[SEDXC] 5BDXCC!

[Jeffrey Otterson]

I just finished mine in December, too.  it was a race to see if 80 or 30
got to 100 first, and both were tough.  I had set DXCC Challenge and
5BDXCC + WARC as a goal for 2017.

Now I find that I am lacking ambition to work the radio as hard as I did
last year.  The Grid Chase does not excite me.

Congratulations, Bill.

Jeff n1kdo

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Mike Greenway <K4PI at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Congrats Bill.  It can be a long trail to winding that award up.  GL 73
> Mike K4PI
>
> From: Bill Coleman
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:52 PM
> To: SEDXC
> Subject: [SEDXC] 5BDXCC!
>
> Well, I messed up my card submission in December, so I left off my
> application for 80m DXCC, I just had endorsements. No matter, I figured,
> when it is finished, I’ll just submit an LoTW application for 80m and
> 5BDXCC.
>
> Turns out, unless you have a confirmation for 80m, you can’t apply for the
> 80m award on LoTW, even if you already have 100 credits!
>
> So, I had to wait until my J5T confirmations came in. With that done, I
> applied this morning for 80m DXCC and 5BDXCC (with the 30m endorsement),
> and it is already approved!
>
> I only started pursuing DXCC back in 2003 when LoTW started up. I remember
> Jim Streible K4DLI telling me that it took him 30 years to get his 5BDXCC.
> Didn’t quite take me that long with LoTW.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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