ABOUT THIS

This blog is about my activities on amateur radio from my retirement location in Qulin, MO. I am active on 80m thru 6m (with the exception of 60m) with 95+% utilizing the digital FT4 and FT8 modes (FTx)
I upload to LoTW and Club Log at the end of every session on the air. I QSL 100% for all non-W/VE QSO's via the bureau - which I do once a year. W/VE are replied to direct - NO SASE required but appreciated. I do not upload to eQSL or QRZ.com

UTC Time

Current UTC Time in Qulin, MO :

My Info

Amateur Extra - Licensed Since 1977
GMRS - WSJF-207

DX Marathon

Current DX Marathon Status
As of: 15-SEP-2025
Entities: 142
Zones: 38
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Score: 180

Club Log


NOTE: DXCC totals on ClubLog do not reflect my legacy credits at ARRL DXCC Desk.
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Equipment

EQUPMENT ROSTER
HF - Icom IC-718 / mAT-180H Tuner / ~40w on FTx
Portable/QRP - HF/50MHz - Yaesu FT818 / 6w on FTx

ANTENNAS
All Bands - Vertical Mobile (Ham Sticks)

POTA Stats

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Blog Update - 7/17/2025

1.  Updated all my stats as of yesterday morning and added WAS Triple Play and the pending DXCC Trident award tracking.  Will try and do that Wednesday mornings.

2.  Spent some time on 30m this evening trying to work some new one - and I succeeded!  Worked 7X (Algeria) for a ATNO on digital and a new one on 30m.  Also worked an IS0 (Sardinia) for a new one on 30m and HH (Haiti) for a new one on 30m and possibly to confirm it on digital.  I worked another HH station on 20m but didn't get any confirmation.  Also worked a SM (Sweden) on 30m for another new one.   That gives me 98 worked on 30m - so getting real close to DXCC on 30m, but only 82 confirmed.  Once I hit 100 worked, I will start to work on getting the confirmations for the missing.  Need 12 to hit the 100 mark, and have 4 OQRS Q's on Club Log - but don't know if they would be LotW or paper.  I do have one of my confirmations on that band in paper (Albania), so if I do it all LotW, I will need 13 confirmations.

3.  Speaking of DXCC - still real close on 12m as well.  I have 97 confirmed on that band and all are LotW confirmations.  I have 5 outstanding OQRS Q's that I could send off for and hopefully 3 of them will also have LotW confirmations.

4.  As of right now, I won't be submitting anything to ARRL until mid-fall (late October).  I want to do the 12m and 30m (and possibly the 17m) submissions all at the same time.  I am way behind on 17m - with 25 needed confirmations.  What I will probably do is work on getting 12m in the bag and then 30m - then I will have to hit 17m really hard.



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