KO8SCA  USA
ADRIAN C CIUPERCA
1815 215TH STREET APT 4B BAYSIDE, NY 11360 USA
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20150905 1059UTC 14030kHz VP5/KO8SCA
Date : 05/Sep/2015 1059UTC
Freq : 14030kHz CW
Rig : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT : Mini-Whip(PAORDT)
PC recording
Weak signal..but I can read.. : )
Thank you for looking me up!
I am planning a Holiday Style DXpedition to Turks and Caicos as VP5SCA (callsign used during the "All Asia SSB DX Contest 2015") and VP5/KO8SCA (callsign used outside the contest) on September 3-8, 2015. Equipment K3 and Spyderbeam on SSB & CW. LoTW after the DXpedition.
For VP5SCA and VP5/KO8SCA QSL cards: direct only, to KO8SCA. For outside USA, please include SAE and $2/2 Euro/PayPal. For USA please include SASE only.
I love hunting for DX stations and counting my worked/confirmed DXCC entities! So, if I told you "Thanks for a new one", you should know you made my day!
70 DXCC entities to go!!!!!!
DX Peditions/DX entities hoping to work this year (2015):Navasa Island, Cocos Island, Iran, St Pierre & Miquelon, Dem Rep Congo, Eritrea, Juan Fernandez Island, Nepal, Spratly Islands, Trindade & Martin Vaz Island, Wake Island, Cocos Keeling, Tuvalu, Chesterfield Island, Equatorial Guinea, Willis Island, Bouvet, Franz Josef Land, Comoros, Iraq.
DX entities I tried but could not work: Botswana, Mount Athos, Buthan and St Peter & St Paul Rocks.
It gets harder and harder to catch new ones!
Organizations:
I am a member of the following ham radio organizations: ARRL, LIDXA, NCDXF, RSGB, WE2OEM
Equipment:
Base antennas:
KO8SCA QSL card:
Callsigns:
I've got my first ham radio license when I turned 16. Callsigns I used in the past: YO8SCA, KC2FQU
SK6AW.NET DX Cluster:
Time around the world:
Current propagation status:
My QRZ.com page was visited by people from these countries:
Current weather at my QTH:
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I am planning a Holiday Style DXpedition to Turks and Caicos as VP5SCA (callsign used during the "All Asia SSB DX Contest 2015") and VP5/KO8SCA (callsign used outside the contest) on September 3-8, 2015. Equipment K3 and Spyderbeam on SSB & CW. LoTW after the DXpedition.
For VP5SCA and VP5/KO8SCA QSL cards: direct only, to KO8SCA. For outside USA, please include SAE and $2/2 Euro/PayPal. For USA please include SASE only.
I love hunting for DX stations and counting my worked/confirmed DXCC entities! So, if I told you "Thanks for a new one", you should know you made my day!
70 DXCC entities to go!!!!!!
DX Peditions/DX entities hoping to work this year (2015):
DX entities I tried but could not work: Botswana, Mount Athos, Buthan and St Peter & St Paul Rocks.
It gets harder and harder to catch new ones!
- 2015:
- July 2015: DXCC entities: worked 270, confirmed 263.
- May 2015: DXCC entities: worked 267, confirmed: 254
- April 2015: DXCC entities: worked 265, confirmed: 253
- February 2015: Upgraded my ham radio license to Extra (the highest ham license in US). Became a VE (Volunteer Examiner). QSQ #1000 with YO8ST. DXCC entities: worked 252, confirmed: 243
- January 2015: DXCC entities: worked 243, confirmed: 227
- 2014:
- December 2014: DXCC entities worked: 241, DXCC entities confirmed: 218
- November 2014: DXCC entities worked: 215, DXCC entities confirmed: 185
- August 2014: DXCC entities worked: 146, DXCC entities confirmed: 93. Proud owner of a new Elecraft K3. It took 1 month of work to assemble (even with no soldering involved)!
- July 2014: First paper QSL received from PJ7/WA6WXD
- April 2014: DXCC worked: 8, DXCC confirmed: 0. DXCC #1: first QSO with K2LS
- March 2014: KO8SCA vanity call was issued to me
I am a member of the following ham radio organizations: ARRL, LIDXA, NCDXF, RSGB, WE2OEM
Equipment:
- Main rig: Elecraft K3 with 100W out. Great radio! (http://www.elecraft.com/)
- Begali Magnetic Traveler Light iambic key. The workmanship on this key is amazing! I am truly impressed. (http://www.i2rtf.com/html/traveler_light.html)
- Power supply: ALINCO DM-330MV (http://www.alinco.com/Products/DM330MVE/)
- Backup rig: Yaesu FT-840 with 100W out. Old but works great!
- Backup transmatch: MFJ-929. Small and fast. I could not ask for more.
- Backup CW Electronic Keyer Paddle: MFJ-422D
Base antennas:
- AlphaDelta DX-20: 20M monoband dipole
- W8AMZ ½ Wave 10M monoband dipole
- Spyderbeam (http://www.spiderbeam.com/). This is a DXpeditioner's dream antenna.
- Radioworks Carolina Windom 80. Impressive performance on 80M to 10M bands. Too bad it is too large to install it in my apartment!
- Cuschcraft TEN-3: 3 element Yagi, monoband (10M only). A piece of art. Works like a charm!
KO8SCA QSL card:
- If you mail me a QSL to my QRZ.com address you get mine in return 100%. No need for IRC or $$$. But, please include SAE to make it easier for me.
- All QSLs received via the QSL Bureau are confirmed 100% via the QSL Bureau.
- I upload all my QSOs to LoTW so you get the QSO confirmed right away, when you upload yours.
- Sorry, no eQSL.
Callsigns:
I've got my first ham radio license when I turned 16. Callsigns I used in the past: YO8SCA, KC2FQU
SK6AW.NET DX Cluster:
Time around the world:
Current propagation status:
My QRZ.com page was visited by people from these countries:
Current weather at my QTH:
Click for weather forecast
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