- The Battle at the IARU HF World Championship - KT7E

 

- The Battle at the IARU HF World Championship -

KT7E ( USA Oregon )

KT7E  USA KEVIN J LAHAIE PORTLAND RADIO CONTESTER CLUB 18655 SW CAMELOT LN HILLSBORO, OR 97123 USA QSL: QSL direct via QSL manager Andy KE7AUB Page managed by K7ZS Lookups: 65142

20260711 1359UTC 14006kHz CW KT7E 

JJ5IZX_Mako · 20260711 1359UTC 14006kHz CW KT7E

 JJ5IZX PADDLE                     5:34 - 6:36

It’s a 24-hour battle. Good luck, KEVIN san 73 : )

KT7E is now the club callsign for the Portland Radio Contester Club.  Previous callsign was KK7PR

We recently lost Joe Batty, a founding member of the club, and we are pleased to honor Joe's memory by adopting his callsign as our club call.  Thanks to the Batty Family for honoring our request to use his call in his memory.

The PDXRCC's mission statement is "RadioSport for the FUN of it".  We expose ham operators to radio contesting in a non intimidating and fun way at my station, where there is only one focus: teaching through example and a chance to witness AND operate a moderate station in the radio contests.

Look for us in the contests, and PROMOTE HAM RADIO in all it's many forms!

Vy 73

Kevin K7ZS

Trustee of KT7E

 

 

 

- The Battle at the IARU HF World Championship - VK9DX

- The Battle at the IARU HF World Championship -

VK9DX ( Norfolk Island )

VK9DX  Norfolk Island QSL via YT3D Nick Hacko Norfolk Island 2899 Australia Email: Use mouse to view.. Ham Member Lookups: 988000

20260711 1241UTC 7009kHz CW VK9DX

JJ5IZX_Mako · 20260711 2141UTC 7009kHz CW VK9DX

 JJ5IZY PC KEYING               1:58 - 4:58

 JJ5IZX PADDLE                     6:30 - 6:53

It’s a 24-hour battle. Good luck, Nick san 73 : )

My name is Nick Hacko. I have resided on Norfolk Island since 2021. The radio location is primarily designed as a contesting station, and it is still a work in progress. Currently, the antenna setup consists of a 5 el Yagi for 10m band, 4 el for 15m, 3el for 20m, 4 square for 40m, and a vertical for the 80/160m band. Also, I am active on 6m with a 6-element Yagi.

Contesting from the middle of the Pacific is extremely challenging. The nearest major centre of activity is Japan, roughly 8,000 km north-east of Norfolk Island. The US West Coast is about 10,500 km away, while the East Coast is more than 13,000 km. Moscow is approximately 15,000 km distant, and Berlin around 16,500 km. These are vast distances, meaning openings are always short and intense, and signals are often barely audible—especially on the low bands. VK9N is not PJ4,CN3 or EA8!

Nevertheless, I do enjoy contesting, and I have already won first place worldwide in the CQWW contest in several different categories.

2021. CQWW CW Single operator 40m band LP, #1 in the world, new all time Oceania record
2022. CQWW CW Sngle operator 40m band, #1 in the world
2024. CQWW CW Classic category SO All bands, #1 in the world, new all time Oceania record
2024. CQWW RTTY contest, SO 10m #2 in the world, new all time Oceania record
2024. Oceania DX SSB contest, SO 10m  #1 in the world
2025. CQWW RTTY contest, SOAB Classic #1 in the world, new all time Oceania record
2025. CQWW  SSB  SO 15m  Assisted  3,300 QSOs, new all time Oceania record
2025. CQWW CW  SOAB  Assisted  5440 QSOs,  8.379 mil points new all time Oceania record

I run a high-precision manufacturing business in Sydney, specialising in parts machined with sub-micron tolerances and exotic materials for the space, medical, optics, electronics, and scientific research industries. The bulk of production is waveguide amplifiers for 100 GHz+ and switches for 300 GHz+, as well as microfluidic modules with channels under 70 microns. Also, I am a third-generation watchmaker, and I design and manufacture mechanical wristwatches.

Need a paper QSL card for VK9DX or VK9A?

My QSL manager is my brother, YT3D. Please contact him directly. To receive a card, send USD $5 or 5 EUR . This is a real cost of QSLing, so please don't send lesser amounts.

Electronic confirmation

All contacts (more than 205,000 so far) are uploaded to ClubLog. ClubLog provides a 'free-for-all' QSO confirmation service. I am an active ClubLog  user and supporter.  

Need LoTW only?

Over the years more than 82,000 contacts were uploaded to LoTW for free, and hundreds of QSL cards were mailed. Want to save on postage? Need LoTW only? In a hurry? Or just wish to show your appreciation for a new one on a difficult band? Paypal USD $5 to vk9dx@clockmaker.com.au

Happy DXing

73 Nick   [VK2DX  VK1AA  YU7XX  H40XX  H44XX  VK9WI  VK9LX etc. ]

I love amplifiers

I’m mostly a collector and admirer. Australian rules limit output to 400W on sideband and 120W on CW/digital—not huge, but plenty if your Yagis sit on a remote island. On digital, I run 50W and still work everyone, even rare ones—not on first call, but regularly. Power isn’t the point. Amplifiers are.

I started building them at 16. First was a GG 2x813, later rebuilt to 4x813. Then QB5/1750, rebuilt to a pair of 1750s. First commercial amp: an old Dentron MLA2500 imported form Canada. Then a new Emtron DX2, upgraded to DX3. The grail? Creative Electronics CE-5000 with 3CX3000—6KW into the antenna effortlessly. Now in storage for 20+ years.

Wife hated the DX3 blower, so I bought an SPE 1.3K—quiet, but constant headaches. Three breakdowns, each repair $1K. SPE never again.  After moving to Norfolk, I needed a small, reliable, valve amp I could fix myself. OM Power 2000A+ fit perfectly. Later, bought a second 2000A+ as a spare. When I got the Felex 6600, I also bought PowerGenius PGXL, but since I rarely use Flex, the PGXL was turned on just for a photo opportunity.

When DXing closed in 2025, I was left with dozens of brand-new, unboxed amps. Could I have sold them? Maybe. Could I sell below cost? Never. Appreciative buyers are rare. Now I have:

• 2x ACOM 2000A, 2x ACOM 1500, 2x ACOM 2100 (all unboxed)

• 1 demo ACOM 2000A (5 hours)

• 9 OM Power amps: OM2000+, OM2000A+, OM2000, OM2501, OM2501HF, two OM4001s (auto/manual), 2 OM2002W

• and 3 more PGXLs (unboxed)

That’s 20+ amps and I still dream of one more: Alpha 77SX with a pair of 8877s, the ultimate nostalgia piece, an amplifier I could only dream about when I was a kid.  Maybe the last… or maybe not.

73,
Nick VK9DX

The result is the completion of WAJA.

 

The result is the completion of WAJA.

- soon I received email -

Dear Mako-san,

 

thank you very much for your kind and quick help.

 

I checked LoTW again and now I can see Kochi-ken / Aki-city correctly added to our QSO.

 

This was a very special confirmation for me, because Kochi was the last missing prefecture I needed to complete the JARL WAJA Award.

 

Thanks to your help, my WAJA is now complete and I have already sent my application to JARL.

 

I really appreciate your kindness. You made me very happy today!

 

Thank you again for the nice QSO and for your support.

 

Hope to meet you again on the bands.

 

Best 73 and good DX,

Paolo

IK3ITB

Italy

I am honored to have been of assistance.

See you again Paolo san 73 : )

20260710 .... I did it !!! (TQSL-Location edit + Reupload adif)

20260710  I did it ! (TQSL-Location edit + Reupload .adif)

Before it

After it

.*. add Prefecture & City/Gun/Ku

Now FIX case ... 

LoTW confirmation missing Japanese prefecture for WAJA

LoTW confirmation missing Japanese prefecture for WAJA

(IK3ITB Paolo)

Oneday .. I received an e-mail from IK3ITB

He said to me... 

Dear Mako-san,

 

thank you very much for the nice FT8 QSO and for confirming it on LoTW.

 

I am currently checking my confirmed Japanese QSOs for the JARL WAJA award, and your QSO is very important for me because your QRZ page shows Aki-city, Kochi Prefecture.

This is he got QSL on LoTW..

The QSO is already confirmed in LoTW, but in my LoTW ADIF report the Japanese prefecture / STATE field is missing.

 

May I kindly ask you whether the QSO was made from Kochi Prefecture?

 

If yes, and if it is not too much trouble, would it be possible to update your TQSL Station Location with the correct Japanese prefecture, Kochi / WAJA 39, and re-upload or refresh this QSO in LoTW?

 

This would help me very much for the WAJA award.

 

Thank you very much for your help and for the QSO.

 

Best 73,

Paolo Giardini // IK3ITB

OK I understand this case,,, I will tried check to TQSL.

I already try it for JJ5IZY TQSL-Location

Now edit for JJ5IZY`s TQSL-Location because .. 

Dear Paolo,

Thank you for your email.

To be honest, I hadn't even kept track of the specific details of the QSL cards I sent out. I am absolutely amazed that there are such dedicated enthusiasts out there attempting to earn JARL awards (WAJA) using LoTW.

I’m checking JJ5IZY(My Wife) TQSL location settings.

I’m not sure exactly how it works, but after adding a location and re-uploading all the logs, the prefecture and city names you wanted appeared on the IZY side, just as you described.

Now I’m at work, so I can’t access the TQSL setup on my home PC.

But I’m sure you’ll be smiling in a few hours.

Thanks for the great tip, Paolo  san.

I’m rooting for you to earn your WAJA award.

Best 73 : )                                                            

                                                                            JJ5IZX Mako