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JW8HGA and I took some pictures while not operating radio. Go to the album to see the pictures I uploaded. JW 2011 album.

I'm so happy now that I finally got the last state confirmed on LoTW. It was in fact an old contact with North Dakota. KE0A, who I worked in 2000, uploaded his log last weekend. I didn't see that one coming. I did try with KD4POJ a few weeks ago but he just couldn't copy me. I have had paper cards for WAS for a long time, but I never bothered to apply for the award. Now I might do it, but I still need WY on CW to have all 50 CW LoTW only.

A few weeks ago I worked 4S7LRG on 40M CW. It was a new one on 40M and a few days ago, I got it confirmed on LoTW. That brings my LoTW total to #268. 

So we're back home after a short JW trip. It was nice, as always and it will not be our last trip. Conditions were very up and down with lots of cqing without answers. We also watched the beautiful northern lights dancing over the sky. On Friday evening, it was all around us. Totally JW8AJA worked around 1450 qsoes and JW8HGA worked around 1300 qsoes. Most qsoes were worked on 40M, 30M and 20M. 160M and 80M had terrible qrm and bad propagation, which led us to not be much on those bands. 17M and up were also mostly dead.

The JW8AJA log is on LoTW and cards are being answered by my qslmanager LA9VDA.

Thanks goes to my travelling companion LA8HGA and also Peter LA7QIA, Harald JW7XM and Inger JW8KT.

Finally the date for VP8ORK was here. South Orkney is a new one for me, so I needed this one badly. I went to the station at LA8W/LN8W to have a good shot at it and work new ones on 160M.

I came down on Friday and quickly got them on 20M CW. The next morning I quickly got them on 20M SSB and 40M SSB and CW. LA8HGA came down on Saturday to see the station and chase VP8ORK. He too needed them for an all-time new. Luckily he got them on 15M SSB right before he was supposed to leave. I never managed them on 15M myself, but as I had them on other places, I let him chase them.

The following night I got them on 80M CW and SSB. It sure helps with listening antennas. The station is equipped with beverage antennas during the winter time.

I also did some other dx and logged A45XR on 160M CW before the contest. This was a new one on 160M. 5R8HL was worked on 20M SSB. TJ3AY was worked on 40M SSB and 4S7LRG was worked on 40M CW for a new one on 40M. Z21BB, TJ3AY and ZS3Y was worked on 15M SSB. EP3PK, 4V1 and PR2R (SA024) was worked on 20M SSB. 1A0KM, CX9AU and RI1FJ was worked on 80M CW. 1A and CX were new ones on 80M.

In the 160M contest I worked 558 qsoes with 54 countries and 26 states/provinces. I only did part time and I managed 6 new ones in the contest with C6, A7, UK, PJ2, EA6 and KP4. Now I'm at 95, so I'm pretty close to the 160M DXCC. I also got 3 new states with CO, IA and NM. My state total on 160M is 40.