20151126 J3/KO8SCA(Grenada) on 30m CW

20151126 J3/KO8SCA(Grenada) on 30m CW

KO8SCA  USA ADRIAN C CIUPERCA 1815 215TH STREET APT 4B BAYSIDE, NY 11360 USA Email: Use mouse to view.. Ham Member Lookups: 5769

20151126 0556UTC 10109.6kHz J3/KO8SCA
Date : 26/Nov/2015 0556UTC
Freq : 10109.6kHz CW
Rig   : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT : Mini-Whip(PAORDT)
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Thank you for looking me up!​

• For my J3 DXPedition go here: http://www.qrz.com/db/J3/KO8SCA
• For my VP5 DXPedition go here: http://www.qrz.com/db/VP5/KO8SCA

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!
Less than 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, Cocos Keeling, Tuvalu, Chesterfield Island, Equatorial Guinea, Willis Island, Franz Josef Land, Comoros, Iraq, UN.
DX entities I tried but could not work in 2015: Botswana, Mount Athos, Bhutan, Agalega & Brandon and St Peter & St Paul Rocks.
It gets harder and harder to catch new ones!

• 2015: 
  • November 2015: DXCC entities: worked 277, confirmed 274.
  • October 2015: DXCC entities: worked 275, confirmed 271.
  • September 2015: DXCC entities: worked 273, confirmed 268.
  • 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

Organizations:
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 Equipment:

• 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

QRV antennas:

• 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, VP5SCA, VP5/KO8SCA.

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