I have been a licensed Amateur Radio Operator since 1955. My first callsign  was  K4BYM  which I obtained at the FCC office in Norfolk, VA by passing a 13 WPM CW send and receive test and a General Class written test. My  present call, W6RLL,  was  obtained in  1972 when I passed the Advanced Class written test at the FCC office in Los Angeles, CA . After retiring in 1986 I passed the Extra Class written and 20WPM CW test in Tucson, AZ. At present my station consists of the following:

Transceiver:    Icom IC-7800                        

Amplifiers:       Icom PW-1 
                         Henry 3K Ultra

RTTY:               HAL ST-8000 HF Modem
                         HAL DSRTTY-Win

                       

Antennas:       160/80 Meter Vertical
                       40 Meter Four Square
                       30 Meter 2 Element Yagi
                       13 - 30MHz 12 Element LPDA     View One   View Two
                         6 Meter 5 Element Yagi                      

Logging:          LOGIC 8
                        WinEQF

Contests:        WriteLog  

     

Active DXCC Totals        

	Mixed	SSB	CW	RTTY
160M	093/072	004/004	091/070	000/000
80M	230/226	106/103	177/166	005/005
40M	320/320	115/105	299/284	047/037
30M	290/285	000/000	290/283	010/007
20M	335/335	281/244	285/250	228/214
17M	314/314	231/194	250/228	033/024
15M	326/326	204/165	221/205	182/176
12M	288/287	153/143	179/174	003/002
10M	315/315	202/197	186/183	085/079
6M	012/007	008/005	005/003	000/000
Totals	337/337	337/337	334/334	325/324

 

DXCC Challenge

Current	Total
2487	2487

 

WAS Details

	Mixed	SSB	CW	RTTY
160M	50/50	03/02	50/50	00/00
80M	50/50	16/14	40/36	47/47
40M	50/50	35/31	49/48	48/48
30M	50/50	00/00	50/50	00/00
20M	50/50	49/49	50/50	50/50
17M	07/06	01/00	05/04	02/02
15M	50/50	30/29	43/38	50/50
12M	07/06	03/03	04/03	00/00
10M	50/50	19/19	45/44	46/45
6M	41/41	38/38	14/09	00/00
Totals	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50

                                  

WAZ

	Totals	Needed
160	26/25	Many
80	40/40
40	40/40
20	40/40
15	40/40
10	40/40
6	08/06	Many

 

Award Numbers

5BDXCC	NR  3601
RTTY DXCC	NR    369
5BWAS	NR  2475
RTTY WAS	NR    167
WAE TOP MXD	NR       43
WAE TOP CW	NR     188
IOTA-CC-100	NR   2527
IOTA-CC-200	NR   1238
IOTA-CC-300	NR     939
IOTA-CC-400	NR     794
IOTA-CC-500	NR     683
5BWAZ	NR   1613

                         

USACA Counties   

CW	3077/3077
RTTY	750/686

  

IOTA

MIXED

549/527

 

WAE Trophy

Mixed	73/343
CW	71/326

 425 DX Scores

Top List	3475
Top Band	2480
Top Mode	995

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