WA4TTK'S  VIRTUAL  I  LOVE  ME  WALL!
Hams are no better nor worse than any other guy and we love to show off our accomplishments.  While our accomplishments may not be as earth-shattering as those of some folks they are rather important to us.  In addition many of them actually do require a lot of time and effort; working 100 countries for DXCC is not something that happens in an afternoon.  Even though things are vastly easier these days than they were back in the 'Bad Old Days' these awards and cards do still take some work.

So here is my virtual 'I Love Me Wall' for better of worse.  I've been a ham for close to 50 years but there were several periods when my interest faded and other things took ham radio's place for a while.  I always seem to come back though so this reflects my efforts from 1976 to 2024 even though it really isn't 48 full years of activity.

 

WA4TTK COUNTRIES LIST (listed in the order I worked them from 1976 - 2024)
Order Worked (269 = 79% of 340) Call Sign Date Time DXCC Cont. Cfmd Deleted Comment
1 United States WA1OZW 08/25/1976 23:30 291 NA Yes No First contact as a ham, Counrty #1, first North America.
2 Canada VE1AOE 02/06/1977 19:40 1 NA Yes No
3 Puerto Rico KP4EKP 09/24/1976 09:30 202 NA Yes No
4 Guadeloupe FG7TE 10/30/1976 15:55 79 NA Yes No
5 Panama Canal Zone (Deleted) KZ5TVN 11/04/1976 00:10 28 NA Yes Yes
6 Brazil PY4UG 11/11/1976 14:20 108 SA Yes No
7 Hawaii KH6DUL 12/26/1976 13:30 110 OC Yes No
8 Panama HP1AC 02/07/1977 16:15 88 NA Yes No 1977 Novice Roundup
9 Federal Republic of Germany DJ8RR 02/07/1977 16:35 230 EU Yes No 1977 Novice Roundup. First Europe
10 France F9IQ 02/07/1977 17:00 227 EU Yes No 1977 Novice Roundup
11 England G3TWR 03/03/1977 16:35 223 EU Yes No And after those 10 I was hooked on DX.
12 Italy I1YRL 03/05/1977 13:10 248 EU Yes No
13 Sweden SM6BZE 03/05/1977 13:45 284 EU Yes No
14 Ireland EI2VJO 03/06/1977 12:25 245 EU Yes No
15 Czechoslovakia (Deleted) OK1MIN 03/06/1977 13:15 218 EU Yes Yes
16 Hungary HA2KMB 03/06/1977 14:10 239 EU Yes No
17 Serbia YU2PEQ 03/06/1977 14:35 296 EU Yes No Formerly Yugoslavia
18 Argentina LU6DJX 03/12/1977 21:15 100 SA Yes No First South America
19 Austria OE5CYL 04/06/1977 12:45 206 EU Yes No
20 Australia VK3BDD 04/07/1977 06:10 150 OC Yes No First Oceania
21 Peru OA4BZ 04/07/1977 06:30 136 SA Yes No
22 Easter Island CE0AE 04/07/1977 07:22 47 SA Yes No Fr. Dave Reddy – SK RIP
23 Nicaragua YN1AMC/6 04/07/1977 08:10 86 NA Yes No
24 Colombia HK4DF 04/08/1977 06:15 116 SA Yes No
25 Turks and Caicos Islands VP5MA 04/09/1977 20:40 89 NA Yes No
26 New Zealand ZL2ACP 04/09/1977 22:35 170 OC Yes No
27 Belize VP1JJ 04/10/1977 22:10 66 NA Yes No
28 Costa Rica TI2KJ 04/11/1977 00:00 308 NA Yes No
29 Grenada VP2GCS 04/14/1977 06:35 77 NA Yes No
30 Marshall Islands KX6BS 04/15/1977 02:55 168 OC Yes No
31 Uruguay CX2XC 04/15/1977 06:30 144 SA Yes No
32 American Samoa KS6DV 04/15/1977 07:25 9 OC Yes No
33 Barbados 8P6GN 04/17/1977 00:05 62 NA Yes No
34 Samoa 5W1AT 04/21/1977 07:12 190 OC Yes No Formerly Western Samoa
35 Ivory Coast (Cote de Ivoire) TU2GI 04/22/1977 23:25 428 AF Yes No First Africa
36 Kure Atoll KM6EB/KH6 04/23/1977 02:58 138 OC Yes No
37 Paraguay ZP7XAC 04/25/1977 00:40 132 SA Yes No
38 Alaska KL7EN 04/27/1977 04:50 6 NA Yes No
39 Ecuador HC1FR 04/27/1977 05:40 120 SA Yes No
40 Switzerland HB9AVZ 04/30/1977 20:25 287 EU Yes No
41 El Salvador YS1JL 05/01/1977 20:35 74 NA Yes No
42 Guatemala TG7BS 05/01/1977 22:55 76 NA Yes No
43 Jamaica 6Y5/K4IXZ 05/01/1977 23:15 82 NA Yes No
44 Mexico XE1RTF 05/02/1977 00:30 50 NA Yes No
45 Tokelau Islands ZM7AT 05/06/1977 03:40 270 OC Yes No
46 Finland OH2KF 05/06/1977 14:50 224 EU Yes No
47 Latvia UK2GDZ 05/06/1977 15:05 145 EU Yes No
48 Japan JA8GG 05/06/1977 15:10 339 AS Yes No First Asia. WAC issued 06/06/1977
49 Russia UA1CT 05/06/1977 15:25 54 EU Yes No
50 Wales GW4ANK 05/06/1977 22:55 294 EU Yes No
51 Ukraine UB5UBJ 05/08/1977 21:47 288 EU Yes No
52 Bulgaria LZ2IH 05/08/1977 23:05 212 EU Yes No
53 Bolivia CP1FW 05/14/1977 02:43 104 SA Yes No
54 Mauritania 5T5CJ 05/14/1977 08:05 444 AF Yes No
55 Belgium ON6CU 05/14/1977 23:45 209 EU Yes No
56 Venezuela YV5CAM 05/20/1977 22:50 148 SA Yes No
57 Israel 4Z4MQ 05/21/1977 00:45 336 AS Yes No
58 Portugal CT1DP 05/21/1977 05:30 272 EU Yes No
59 Asiatic Russia UA9JC 05/22/1977 23:55 15 AS Yes No
60 New Caledonia FK8CD 05/28/1977 05:34 162 OC Yes No
61 Norway LA3NQ 05/30/1977 23:25 266 EU Yes No
62 Iceland TF3YH 05/31/1977 01:37 242 EU Yes No
63 Greece SV1IP 06/06/1977 04:32 236 EU Yes No
64 Spain EA3VM 06/06/1977 05:32 281 EU Yes No
65 Denmark OZ8MZ 06/09/1977 04:50 221 EU Yes No
66 Saint Pierre and Miquelon FP0DE 06/19/1977 22:55 277 NA Yes No
67 German Democratic Rep. (Deleted) DM3LD 06/21/1977 23:30 229 EU Yes Yes Formerly East Germany
68 French Polynesia FO0PJM 06/23/1977 05:35 175 OC Yes No
69 Scotland GM4FOM 06/28/1977 23:15 279 EU Yes No
70 Poland SP6HEK 07/02/1977 22:12 269 EU Yes No
71 Cayman Islands ZF2AU 07/21/1977 01:35 69 NA Yes No
72 Uzbekistan UK2GKW 07/23/1977 23:27 292 AS No No
73 San Andres and Providencia HK0BKX 07/23/1977 23:42 216 NA Yes No
74 Dominican Republic HI8CDS 07/26/1977 04:05 72 NA Yes No
75 Kaliningrad UA3JC 07/27/1977 04:02 126 EU Yes No
76 Estonia UR2RSA 08/02/1977 04:32 52 EU Yes No
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis VP2KT 08/06/1977 22:43 249 NA Yes No
78 Trinidad and Tobago 9Y4VT 08/08/1977 00:45 90 SA Yes No
79 Cameroon TJ1BB 08/13/1977 20:53 406 AF Yes No
80 Lithuania UK2PAP 08/14/1977 20:24 146 EU Yes No
81 Romania YO7DL 08/14/1977 20:49 275 EU Yes No
82 Netherlands PA0LOU 08/14/1977 21:14 263 EU Yes No
83 Midway Islands KM6FC 08/31/1977 04:02 174 OC Yes No
84 Fiji 3D2RM 09/03/1977 03:38 176 OC Yes No
85 Johnston Island KJ6DN 09/10/1977 05:10 123 OC Yes No
86 Liechtenstein HB0/DF1CX 09/11/1977 20:18 251 EU Yes No
87 South Cook Islands ZK1DR 09/14/1977 05:12 234 OC Yes No
88 Balearic Islands EA6DF 09/17/1977 22:33 21 EU Yes No
89 Bermuda VP9IV 09/29/1977 21:37 64 NA Yes No
90 Northern Ireland GI4DAH 10/08/1977 18:57 265 EU Yes No
91 Tanzania 5H3KS 10/16/1977 17:55 470 AF Yes No
92 Antigua and Barbuda VP2AZB 10/16/1977 18:25 94 NA Yes No
93 Zimbabwe ZE1FH 10/16/1977 18:53 452 AF Yes No Formerly Rhodesia
94 Zambia 9J2ES 10/16/1977 19:00 482 AF Yes No
95 Canary Islands EA8LO 10/16/1977 19:25 29 AF Yes No
96 Suriname PZ5AA 10/16/1977 19:51 140 SA Yes No
97 Guantanamo Bay KG4FW 10/16/1977 20:12 105 NA Yes No
98 South Africa ZS6AYI 10/19/1977 04:05 462 AF Yes No
99 Netherlands Antilles (Deleted) PJ9CG 10/23/1977 16:28 85 SA Yes Yes
100 Namibia (formerly Southwest Africa) ZS3C 10/23/1977 14:23 464 AF Yes No DXCC Certificate 17,668 earned on 04/10/1978
101 Greenland OX3AB 10/23/1977 17:09 237 NA Yes No
102 Kingdom of Eswatini 3D6BP 10/23/1977 17:50 468 AF Yes No Formerly Swaziland
103 Falkland Islands VP8PC 10/23/1977 18:55 141 SA Yes No
104 US Virgin Islands KV4KO 10/29/1977 01:16 285 NA Yes No
105 Haiti HH2MC 10/29/1977 02:05 78 NA Yes No
106 Martinique FM0FC 10/29/1977 02:23 84 NA Yes No
107 Bahamas N5RM/C6A 10/29/1977 02:30 60 NA Yes No
108 Antarctica KC4AAA 10/29/1977 06:15 13 AN Yes No
109 Kermadec Island ZL1AA/K 10/29/1977 07:16 133 OC Yes No
110 Chile CE3TZ 10/29/1977 13:45 112 SA Yes No
111 Senegal 6W8MM 10/29/1977 14:31 456 AF Yes No
112 British Virgin Islands VP2VDH 10/29/1977 15:11 65 NA Yes No
113 Liberia EL2AK 10/29/1977 16:55 434 AF Yes No
114 Sierra Leone 9L1SL 10/29/1977 23:18 458 AF Yes No
115 Saint Martin FS/FG0DWT 10/30/1977 16:23 213 NA Yes No
116 Montserrat VP2MSA 10/30/1977 16:54 96 NA Yes No
117 Madeira Island CT3BD 10/30/1977 17:03 256 AF Yes No
118 Malta 9H1CH 10/30/1977 17:37 257 EU Yes No
119 Morocco CN8CW 10/30/1977 17:57 446 AF Yes No
120 French Guiana FY7YE 11/01/1977 23:50 63 SA Yes No
121 Pakistan AP2TN 11/06/1977 12:10 372 AS Yes No
122 India VU2RAK 11/20/1977 12:15 324 AS Yes No
123 Kyrgyzstan UM8MBN 11/20/1977 12:27 135 AS Yes No
124 Juan Fernandez Island CE0ZM 11/26/1977 06:25 125 SA Yes No
125 Belarus UC2WAG 11/26/1977 07:12 27 EU Yes No
126 Georgia UF6OAA 11/27/1977 12:47 75 AS No No
127 Ghana 9G1RP 12/06/1977 21:05 424 AF Yes No
128 Cuba CO5DM 01/22/1978 23:10 70 NA Yes No
129 Guyana WB6MID/8R3 02/05/1978 07:34 129 SA Yes No
130 Isle of Man GD5CAA 02/19/1978 18:24 114 EU Yes No
131 ITU Geneva 4U1ITU 02/19/1978 19:11 117 EU Yes No
132 The Gambia C5AAF 03/01/1978 05:03 422 AF Yes No
133 Mauritius 3B8DA 03/02/1978 03:59 165 AF Yes No
134 Saint Vincent VP2SQ 03/03/1978 02:28 98 NA Yes No
135 Lesotho 7P8BC 03/04/1978 21:04 432 AF Yes No
136 St. Maarten (Deleted) PJ8CO 03/04/1978 21:45 255 NA Yes Yes
137 Jordan JY3ZH 03/05/1978 05:56 342 AS Yes No
138 Syria YK/OE6DK 03/05/1978 06:14 384 AS Yes No
139 Algeria 7X4MD 03/05/1978 07:46 400 AF Yes No
140 Luxembourg LX1CR 03/05/1978 08:22 254 EU Yes No
141 Kazakhstan UK7NAA 03/15/1978 04:56 130 AS Yes No
142 Trindade and Martim Vaz Island PY0MAG 03/18/1978 04:23 273 SA Yes No
143 Guam KG6JIH 03/18/1978 21:58 103 OC Yes No
144 Kenya 5Z4AA 03/26/1978 22:25 430 AF Yes No
145 Gibraltar ZB2BL 03/26/1978 22:32 233 EU Yes No
146 Ceuta & Melilla EA9EO 03/26/1978 23:11 32 AF Yes No
147 Chagos Islands VQ9/WD9FCC 04/02/1978 23:41 33 AF Yes No
148 Auckland, Campbell Islands ZL4LR/A 04/07/1978 05:55 16 OC Yes No
149 Moldava UO5OWS 04/09/1978 04:46 179 EU Yes No
150 Ascension Island ZD8KG 04/15/1978 22:06 205 AF Yes No
151 Seychelles S79DF 05/06/1978 20:11 379 AF Yes No
152 Niue Island ZK2TT 05/12/1978 05:05 188 OC Yes No
153 Corsica FC9UC 05/12/1978 05:13 214 EU Yes No
154 Azerbaijan UD6BO 05/15/1978 23:29 18 AS Yes No
155 Egypt SU/WA7JRL 05/27/1978 18:07 478 AF Yes No
156 Vanuatu YJ8OT 06/09/1979 11:03 158 OC Yes No Formerly New Hebrides
157 Republic of Korea HL9TF 06/09/1979 11:06 137 AS Yes No South Korea
158 Lebanon OD5FB 07/08/1979 02:51 354 AS Yes No
159 Tajikistan UJ8AW 07/20/1979 03:59 262 AS No No
160 Aland Islands OH0/OH1XX 07/29/1979 03:01 5 EU Yes No
161 Market Reef OJ0MA 07/29/1979 03:12 167 EU Yes No
162 Andorra C31IU 03/02/1980 18:32 203 EU Yes No
163 Saint Lucia J6LJS 04/20/1980 21:09 97 NA Yes No
164 Micronesia KC6ZR 10/26/1980 03:41 173 OC Yes No
165 Tonga A35FB 10/26/1980 04:08 160 OC Yes No
166 Uganda 5X/WN4FVU 10/26/1980 23:43 286 AF Yes No
167 Cape Verde D4CBC 01/21/1981 00:40 409 AF Yes No
168 Palmyra, Jarvis Island KH5/AD0S 04/29/1981 02:50 197 OC Yes No Denied credit by ARRL
169 Honduras HR1/N8DVY 01/09/1986 23:59 80 NA Yes No
170 Guernsey GU3HFN 02/15/1986 18:06 106 EU Yes No
171 Nauru C2SL 02/15/1986 19:34 157 OC Yes No
172 Aruba P40M 02/16/1986 23:10 91 SA Yes No
173 Azores CU2AK 02/26/1986 04:40 149 EU Yes No
174 United Nations (New York) 4U1UN 03/01/1986 04:04 289 NA Yes No
175 Gabon TR0A 03/29/1986 22:57 420 AF Yes No
176 Sudan ST2SA 10/05/1986 19:25 466 AF Yes No
177 Anguilla VP2EE 09/27/1992 01:44 12 NA Yes No
178 East Kiribati T32RA 09/27/1992 20:44 48 OC Yes No
179 Dominica J73WA 09/27/1992 21:30 95 NA Yes No
180 South Orkney Islands VP8CFM 10/06/1992 23:57 238 SA Yes No
181 Niger 5U7M 10/18/1992 22:31 187 AF Yes No
182 Fernando de Noronha PX0F 10/23/1992 03:42 56 SA Yes No
183 Croatia 9A1CRT 11/07/1992 15:51 497 EU Yes No
184 Malawi 7Q7RM 11/21/1992 19:52 440 AF Yes No
185 Slovenia S57MM 11/22/1992 16:48 499 EU Yes No
186 Mariana Islands KH0AM 11/29/1992 14:42 166 OC Yes No
187 Turkmenistan EZ6L 11/29/1992 15:23 280 AS No No
188 Svalbard JW9XG 11/29/1992 15:27 259 EU Yes No
189 Wallis & Futuna Islands FW/Y58IO 12/12/1992 17:58 298 OC Yes No
190 Kuwait 9K2GS 12/25/1992 13:58 348 AS Yes No
191 Desecheo Island WA4DAN/KP5 12/30/1992 22:59 43 NA Yes No
192 Reunion Island FR5ZU 01/01/1993 00:20 453 AF Yes No
193 Vatican HV3SJ 01/01/1993 14:19 295 EU Yes No
194 Montenegro 404XR 01/02/1993 13:35 514 EU Yes No
195 Saint Helena ZD7CRC 01/09/1993 22:21 250 AF Yes No
196 Czech Republic OK1VD 01/10/1993 14:40 503 EU Yes No
197 Slovak Republic OM3KAP 01/10/1993 15:09 504 EU Yes No
198 San Marino T77C 01/10/1993 16:08 278 EU Yes No
199 Guinea 3X0HLU 01/11/1993 23:47 107 AF No No
200 Mozambique C9RJJ 01/14/1993 04:35 181 AF Yes No
201 South Shetland Islands HF0POL 01/15/1993 02:39 241 SA Yes No
202 Somalia T5/KF6BL 01/23/1993 00:26 232 AF Yes No
203 Albania ZA1J 01/28/1993 04:53 7 EU Yes No
204 Cyprus 5B4ADA 01/28/1993 05:01 215 AS Yes No
205 Bosnia-Herzegovina 404D 02/06/1993 01:48 501 EU Yes No
206 Botswana A22EX 02/07/1993 21:02 402 AF Yes No
207 North Macedonia 4N5CZ 02/17/1993 01:20 502 EU Yes No
208 Galapagos Islands HC8A 03/06/1993 08:52 71 SA Yes No
209 Lord Howe Island VK9LM 03/09/1993 12:02 147 OC Yes No
210 Kingman Reef (Deleted) N9NS/KH5K 03/12/1993 11:56 134 OC Yes No
211 Curacao PJ2/PA0VDV 03/15/1993 12:03 517 SA Yes No
212 Hong Kong VS6CM 03/28/1993 02:15 321 AS Yes No
213 Papua New Guinea P20X 03/28/1993 02:35 163 OC Yes No
214 Navassa Island KP1/KH2S 03/28/1993 03:09 182 NA Yes No
215 Pitcairn Island VR6BX 03/28/1993 04:13 172 OC Yes No
216 Cyprus Sovereign UK Military Base Areas ZC4RAF75 04/01/1993 02:34 283 AS Yes No
217 Mali TZ6VV 04/10/1993 02:44 442 AF Yes No
218 Ethiopia ET3DX 04/14/1993 23:20 53 AF Yes No
219 Saudi Arabia 7Z2AB 04/15/1993 22:09 378 AS Yes No
220 Nigeria 5N0ZXJ 04/15/1993 22:23 450 AF Yes No
221 Southern Sudan (Deleted) ST0/PA3CXC 04/15/1993 23:42 244 AF Yes Yes
222 Sardinia IS0KNG 04/29/1993 03:44 225 EU Yes No
223 Mayotte FH5CB 04/29/1993 04:01 169 AF Yes No
224 Crete J49GI 05/06/1993 00:16 40 EU Yes No
225 Sao Tome and Principe S92IJ 05/09/1993 23:42 219 AF Yes No
226 Sri Lanka 4S7WP 05/11/1993 23:37 315 AS Yes No
227 Qatar A71CW 05/13/1993 23:59 376 AS Yes No
228 Turkey TA1AZ 05/14/1993 00:45 390 AS Yes No
229 Dodecanese SV5/K5BDX 05/25/1993 22:40 45 EU Yes No
230 Rwanda 9X5HG 05/29/1993 21:51 454 AF Yes No
231 Saint Paul Island CY9R 09/08/1993 22:38 252 NA Yes No
232 Mellish Reef VK9MM 09/24/1993 02:13 171 OC Yes No
233 Jersey GJ0SLY 10/31/1993 14:53 122 EU Yes No Off the air for 28 years after this one
234 Bonaire Island PJ4A 02/20/2021 18:02 520 SA Yes No
235 Oman A45XR 03/10/2021 23:59 370 AS Yes No
236 Indonesia YB8HI 03/16/2021 12:36 327 OC Yes No
237 Sint Maarten PJ7AA 03/22/2021 11:14 518 NA Yes No
238 West Malaysia 9M2TO 04/03/2021 12:33 299 AS Yes No
239 Afghanistan T6AA 06/24/2021 02:58 3 AS Yes No
240 Benin TY5AB 08/19/2021 22:13 416 AF Yes No
241 Republic of Kosovo Z63DDS 08/21/2021 00:58 522 EU No No
242 Mongolia JT1CO 09/17/2021 02:17 363 AS No No
243 Conway Reef 3D2CR 09/24/2021 03:57 489 OC Yes No
244 Saba and Sint Eustatius PJ5/W5JON 10/27/2021 11:23 519 NA Yes No
245 Central African Republic TL7M 11/04/2021 20:05 408 AF Yes No
246 Singapore 9V1YC 11/10/2021 22:57 381 AS Yes No
247 Mount Athos SV2RSG/A 12/01/2021 00:10 180 EU Yes No
248 Thailand E20EHQ 12/23/2021 23:17 387 AS Yes No
249 Bahrain A92AA 03/10/2022 01:11 304 AS Yes No
250 United Arab Emirates A65DR 05/05/2022 23:35 391 AS Yes No
251 Sable Island CY0S 03/24/2023 17:08 211 NA Yes No
252 Equatorial Guinea 3C3CA 03/29/2023 01:02 49 AF Yes No
253 Kiribati T30UN 04/14/2023 07:29 31 OC Yes No
254 Angola D2UY 04/18/2023 01:52 401 AF Yes No
255 Taiwan BV6KP 04/18/2023 10:28 386 AS Yes No
256 Philippines DU6/PE1NSQ 04/29/2023 12:32 375 OC Yes No
257 Solomon Islands H44MS 04/30/2023 08:13 185 OC Yes No
258 North Cook Islands E51WL 05/03/2023 05:17 191 OC Yes No
259 China B0CRA 05/05/2023 02:59 318 AS Yes No
260 Central Kiribati T31TT 06/01/2023 11:52 31 OC Yes No
261 Ducie Island VP6A 06/13/2023 02:30 513 OC Yes No
262 Timor-Leste 4W6RU 07/04/2023 09:52 511 OC Yes No
263 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9Q1ZZ 07/10/2023 22:56 414 AF Yes No
264 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1A0C 07/29/2023 04:47 246 EU Yes No
265 Tuvalu Island T22T 09/25/2023 05:02 282 OC Yes No
266 Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands ZD9W 10/05/2023 05:30 274 AF Yes No
267 Swains Island W8S 10/08/2023 05:02 515 OC Yes No
268 Lakshadweep Islands VU7A 12/08/2023 02:28 142 AS Yes No
269 Burkino Faso XT2AW 12/14/2023 01:39 480 AF Yes No
270 Clipperton Island TX5S 01/22/2024 02:23 36 NA Yes No
For the uninitiated we have several means of "Confirming" a contact with another station however all of them involve trading information with the other station.  That makes us dependent upon the other station to respond to us asking for the information and many do not.  I can understand the reluctance to do so in some situations, specifically the high-volume "DXpedition" stations stations that make several thousand contacts from a remote island location in a weekend or the stations in a very low income country where just sending a card via foreign mail can be quite expensive.  Most of us try and help when and where we can by including return postage but it still takes an enoemous amount of effort and time in many cases.

The most common, and desired responses are "QSL Cards" that we exchange with the other station.  Examples of many that I have received are shown below.  It takes some time to get a response from the foreign station but it is so very much worthwhile.  I treasure each and every one of the cards I receive and in most cases

Alternatively we can send a group of cards via a "QSL Card Bureau".  These are stations that are set up for the express purpose of forwarding QSL cards from a ham in one country to a ham in another country.  For example, if a ham in another country wishes to send me a card via his bureau he will get all of the cards he wishes to send together and send them as a bundle to the QSL bureau in his country.  The QSL bureau, in turn, will forward all cards they have received from numerous hams to each specific country (i.e. if 100 hams in another country want to send QSL cards to 100 hams here in the USA the bureau there will send all of them to the incoming bureau in the USA.  They will also collect all cards from other countries that they receive and forward them to the appropriate countries.

The incoming bureau receives many cards for the hams in their country and they put individual hards for specific hams in that ham's internal "Mailbox" until they have received enough (normally 20 or so) to send to them. Hams keep stamped self-addressed envelopes on hand at the incoming QSL bureau so that they can send cards to the hams. If there is no card on hand for a specific ham they don't get delivered.

We are also getting into the time where computer style confirmations are available.  The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has set up a "Logbook Of The World" for hams of all countries to use. This is a 100% computer to computer communication and is dirt-simple to use.  Many of the computer logbook programs will handle it automatically for the ham.  In effect it simply tells tha ARRL that on a specific date and time, on a specific frequency and using a specific transmission mode (voice, Morse code, etc), Ham A made contact with Ham B. When HAm B does the same thing on his end the contact is then confirmed and a notation is made in their database that it took place.  Nothing is transmitted to either ham unless it is requested.  We regularly download the latest confirmations that wqe have on file with the ARRL so we can keep track of where we stand.

There are also numerous electronic stations that allow a ham to send a scanned QSL card as a jpeg file from one ham to another.  Probably the largest is "eQSL".

 

QSL CARD HISTORY -- 1976 through 2023 (Current Day)
Generation 1 -- Circa 1976 Generation 2 -- Circa 1977 Generation 3 -- Circa 1977
Generation 4 -- Circa 1978 Generation 5 -- Circa 1985 Generation 6 -- 1987 - Present Day (Still In Use)
 
Generation 7 -- 2023 (Current QSL Card) Generation 7 -- 2023 ("Eyeball Card")  
 

WA4TTK LICENSE CERTIFICATES (not FCC Originals)
 

WA4TTK ARRL/IARU AWARDS LIST
These are award certificates issued by the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) or the IARU (International Amateur Radio Union).
IARU Worked All Continents Award -- Issued June 16, 1977 IARU 5-Band Worked All Continents Award -- Issued January 9, 2024
ARRL DX Century Club Award -- Issued April 10, 1978 ARRL DX Century Club (Endorsed for 250 Countries) -- Issued July 26, 2023
ARRL DXCC CW Mode -- Issued August 28, 2023 ARRL DXCC Digital Mode (Endorsed for 150 Countries) -- Issued July 26, 2023
ARRL Worked All States - CW - Issued December 30, 1977 ARRL Public Service Award -- Issued December, 1978
 

eQSL AWARD CERTIFICATES
These are award certificates issued by the electronic QSL card center eQSL.
eQSL eDX100 Certificate for working 100 Countries eQSL eUK Certificate for working 6 countries in the United Kingdom
eQSL eWAC Certificate for working all 6 Continents using CW Mode eQSL eWAC Certificate for working all 6 Continents using SSB Mode
eQSL eWAC Certificate for working all 6 Continents using FT8 Digital Mode eQSL eNA Certificate for working 20 countries of the North American continent
eQSL eSA Certificate for working 11 countries of the South American continent eQSL eAfrica Certificate for working 10 countries of the African continent
 
eQSL eSA Certificate for working 11 countries of the Asian continent  
 

POTA AWARD CERTIFICATES
These are award certificates issued by the Parks On The Air program for Amateur Radio.
This section has not been completed yet. It will be added when I have time to get to it ;)
 
WA4TTK QSL CARDS FROM CONFIRMED COUNTRIES

These are QSL cards from each country that I have confirmed.  I didn't count them but there should be a total of 261 cards as of 01/15/2024 and they should be in callsign order more or less.

Note that these are really only a sampling of all the cards I have, I didn't want to put something like 2,000 images up (nor did I want to scan all those cards and write the code to display them on this page!).  This page is meant to reflect each country I have worked that I have a QSL card from.




Cards received after this web page was put up will
be added after this card, and they will be out of sequence.
     I also have recently received QSL cards for:

     VU7A .......... Lakshadweep Island
     TO8FH ........ Mayotte Island
     TX5S .......... Clipperton Island

     that I have not gotten around to scanning yet. 		     In addition to those I have newer cards for:

     J38R ............... Mayotte Island
     PJ5/SP9FIH ... St. Eustatius Island

     that I need to get scanned and added to this page as well.