Author: Andrea HB9DUR

I love ham radio contesting

Upgrade to EX0DX QSL cards

New QSL cards for EX0DX available and replies will be sent soon.

I must admit I am late in responding to #EX0DX Direct QSL especially due to lack of paper cards. I have failed to enter into this topic several times during 2025. NOW IS THE TIME!

I addressed my request to Tony Stefanov LZ1JZ QSL PRINT http://www.LZ1JZ.com as I did with full satisfaction of mine in the past, to redesign my card.

Tony provided not only a fast draft, but also a fast printing service. Moreover, Tony will be handling my long standing OQRS Direct and Bureau request. What a great Service!

Now on the card: The FRONT

It is rather simple to understand. I have chosed a typical May field filled with red poppies https://kyrgyzstan-tourism.com/…/red-poppies-the…/ with on the background thethe majestic Tian Shan Mountain Range

Top Left a group of Yurt and on the top right a typical Glacier

The BACK

Againg a mountain scenery in the background with 4 elements important to me:

1) Kyrgyzstan Flag in Kyrgyzstan Map (easy to identify the country Shape on a Map and the national flag) https://www.advantour.com/kyrgyzstan/flag.htm

2) ARUKR logo https://qrzex.com/

3) The snow Leopard (considered a key indicator of ecological health in mountainous regions across 12 Asian countries) https://timesca.com/kyrgyzstan-adopts-snow-leopard-as…/

4) The Yurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt

So if If you need QSL from EX0DX please check the log here:

https://clublog.org/logsearch/EX0DX

Preferred is LOTW

Direct via Clublog OQRS

Bureau via Clublog OQRS

Thank you. 73

Andrea

#ex0dx#lz1jz#yurta#yurt#nomadiclife#tienshanmountains#kyrgyzstan#snowleopard#arukr

Monteverde Contest Team (D4C): New web shop

The Ham radio Cape Verde based Monteverde Contest team has recentlky lauched its new web shop promoting specialized equipment, some of them teted on-site at the D4C station.

D4C is making their trusted tools and technologies available to the ham radio community. The shop will offer a selection of hard-to-find gear designed for DX and Contest operations on HF, as well as practical and unique contesting gadgets to enhance your setup.

Articles are now avaiable online after years of testing and refining specialized equipment at the D4C station.

Thank you for supporting D4C and the amateur radio community! See you in the contest

#youcallweanswer

100 years of KARA-Kyrgyz Autonomous Region AWARD

Still 8 months to work this Award

I was recently made aware of the existence of the “100 years of KARA-Kyrgyz Autonomous Region” AWARD.
It is necessary to score 100 points for communication with radio amateurs from Kyrgyzstan. A QSO with EX1—EX9 prefix gives 10 points, a QSO with EX0 gives 5 points (except EX0M, which gives 10 points).
Contacts made between 01 September 2024 till 01 September 2025 are counted. https://hamlog.online/club/kyrgyzstan/

The award is established by ARUKR the Union of Radio Amateurs of the Kyrgyz Republic. http://qrzex.com/

Link to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara-Kirghiz_Autonomous_Oblast

kyrgyzstan #amateurradio #radiamateur #award