[ADXA] Triple Play Award

James Ferguson vertigow at mac.com
Tue Jun 22 21:11:18 EDT 2021


The low number on the certificate should be an indication that this is not an easy award to obtain.

Nice job sir!

> On Jun 22, 2021, at 8:05 PM, Richard Harris <rickai5p at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, not a DX award but an interesting challenge. Many ADXA members probably
> have got this one. When I moved to Colorado, this award was one I was going to
> try from my shack - Oops, I live in an apartment and don't have a shack!
> Now definitely a challenge! Over a few months, I managed to work 49 states
> on CW and SSB with the venerable Icom 706MKIIG and Hustler antennas on
> the Mazda.Then over to FT-8 - How to do it? Solution - Daughter's house for power for
> the PC and Icom 7300 with the Hustler antennas. Working away to 49 states
> confirmed on LOTW. The holdout? Wyoming. Too close. Then the ham spirit
> comes with the offer from a ham in Cheyenne (only about 110 miles away) to give it a try. After several tries on 40m, WY is in the bag on all three modes. Will be buying
> him lunch the next time I'm in Cheyenne! Where there's a will, there is a way!
> A very neat award!  73 Rick AI5P
> 
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