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N4NYY

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Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« on: January 05, 2023, 07:50:37 PM »

I need him for 5BDXCC. He is #100 on 80M. However, no email reply after several emails. I have now tried Facebook. QSO was FT8.

#99 is Argentina, and he acknowledged me by email and I can get a paper QSL. So Val is the last one.

I have not had a new 80M contact since May, and that was the only one for a long time.

This is a big deal for me. I have a feeble setup. I run stock (100W or less), and have only wires and verticals no higher than 35 feet. I have no beam and never owned or used an amp (I don't even know how to use and amp).

If someone knows him or can contact him, please let me know.

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2023, 09:25:00 PM »

Might be time to send a printed QSL card and hope for one back.
He doesn't use LOTW which explains why my july 2021 contact is still uncofirmed :)

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2023, 04:07:20 AM »

QRZ.com indicates ES5QA will QSL via eQSL and mail, but not LoTW

GL/73
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N4NYY

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2023, 07:27:25 AM »

Might be time to send a printed QSL card and hope for one back.
He doesn't use LOTW which explains why my july 2021 contact is still uncofirmed :)

I usually ask if they accept paypal or want paper QSL, and they 99% of the time reply. I get nothing from him. I will just send him the paper QSL.
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2023, 07:55:49 AM »

If you could find this station from Estonia on 80, He is LOTW.

Worked Station
Worked       ES6RQ
DXCC       ESTONIA (52)
CQ Zone       15
ITU Zone       29
Grid       KO28WA
Date/Time       2021-01-17 05:54:00
Mode       FT8 (DATA)
Band       80M
Frequency       3.57591
QSL       2021-01-17 14:56:39

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2023, 08:35:34 AM »

A pleasant surprises was getting a LoTW QSL from ES8GP on 160 for #151!  I just got it for a QSO at the end of 2020.
I also worked him on 80M soon after the LoTW QSL.

Now is a good time to work 80M DX.  Especially if you can get up in the wee hours of the morning to work Europeans at their sunrise.
My Qs with ES8GP were at 0624 and 0627Z.

Local sunrise and sunset are also good times, but not as productive as European sunrise.

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2023, 02:51:26 PM »

I just worked him last night on 40m FT8. Too bad he doesn’t do LOTW - I’ve gotten spoiled! I’ve got eQSL, but I don’t find it as enjoyable as LoTW and qrz.

Any other web based logs I should be using but don’t (yet)?
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N4NYY

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2023, 05:24:58 PM »

I just worked him last night on 40m FT8. Too bad he doesn’t do LOTW - I’ve gotten spoiled! I’ve got eQSL, but I don’t find it as enjoyable as LoTW and qrz.

Any other web based logs I should be using but don’t (yet)?

eQSL is worth for ARRL awards. Which makes it worthless to me. However, if you are not interested it is perfectly fine for QSLs.
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2023, 09:19:01 PM »

I just worked him last night on 40m FT8. Too bad he doesn’t do LOTW - I’ve gotten spoiled! I’ve got eQSL, but I don’t find it as enjoyable as LoTW and qrz.

Any other web based logs I should be using but don’t (yet)?

eQSL is worth for ARRL awards. Which makes it worthless to me. However, if you are not interested it is perfectly fine for QSLs.

Yeah, I just started playing with HF again after many years away. Seems to me the ARRL LoTW award certificates are worth chasing. You can get award certificates at QRZ also.

But I’m having a hard time feeling like eQSL award certificates are worth anything, especially after having rejected years of CW QSOs that we’re either bootlegged or broken calls, when I was non-operational. Mostly EU. I should have checked to see if I could make DXCC!
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2023, 04:51:04 PM »

Good news!

I was able to get Jersey and Albania today, with Albania already confirmed! That is 99, and 100 is Argentina which the op has snail mailed the QSL card and it is on it's way! 

Finally got it, but the last 3 were a real battle! Especially with my setup!
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2023, 05:52:27 PM »

Good news!

I was able to get Jersey and Albania today, with Albania already confirmed! That is 99, and 100 is Argentina which the op has snail mailed the QSL card and it is on it's way! 

Finally got it, but the last 3 were a real battle! Especially with my setup!

The last couple are always a battle and rarely confirm immediately, because that's the universe making you work for it. I got luck with my 6m DXCC and numbers 100 and 101 were confirmed within minutes! But my 160 and 5B (80m) took forever to get cards back from.
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2023, 06:42:07 PM »

Good news!

I was able to get Jersey and Albania today, with Albania already confirmed! That is 99, and 100 is Argentina which the op has snail mailed the QSL card and it is on it's way! 

Finally got it, but the last 3 were a real battle! Especially with my setup!

These last 3 went back to last winter. never though I would ever get it.

The last couple are always a battle and rarely confirm immediately, because that's the universe making you work for it. I got luck with my 6m DXCC and numbers 100 and 101 were confirmed within minutes! But my 160 and 5B (80m) took forever to get cards back from.
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N4NYY

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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2023, 04:51:17 PM »

5 dollars and snail mail worked! Thanks Val !!!

That's 102 on 80M !
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2023, 04:56:08 PM »

Congratulations on 80M DXCC!
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Re: Anyone know ES5QA Estonia (Val)?
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2023, 11:34:13 AM »

5 dollars and snail mail worked! Thanks Val !!!

That's 102 on 80M !
Congrats!
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