wb2gai at aol.com

***************************************************

Ron returned to Crete for 6 weeks.

August 21 to October 5, 2009

This was his third trip. 

All QSLs via Buro, except for U.S.A.

DX stations, no direct QSLs to call book address.

LogBook of the World was not used due to

equipment space and weight restrictions.

6101 CW Qs in his log book for this trip. 

***************************************************

Vibroplex..............................ETM-9C DJ2BW

1914...............................CMOS Super Keyer

.................WB2GAI QSL CARD..................

SpeedX...............................Mercury Paddle

1959..............................N2DAN/SK No. 0111

***************************************************

Meet the volunteers who sort your incoming QSL cards.

Check the North Jersey DX Association's web page for

location, date and time of meetings.

http://njdxa.org

*******************************************************

Ron works only CW, 160 to 10 meters using:

FT-1000MP / FT-897D / FT-817 / FT-100D / FL7000........

TS-940 / TS-440 / SM-220 / QSK-5 / AL80A...............

Force 12, C-3S for 20 / 15 / 10 .......................

Force 12, EF-140S rotatable dipole for 40..............

Cushcraft, D3W rotatable dipole 30 / 17 / 12...........

Force 12, Sigma 5 for 20 17 15 12 & 10.................

Force 12, Sigma 40XK Vertical Dipole 80 to 10..........

*******************************************************

First licensed as WV2IFP on Sept.1959. WA2IFP, WN2GAI

~~~

PJ8/WB2GAI   September 28 to October 5, 1996.

See "A Dream Come True" The DX Magazine, March / April 1997

~~~

SV9 / WB2GAI / P June 29 to August 12, 2001. 3500 CW QSOs.

See "DXing From An Olive Grove" The DX Magazine Jan / Feb 2002

~~~

SV9 / WB2GAI / P  26 September to 10 November 2005. 6100 QRP CW QSOs

See "Lets Do It Again" The DX Magazine May / June 2006

~~~

CQ Magazine July 2006 Page 96

*******************************************************

..............WAS, WAC & DXCC.................

........DXCC....CW....Band....Count........

160.,..80...40...30....20....17...15....12....10....6

027..110..210..213..293..247..270..224..234....4

...................DXCC..CW..334.................

...................Challenge 1832.............

*********************************************************

Ron is retired from New York Telephone Company / NYNEX

after 33 years.

Ron collects and is always looking for old Vibroplex bugs.

*********************************************************

Visit N9BOR Morse Code Links at:

http://www.qsl.net/n9bor/morse.htm

This site covers: clubs, training material, history,

keys, bugs, paddles, keyers, CW software, training

tapes, QRP rigs & kits and more.....................

*********************************************************

If you like Ron's QSL cards, check out "QSL Maker".

http://qslmaker.mi-nts.org/

This software program from WB8RCR can print 1 to 4 QSL

cards per 8 1/2 by 11 inch page.

Call, address, RST block, and other lines of information

can be printed using various colors, fonts, size, etc.

A .bmp file can be used to print a back ground picture.

*********************************************************

B C N U on CW

Ron