K9RS CQWW CW 2025

K9RS  USA

Ray Sokola
RAYMOND L SOKOLA
416 Riblett Lane
Wilmington, DE 19808
USA

KC1XX CQWW CW 2025 10METER

KC1XX  USA

MATTHIAS STRELOW
814 HURRICANE HILL RD
MASON, NH 03048
USA

KC1XX CQWW CW 2025

KC1XX  USA

MATTHIAS STRELOW
814 HURRICANE HILL RD
MASON, NH 03048
USA

KQ2M CQWW CW 2025

KQ2M  USA

ROBERT L SHOHET
51 SCUDDER RD
NEWTOWN, CT 06470
USA

KU2M CQWW CW 2025

KU2M  USA

F PETER BIZLEWICZ
1209 PINES LAKE DR WEST
WAYNE, NJ 07470
USA

My first exposure to amateur radio was through my cousin and "Elmer," Randy, WA4QNM, of Lightfoot (just outside of colonial Williamsburg), Virginia. No longer active today, Randy was the person who first told me about ham radio, and began teaching me Morse code. During one summer visit in the early 1960s to his parents' small motel business near Williamsburg, I helped Randy put up something new- a quad antenna. Made with bamboo spreaders, the loops barely cleared the ground in the back of the motel, just behind the utility shed in which Randy was allowed to have his rig - a Johnson Viking II xmtr and Drake 2-B receiver. QSOs were on CW or AM phone. One day, after getting the quad QRV on 10 meters, we pointed it south and Randy called CQ, on 10 meter AM phone. After numerous calls with no answer, we were about to give up, thinking the antenna didn't work (it was only 5 feet off the ground!), when we heard a signal calling us. It was fading up and down, but was Q5, and we copied the callsign- it was a PZ station - something neither of us had ever heard of! Randy looked at me and exclaimed, "'Pea - Zed?' -  what's a 'pea - zed?'" He frantically dug out a list of DX prefixes and we learned that PZ was a place called "Suriname." His eyes bugged out and I can still remember him yelling, "Suriname? Where the HECK is Suriname??!" It was a very exciting moment....and, even though I wasn't the operator, my first DX contact. 

That did it for me- even though I was years away from becoming a ham, I had been bitten by the DX bug!

QSLing

I now upload QSOs (both daily logbook and Contest QSOs) to ARRL Logbook of the World. Please join LoTW for fast, efficient QSLing.

If you wish to receive a physical QSL card, please send your QSL with SAE (self-addressed envelope) AND postage...either U.S. Postage stamps (best method for USA QSLs), or IRC or Green Stamp ($2) for DX reply. Your card will go out usually within 24-48 hours of receipt.

LY2AX CQWW CW 2025

LY2AX  Lithuania

Arunas Silinas
Leliju 6
KULAUTUVA, KAUNAS region LT-53481
Lithuania

LY2PX CQWW CW 2025

LY2PX  Lithuania

Vilius Vaseikis
Paberzes 30-37
LT-07144 Vilnius
Lithuania

LY2SA CQWW CW 2025

LY2SA  Lithuania

VIDMANTAS ANDRIUSKEVICIUS
R. Jukneviciaus 110-20
LT- 68189 MARIJAMPOLE
Lithuania

LY5O CQWW CW 2025

LY5O  Lithuania

Bronius "Bro" Sriubas
Amerikos lietuvių 4
Kaunas-18 LT-46251
Lithuania

LY5R CQWW CW 2025

LY5R  Lithuania

Albertas Pipiras
Vejeliskiu km, 3
Anyksciu raj. LT-29171
Lithuania