[ADXA] Challenge award question

Tue Oct 25 21:23:50 EDT 2022

George (JJJ), John (BHS) and Charles (K5CS) have indeed become DX'ing
monsters.  I've always admired people who do all that record-keeping for
the Challenge award, and keeping up with modes, etc.  I've had a good time
looking at the old QSL cards and remembering the "good old days".  I need
to get my records up to date and then  catch up with George  and John and
then I can coast a little.  I do know how to use FT8 so I think I can clean
up a lot of the common ones I need that way.  My weakness is on the low
bands, though.

Thinking about this caused me to call a local heavy duty bush-hogging
company that can clean up several acres behind and beside the house.  I
have a lot of 60-70 foot pine trees but there is so much brush and small
trees that it is difficult to put up wire antennas.  I kidded George and
John about costing me a lot of money, but really, it's something I've
wanted to do for a long time.  It's going to be nice for puttering around
this winter when the ticks and snakes and yellowjackets are gone.  I can
also see a 160 meter inverted-L, an 80 meter wire vertical or array, and
some slopers or verticals for 40 and 30 meters.  I should have done that 10
years ago!

I'm proud of my fellow Russellville DX chasers - time for me to get in
there and pitch with them, and do my share of giving them a hard time!

73,
Dennis

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 7:22 PM WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seriously Dennis and all, it's a great thing that you are finally jumping
> in with both feet.  Lucky for me, I only have 900+ QSL Cards and most are
> gradually being pushed to the back of the drawer as more and more "old
> timers" get all their stuff on LoTW.  Most of my stash cards are actually
> duplicates I've requested via the Bureau because I wanted tangible evidence
> of that contact, plus many are really nice cards.
>
> I know deep down inside that you are so far ahead of me in so many areas.
> I just keep on keeping on and doing what I can.  With my very limited CW
> skills, I'm a goner on that part.  Plus, FT has made me and so many others,
> really lazy as well.  I remember when I was on 10m (my only real band for a
> long time), I wore out the foot switch (for a tattoo needle) or VOX and
> many microphone "pop" filters.  My voice was gone many Monday's when I went
> back to work and had to talk, I didn't even try to explain why.
>
> As for you Honor Roll plaque, I can only wish for that one.  Maybe I can
> polish some luck off of yours, you recon?  Like the genie from the bottle,
> 3 wishes.
> Seriously,  I hope everyone knows that I will do anything I can to
> support anyone that wants to tackle whatever they seek, even knowing that I
> will be the ultimate "loser".  It only makes me try harder.
> 73's
> George - WB5JJJ
> HoIP - 100105
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 6:32 PM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Joel and Bill  - I’ll do it that way. I discovered another box of
>> cards to go through.  This is going to be a process.
>>
>> George - thanks not so much :).  Don’t worry, I’m not in any danger of
>> catching up with you and John anytime soon….   I’ll be in the hunt, though,
>> when I’m not polishing my Honor Roll #1 plaque - haw haw!
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2022, at 4:33 PM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> That pretty much sums it up, Dennis do NOT NOT ask those two wingnuts in
>> Russellville !!!!!!!  :-)))
>>
>> Sort them as a whole by band, no need to separate by callsign since you
>> are one in the same.
>>
>> 73 Joel W5ZN
>>
>>
>> On 2022-10-25 15:24, WB5JJJ wrote:
>>
>> If you ask me or John, just file them in 13.  No problems for us.
>>
>> 73's
>> George - WB5JJJ
>> HoIP - 100105
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 4:21 PM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I have my QSL cards better organized now and have some to submit for the
>> Challenge award.  I have some for my former call, WA5IIS, and some for my
>> current call, and I have not been able to find anything about this in the
>> DXCC instructions.
>>
>> My original DXCC certificate was issued to WA5IIS and I switched to W5RZ
>> in the late 70's.  Can I just mix the cards together, sorted as a whole by
>> band and mode?  Or do I need to keep them separate?
>>
>> 73,
>> Dennis
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