XZ1K(Myanmar) on 20m BPSK31!!!

XZ1K(Myanmar) on 20m BPSK31!!!

XZ1K  Myanmar (Burma)  Kawthaung Township Tanintharyi State Myanmar (Burma) [+] Mailing label
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20130511 1516TC 14071kHz XZ1K
Date : 11/May/2013 1516UTC
Freq : 14071kHz BPSK31
Rig  : ICOM IC-7200
ANT  : LOOP
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Tnx fer Nice contact 73's : ) ... I got new 1 !!!

Lookups 4079 (4942) QRZ Admin XZ1K Last Update 2013-05-11 09:57:19 Latitude 10.093262 (10° 5' 35'' N) Longitude 98.552856 (98° 33' 10'' E) Grid Square NK90gc Geo Source User supplied Bearing 242.5° WSW (from JJ5IZX) Distance 2762.3 mi (4445.5 km) Long Path 22094.5 mi (35557.7 km) Sunrise 23:05:36 UTC Sunset 11:38:46 UTC QSL by Mail? Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL? Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL with eQSL?) Uses LOTW? No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Admin For (1) XZ1K Apply for a new Vanity callsign...

UPDATE 11/5/2013 - QSOs completed with JA, VU, VK etc. I am using Digipan, so you can transmit up to 1KHz high of my frequency and I can do a 'split' QSO.

UPDATE MAY 11TH 2013 - I am now in Kawthaung, Myanmar. Please look for my signal on 20mb PSK-31. You can check QSOs and request QSLs from my online log at http://www.myradioclub.org/xz1k/

11/5/2013 - LOTW is not yet available. I submitted documents to the ARRL for DXCC approval and LOTW account on 30/4/13, (by courier service from Yangon), but although the package is shown as delivered to the ARRL I have had no feedback. If/when I am allocated an LOTW account, I will upload to LOTW for requested QSLs.

UPDATE MAY 1ST 2013 - During the months of May and June 2013, I MAY operate XZ1K from Tanintharyi State. I will only operate on PSK-31, according to when I have free time. From 1st July, I will be working in Laos, but I will try to return each holiday to re-activate XZ1K

QSL INFORMATION - QSLs will only be available via online verification. There is of course, no bureau in Myanmar and I will have no permanent address there. I will mail out a hard-copy QSL for each QSO verification. SWLs may also submit their reception reports.

In May 2012, after working as a teaching volunteer at a local orphanage in Tanintharyi State, south Myanmar, I applied to the military commander of that state and was granted the amateur radio call-sign of XZ1K, for use within that region.

I subsequently operated for a short while on 10m SSB during May 2012, and achieved QSOs with many Asian stations.

In April 2012, I left Tanintharyi State for a new teaching position in Yangon, and so I was no longer able to operate XZ1K.

Here are some photos taken at that time where I presented items to the orphanage kids that have been purchased with funds donated by several radio amateurs

Donation of colouring books in Kawthaung