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Probably everybody of us search sometime callsign on qrz.com. For me it is: 1. select callsign, 2. copy to clipboard, 3. open new panel, 4. open qrz.com page and 5. paste callsign to search box and 6. search for it. Quite many steps, especially if you repeat it more than once..

All this started in November, 2009. I tweeted link with map of USA where I mark confirmed states via LoTW. You know, I am not focused on collecting awards, but after some months, I was curious where my signal reach the USA and WAS data from LoTW was nice opportunity mark it onto map. After hearing names of US states many times before from TV and Radio, that was also great opportunity learn where they are exactly on the map.

Sometimes is fine check callsign, if really does exist. In Czech republic is available search on website of Czech telecomunication office, who care about our hamradio licenses. So, you will get most official results from there. But, in Czech republic does exist law for protect personal data, so this search returns only ID number of license and license expiration date (No names, no addresses)

Accidentally, I found Ama magazine issued August 1998, where is on frontpage my father OK2BX and me as OK2BXT. We were near village Pavlov and participated in VHF field day on 144MHz. I remember we used Icom IC751 with transverter. During contest visited us Vojta OK2ZU who has QTH nearby and Karel OK2FD. He took this photo..

This QSL Card sent my grandfather Bohuslav OK2BX for CW radio contact on 28MHz to station W6FHW on 11th March 1949. I luckily found it, during searching other old stuff, on ebay and got it back on 11th January 2010. This is really most valuable QSL card at home for me and for my father either! I am glad my grandpa did not use printed stickers and we can now enjoy his handwritting. Btw, he designed this QSL card on his own.

Unfortunatelly, I had not luck meet my grandfather Bohuslav OK2BX personally. He passed away too early. He was quite known person in begin of hamradio in Czechoslovakia, I think. These days still happen to me that older hams remember to my grandfather, when I tell my name.

I ocasionally experienced that direct keying from writelog over FTDI USB interface has “hiccup”. In this case I must interupt transmitting and send macro again. I ordered Winkeyer2 kit serial version from Steve K1EL.

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Also this year I spent several hours during both days in cqww cw. I have always same configuration as previous years. Browsed previous contest results, where I usually claimed 300–450 QSO, I got idea try to break 500 QSO mark this year.

I did not think about participation in this contest. After seeing SSN 30 and Solar Flux 76 I said, I could try it and changed my decision. I spent most time on 15M & 10M. Made 155 QSOs. Hrd nice DXes, calling was not often so smooth with 100w and vertical antenna. Very happy I could successfuly worked ZS9X, PW5G and LU1HF on 10M. Great experience :-)

Unfortunatelly, on the audiorecord is not my voice, you can recognize blank space where I shouted my callsign ..

On weekend 26–28th september 2009 I participated again in hamradio CQWW RTTY contest. As usually my setup was Icom756pro2 with max output power 100w, sometime much less depends on band and situation. Antenna multiband vertical after repair. It got new trap and much better adjustment than before. On the desktop computer Writelog with MMTTY plugin and connected TRX via CIV.