DX/Country Hunting

DXCC Mixed

I finally got off my butt, and started doing something about all these QSL's I've collected since 1974. I have a load of paper that I've got to get to an ARRL person for verification. This DXCC Mixed is via my LOTW credits. I have about a 12% return rate via LOTW. Not bad, considering that no postage stamps were killed in this event :-)

eDX - eQSL

This is the basic eDX award via eQSL.cc . This can be awarded for as little as 25 countries confirmed via eQSL. This was awarded for 78 countries confirmed via eQSL at that time. I'm almost up to 100 via eQSL at the time of this writing. I have about a 10.5% return rate via eQSL.

eDX100 - eQSL

This is the eDX100 award via eQSL.cc . This is initially awarded for 100 countries confirmed via eQSL. It can be upgraded in increments of 25 countries thereafter.

DX-Club 200 - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working 200 countries. This award can be obtained for working 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, and 200 countries.

Prefix Hunting

ePFX300 - eQSL

This is the Prefix award via eQSL.cc . The basic award is for 300 different prefixes confirmed via eQSL. This was awarded for 353 confirmed via eQSL at that time.

1000 Prefix WPX - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working 1000 Callsigns with different prefixes from around the world.

Continent Hunting

10M WAC - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working all continents on 10m, mixed.

15M WAC - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working all continents on 15m, mixed, and has the Antarctic bonus for working an Antarctic station.

20M WAC - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working all continents on 20m, mixed, and has the Antarctic bonus for working an Antarctic station.

WAC - Mixed

IARU Worked All Continents, Mixed Mode. This is another award through the IARU, and is easy to qualify for.

State Hunting

10M WAS - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working all US States on 10m, mixed.

Province Hunting

Worked All Provinces - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working all Canadian Provinces.

Grid Square Hunting

Maidenhead Grid Squares 800 - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working an amateur station in each of 800 different grid squares, worldwide. This is available in increments of 100.

Misc Awards

HRN Members Worked - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. At the time I received this award, HRN has about 5300 members. This award is for working 50 members of the Ham Radio Nation site. They have a cool utility that allows you to upload your log, and it'll do an automatic check for you to see how many members you have worked.

Triple Suffix - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working 9 stations with a triple suffix as in AAA, BBB, etc. It is available for 9, 18, and 26 contacts. A maximum of 26 can be utilized (1 for each letter of the alphabet).

Worked Same Name - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working 50 other hams with the same first name as myself. I think I'm up to about 57, at this time.

Butterfly 25 - Ham Radio Nation

Ham Radio Nation (www.HamRadioNation.com) has a number of awards. This is for working 25 Female Stations from around the world. I'm up to about 45, so I'll be able to go for the Butterfly 50 soon!

1000 Miles Per Watt

This was for a contact between AA0JY & WB4IUY on RTTY at 100 milliwatts on 20 meters. This was equivilent to a contact at 9620 miles on 1 watt.

Great Lakes Awards - 10 Meters

Event Awards

IARU - 1994 1st Place in NC, Single Op Mixed

VHF/UHF - Multi Op

This was from the ARRL UHF contest in 1994. This was a multi-op effort by several members of TEARA. Our team took 1st place in the Roanoke Division, and had a BLAST in doing so.

Nebraska QSO Party - 1st Place NC