Thank you, Awards Desk
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Barefoot to a home-made j-pole on a six-foot fence post.
 473, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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From: HH Brakob
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2021 5:54 PM To: ARRL-Awards@... Subject: [ARRL-Awards] Thank you, Awards Desk
Barefoot to a home-made j-pole on a six-foot fence post.
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73, de Hans, KØHB “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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Congrats on VUCC! I only got mine fairly recently as well. Most of my grids on CW and SSB but now getting more on other modes, but I still enjoy all modes. 73 Ria, N2RJ On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 5:54 PM HH Brakob <kzerohb@...> wrote:
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Ken Campbell <n6pcd1@...>
Hans,
Congrats on earning this award! I know fro personal experience how gratifying it is. I FINALLY earned my mixed DXCC earlier this year, a culmination of 34 years in ham radio. Same as you, I was using 100 watts and compromise antennas, mostly from a townhouse. Vy 73 de Ken N6PCD |
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Bernd - KB7AK
I am patiently awaiting my certificate, I just got got over 100 and submitted my paperwork, a mixed effort with a G5RV at about 32 ft. and simple 6M Yagi on a tripod at 8 ft. in my front yard which I have to take down weekly before the HOA inspection walks around the neighborhood...
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Gary Hinson <Gary@...>
Well done to all the award winners!
One nice thing about mixed DXCC is that it’s relatively easy to explain the essential goal of “contacting 100 countries” to friends and acquaintances who aren’t hams or don’t know about DXCC.
If you get further into DXCC, it gets trickier to explain ‘entities’, the endorsement stickers, single band and mode awards, honor roll etc., especially without coming across as a bit (errrr, how can I put this) obsessive – much the same as in other hobbies that involve collecting things.
I’m quite sure there are accepted rules and practices among the teapot collecting hobbyists, for instance. Someone’s excitement at finding a particularly rare piece of pottery, with a distinctive spout and a specific designer’s mark on the base (or whatever), would probably come across as fanatical or bizarre to me since I don’t collect teapots, don’t appreciate the value, don’t understand the attraction and frankly don’t really care. Oh I feel their passion and appreciate their joy alright, but in a strangely detached “Are you for real?” sort of way.
So, I’d be interested to know how you handle this when showing off your DXCC certificates, plaques and the like. Do you just beam with pride and leave it at that, or do you try to explain? Any tips to share?
73 Gary ZL2iFB
From: ARRL-Awards@... <ARRL-Awards@...> On Behalf Of Ken Campbell
Sent: 02 August 2021 02:23 To: ARRL-Awards@... Subject: Re: [ARRL-Awards] Thank you, Awards Desk
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n2yu@...
Congratulations Hans and Thank you ARRL Awards for the beautiful cert!
I received mine recently and your post inspired me to frame and mount it. Up to 222 verified grids and counting, barefoot to a Par Omniangle loop at 25 ft. Mostly earned this summer using FT8.  73, Mo N2YU |
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