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About me

My name is Ed Swiderski and I hold amateur radio callsign KU4BP. In February 1994 I became a tech plus and received the callsign KE4JZY. I upgraded to Advanced class in April 1996 and in March 1997 changed my call to my current callsign, KU4BP. In October 2003 I upgraded to Extra class.

My primary interest is DX. Currently, I have 309 confirment countries on all bands. I also hold 7BDXCC, 5BWAZ, 5BWAC, WAS, WAE Top, CQDX and WPX Honor Rolls. Currently, I have taken an obsession with the low bands (40,80 and 160) with the hopes for completing all 200 zones on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80. I have also participated in many contests over the years and have gravitated toward mountaintop VHF operating in recent years.

Currently my activity has been limited because of my job. I work for Lockheed-Martin as Field Technician and travel throughout the country 100% of the time. My time home is very limited and when there I concentrate on finding any new DX. When I'm on the road I generally listen to the local repeaters on my HT.

My home station consists of a Kenwood TS-850S and a Icom 706MKIIG. Antennas are 2-40m half squares 90 degrees apart up 50 feet, an 80m inverted L and a Cushcraft all band vertical. Plans are in the works for a 160m inverted L and should be on the air by fall 2008. Also, the all band vertical will be replaced by 20-10 beam on a small tower. Plans for a 12-17m beam are also in the works.

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VE9DX Online Logs

CQWW, CQ WPX and IOTA QSL Routes by EA5EYJ

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160m Propagation Prediction Table

KU4BP Ham Radio Operating Awards


NOTE: All awards were done using SSB. (voice)

New country QSL's recently recieved:
K7C, Kure Atoll
T88VF, Belau
9M6DXX, East Malaysia
JR6TYH/JD1, Minami Torishima
KH9/WØCN, Wake Is.

DXCC-DX Century Club
Confirmed Radio Contact in at least 100 countries.

Total All Bands
Worked Confirmed
310 309
DXCC Challenge
Worked Confirmed
1255 1164

5BDXCC
1 May 2008
Band Worked Confirmed
80m 128 116
40m 137 128
20m 244 234
15m 234 224
10m 205 202

Other Bands
1 May 2008
Band Worked Confirmed
160m 14 11
17m 144 119
12m 140 122
6m 8 8

WAZ-Worked All Zones
Confirmed Radio Contact in all 40 Zones of the World.

WAZ Awarded
10m SSB #541
15m SSB #581
20m SSB #1111
5BWAZ #1291
All SSB #4502

Other Bands
1 May 2008
Band Worked Confirmed
80m 30 29
40m 31 30
17m 32 31
12m 31 30

CQDX Honor Roll @ 275
Total: 302

CQ-WPX Prefix Award
Total: 962
Honor Roll Total: 951

WAE I ( Worked All Eurpoe I )
Contact with countries in Europe

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Requirements: European countries and points
QSO on 10m-40m, 1 point.
QSO on 80m-160m, 2 points.

Level Countries Points
WAE III 40 100
WAE II 50 150
WAE I 55 175
WAE Top* 70 300
My Total 72 324

WAS-Worked All States
Confirmed Radio Contact in all 50 States.
Done from 2 locations, NC and MA.

5BWAC-Worked All Continents on 5 Bands
80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m.

Worked-100-Nations
Confirmed Radio Contact with at least 100 sovereign nations.

KU4BP Most Wanted List
1S Spratly Is.
3C Equatorial Guinea
3Y/B Bouvet
7O Yemen
9M2 West Malaysia
A5 Bhutan
BS7H Scarborough Reef
C21 Nauru
EP Iran
FOØ Clipperton
FR/G Glorioso Is.
FR/J Juan de Nova
FT5W Crozet Is.
FT5Z Amsterdam and St Paul Is.
KH4 Midway Is.
KP1 Navassa Is.
P5 North Korea
PYØS St. Peter and Paul Rocks
V8 Brunei
VKØ/H Heard Is.
VKØ/M Macquarie Is.
VK9M Mellish Reef
VP8/SS South Sandwhich Is.
VU7 Lakshadweep Is.
XX9 Macao
XZ Myanmar
YA Afghanistan
ZS/M Prince Edward/Marion Is.

Worked All North Carolina Award
(WANC)


WANC Certifcate
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Available to Radio Amateurs and SWL's worldwide who can provide proof of 2-way amatuer radio contact with all 100 counties in the state of North Carolina.

Modes:
  • CW
  • Phone (SSB, AM, FM)
  • Mixed (CW and phone)
  • Single Band (2m through 160m)
  • 5 Band (10m, 15m, 20m, 40m and 80m)
Conditions:
  • All QSO's must be 2-way using the same mode. No repeater or cross mode contacts allowed.

  • QSO's on the WARC bands DO count for All Band awards but not for 5 Band.

Fee:
  • NONE!, it's FREE!!!

Applications:

  • All applications for the Worked All North Carolina (WANC) Award must be submitted on the WANC application form along with a County Record sheet showing call sign of station worked, Date, Time in UTC, Band, Mode and County.

  • Submission of QSL cards is not required. QSL's are to be verified using the GCR (General Certification Rule) by 2 nonfamily Amateur Licensees, General class or higher and signed on the application sheet.

  • USA-CA on CW holders need only submit an application form with their USA-CA ALL COUNTY number and award date.

  • USA-CA Members for Phone and Mixed Awards still need to submit an application, county sheet and GCR.

  • The WANC Manager reserves the right to spot check any QSO's for validity by contacting any of the applicants claimed stations.

  • Applications and county record sheets can be obtained by sending a self addressed, stamped, business size envelope (4x9), via E-mail file attachment or by download.

Forms:

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader for these files.

  • Application form
  • County Check Sheet

    • Send completed application and county record sheet to:

    Ed Swiderski KU4BP
    2105 D Fiddlers Court
    Winston Salem, North Carolina
    27107
    ku4bp@triad.rr.com

    WANC Award Recipents:

    CW
    #1 N4RS, Tom Pennebaker
    #2 W9MSE, Jeff Bencher

    Phone
    #1 WBØCQO, Byron L. Lindley
    #2 K5IID, Tom Horton
    #3 KN4XP, Mike Prevatte
    #4 KJ8F, Sharon Martarello

    Mixed
    #1 KA2BOK, David Selbert
    #2 W4YDY, David Langley
    #3 K7INA, E. Russell Fish
    #4 KG4CRJ, Brian Ried
    #5 W5RQ, John McColly

    Award Checking

    I am also a Awards Manager for the ARRL and a CQ Awards Checkpoint. This means I can "Field Check" QSL cards towards awards sponsered by these two orginizations. This saves the applicant the expense, and risk, of sending QSL cards to the award sponsers as I am authorized to check cards for verification and sign the application. All the applicant has to do afterwards is mail his or her application with appropiate fees to the award sponser.

    If you need any information on these awards or need a check done, contact me via E-Mail.

    Checking Availibilty
    WAS Worked All States
    5BWAS 5 Band Worked All States
    WAZ Worked All Zones
    CQDX 100 Countries from CQ Magazine

    Rules and forms are available for download below.
    Rules for CQ DX is a link to CQ's webpage.

    Adobe Acrobat reader is needed for all but the CQDX Rules.

    Rules and Application Forms
    WAZ WAZ Application WAZ Rules
    WAS WAS Application WAS Rules
    5BWAS 5BWAS Application 5BWAS Record Sheet
    CQ DX CQ DX Application CQ DX Award Rules

    The W4WS E-Mail List

    The W4WS E-Mail list is a forum for members of the W4WS Contest Group. The primary discussions are the contesting efforts of our group. We also post scores, critique of our efforts, suggestions for improvement and contest calendars.

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    W4WS-List

    To visit the W4WS website, click on the license plate.

    KU4BP Log Search

    Please note: The log for V26H is for the 2007 ARRL DX SSB contest only! I have no log for any QSO's made before or after the contest.

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    Email me with any comments, suggestions or problems.
    Ed Swiderski KU4BP
    May 2008