RI, CT, NJ, NH.<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-22534777104430986602014-08-01T09:04:00.002-07:002014-08-01T09:04:45.867-07:00USCA - 1000 counties confirmed!This is a major milestone in my county hunting trip.<br />
1000 US counties confirmed with paper QSL cards.<br />
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The lucky 1000-th was John, AK4KP from North Carolina, Moore county.<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-3814651787092258592014-08-01T08:17:00.001-07:002014-08-01T08:17:47.290-07:00New Jersey - all 21 counties confirmedSecond state on lower 48, New Jersey - all counties confirmed now.<div>
Got the last (21st) county Cape May today. Thanks Steve, AG2J.</div>
aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-11880278923207939212014-07-31T11:40:00.001-07:002014-07-31T11:40:04.289-07:00JCC500 confirmed!Major milestone in my JCC journey. Today I got 500th Japanese city confirmed!<br />
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JO7SJG, Kimi-san from Iwate prefecture, Oshu city.<br />
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K6DY, Tony from Sand Bernardino county.</div>
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aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-90517010485605377352014-03-10T23:48:00.001-07:002014-03-10T23:48:26.979-07:003000-th station from JapanToday I worked my 3000-th station from Japan - JA3WHJ<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-87230449608562399722013-09-20T11:35:00.003-07:002013-09-20T11:35:57.368-07:00US counties - 25% confirmed!Oh boy. This end of summer has been full of ham radio milestones.<br />
Got a reply to direct card from W3TZ today, Crawford county, Arkansas.<br />
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It's the 770-th county confirmed with paper qsl. Ladies and gentleman - 25% of this epic journey is done!<br />
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Only 2307 to go..aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-74757483232425997942013-08-29T09:24:00.003-07:002013-08-29T09:24:31.659-07:001000 RDA-s confirmed!Yay - got my 1000-th RDA confirmation today!<br />
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This one came through their 'autoconfirmation' site <a href="http://adok.dyndns.org:8000/">http://adok.dyndns.org:8000</a><br />
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RU5A/1 from PS-21 (Pushtoskinsky area in Pskov region).<br />
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Very nice!aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-68154887021982768802013-08-20T06:38:00.002-07:002013-08-20T06:38:28.818-07:00JCC 400 confirmed!Huh, it took a while, but today I received a card from Nob-san (JA3EKL), Nara prefecture Izumiootsu city.<br />
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That marks the 400-th JCC confirmed with old school paper qsl.<br />
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49.4% of all Japan cities done. This is really fun thing to do!<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-29217354964596299732013-04-05T13:01:00.001-07:002013-04-05T13:01:09.687-07:008000-th station from USIt's amazing what you can work with 2el wire beam. Today I worked my 8000-th station from US.<div>
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aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-49149407354881376872013-03-20T10:31:00.004-07:002013-03-20T10:31:55.918-07:0020% of US counties confirmedGot a card from N5PT, Canadian county, Oklahoma. That was my 614-th confirmed county, which means that 20% of the road is behind me!aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-49380274537632935002012-12-02T03:34:00.001-08:002012-12-02T03:34:26.091-08:00ZL9HR - 17700km !Beautiful winter afternoon here in Tallinn. -3 degrees, 12cm of snow, nice sunshine.<br />
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Worked my #268 dxcc on 15m long path. Campbell isl , ZL9HR. 17700km. That's almost the most distant place (the most distant being Chatham isl, 17750km) one could go from Tallinn. Very nice..aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-58876861639865070802012-10-26T09:59:00.001-07:002012-10-26T10:08:14.380-07:00First ever antenna for 10m - 3el yagi!Well guys, now when the Sun is finally cooperating, it was about time to put something up for 10m. I have never had anything on that band. I borrowed a 3el yagi from my friend Gary, ES1WST.<br />
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Bolted it to an old TV antenna mast, with an 1.5m extension tube. There is no room for the rotator, as the elements would be stuck into 15m moxon guy wires. I fixed it towards Japan for now.<br />
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<br />aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-67166867158840703332012-09-25T21:01:00.000-07:002012-09-25T21:04:17.014-07:00Welcome to 15mIt was a nice and windless day here in Tallinn today. I used the opportunity and replaced my 20m moxon antenna (which was a real workhorse for W6,W7 during the summer) with 15m band moxon. God it looks good from the ground.<br />
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By the end of the day I worked 91 W-s, 49 JA-s, 4 VK-s, 3 ZL-s.<br />
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aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-46799904803610328582012-09-15T06:29:00.001-07:002012-09-15T06:29:18.394-07:00JCC milestone, 40%Got a bureau card from JA9YYI, Uozu city, Toyama prefecture. It means that 40% of all possible JCC's are now confirmed with cards!aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-47534127868914670662012-09-13T09:09:00.002-07:002012-09-13T09:09:53.252-07:00500 counties confirmed!First milestone in my county hunting endeavor - 500 counties confirmed with paper qsls. Lucky 'winner' is Bob, W9EWZ from Rock county, WI.aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-27979933748535306892012-05-24T23:43:00.002-07:002012-05-24T23:43:56.846-07:006000-th station from USAnother great day - I worked my 6000th unique station from continental USA. Lucky 'winner' is Ernie, N6HY.<div>
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That was my last missing prefecture. WAJA (worked all 47 districts of Japan) application is on it's way very soon!aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-16064914518377307592012-04-13T07:09:00.000-07:002012-04-13T07:09:32.097-07:00Back to 20m for summerToday I spent 5 hours on my roof taking down 12m moxon and putting back 20m moxon. It's rather daunting job to stand on a ladder 5meters above the roof. It requires extremely calm day with as low wind as possible.<br />
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So, my 12m moxon was up from October to mid April. It exceeded my expectations for sure. 12m band turned out to be my best JA band. Within a winter I worked 991 different stations from Japan. My heart is bleeding taking the antenna down without breaking the magical '1000 different JA-s' boundary.<br />
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I worked 1689 different US stations as well on 12m, though my best W band is still 17m.<br />
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So, all of you from W6, W7, KL7, KH6 - see you on 20m this summer!aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-32414090483519724812012-03-24T08:01:00.000-07:002012-03-24T08:01:30.879-07:0030% of JCC-s confirmedFound a direct card from Hiko-san JR1JAA in my mailbox today. Yamato city from Kanagawa prefecture is my 243-th confirmed JCC which means that 30% of all existing JCC-s are confirmed by qsl cards. Nice going ;)aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-33028774026156494262012-02-01T22:15:00.000-08:002012-02-02T00:15:50.606-08:00250-th worked, thank you Laos!Thursday morning. Minutes before local sunrise. -20.7C/-5F degrees outside. Brrr..<br />
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</div><div>Just before running to work I heard a lonely "CQ CQ de XW3DT" on 12m cw. Rather weak. 559. One answer - and a new one is logged. 250-th. Time to celebrate. I think I'm gonna grab a beer on my way home later today ;)</div>aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075822387685912358.post-47735983154286111532012-01-22T21:53:00.000-08:002012-01-22T21:53:04.950-08:00My first winter aurora.Mid January. Nice snowy Sunday here in Tallinn. I managed to work 2 new countries despite of a poor propagation on 12m. PJ4C from Bonaire and HK0NA from Malpelo isl. My total count jumped to 249. Later in the evening I received the aurora alert and ran back into the shack. 6m was filled with VERY strange signals. Yeah - it was my first aurora on 6m. I have never worked Sweden before on 6m, since it's a tough path on summers. Yesterday evening I worked 26 different stations from SM. Plus several OH's, LA's, OZ's. It was a lot of fun. Someone should explain me why the heck aurora distorts signals like that ;)<br />
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Looking forward for next aurora..aaduadokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095459295617975874noreply@blogger.com0