[OKDXA] Old Baker Island QSL Rcvd

[Jerry Chouinard]

Jeff my OKDXA stalwart and brother: 

The K1B QSL cars on my station Alpha console is proof cards are available at no cost!

73/88 73, kind gentleman and to your wife, and a 73/88 to the family of your son Erik!

Jerry - K5YAA

‘The American Communicator’

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> On Jun 5, 2018, at 8:42 AM, Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com> wrote:
> 
>  GM OKDXA DXers... Recently I was going through some of my old paper logs
> and came across QSO's for the K1B - Baker Island operation in April/May of
> 2002. I had never sent for QSL's. I sent my QSL, SAE, and a couple bucks to
> Hrane YT1AD. Yesterday, I received 2 nice cards confirming my 7 QSO's on
> both CW & SSB.
>  As I recall the discussion from years ago, some guys had issues getting
> cards for this operation. I think the QSL route for CW and for phone went to
> different places and many people had problems. I already had Baker
> confirmed. That's probably why I never sent for cards. Anyway, if you worked
> K1B and need a card for any mode you can send to YT1AD via QRZ.com address.
>  With the KH1/KH7Z Baker Island operation coming up in a few weeks, I have
> done a little research of past activations. There have been only 3 major
> DXpeditions to Baker/Howland in the last 30 years.
>  K1B in 2002 was a truly multi-national operation with 12 operators from
> Serbia, Macedonia, USA, Russia, South Africa, Slovenia, and Latvia. They
> made 95,127 QSO's.
>  AH1A was on from Howland Island in 1993. A ten operator team made 52K
> QSO's.
>  NO1Z/KH1 and VK9NL/KH1 was an operation from Howland Island in March/April
> of 1988. 5 operators made 27,500 QSO's.
>  The entity of Baker and Howland Islands has been on the DXCC list since
> 1945, but was initially known as Baker, Howland, and American Phoenix
> Islands. The islands of Canton and Enderbury, which were jointly
> administered by the US and Great Britain, were a part of the Baker/Howland
> entity until July 12, 1979 when they became a part of Central Kiribati by
> agreement between Kiribati and Great Britain. However, the US did not
> relinquish its claim to Canton and Enderbury until the Treaty of Tarawa came
> into force on Sept 23, 1983.
>  So, since July 12, 1979 all QSO's with Canton and Enderbury count for
> Central Kiribati, except for stations with a KH1 callsign before Sept 23,
> 1983 which count for Baker/Howland.
>  Erik, SM0AGD, operated from the same shack on Canton in October 1982,
> signing T31AE which counted for Central Kiribati and SM0AGD/KH1 which
> counted for Baker/Howland.
>  My DXCC mixed QSO for Baker/Howland was with KS6DV/KH1 on Canton Island on
> July 28, 1979. My DXCC CW QSO for Baker/Howland was with SM0AGD/KH1 on
> Canton Island in October of 1982.
>  Have you worked Baker and Howland Islands? Who did you work?
>  Good luck to everyone. Hope you get KH1/KH7Z in the log many times...
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jeff - K5WE
> 
> 
> 
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