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	HF Antennas are, from top to bottom: Force 12 EF-240X (40m) @ 109' M2 2M5WL (2m SSB) @ 103' Force 12 Sigma 280S (80m) @ 96' Force 12 C49XR (10,15,20m) @ 90' Hygain AV640 on 54' tower Not shown are wire antennas for 30m, 80m, and 160m. More pictures: W9RPM Photo Gallery
	VHF/UHF (plus 12/17m WARC) Antennas are, from top to bottom: M2 2M12 (2m FM) @ 88' M2 222-5WL (220mhz SSB) @ 84' Force 12 WARC 2/2 (12,17m) @ 79' M2 432-9WL (432mhz SSB) @ 75' M2 6M9KHW (6m SSB) @ 70' JetStream JTB1 2/440 Omni
	Front of my current QSL Card. Click to Enlarge (199kb)

Here are my Country totals since my first DX QSO in February 1998:

	TOTAL	SSB	CW	RTTY	160m	80m	40m	30m	20m	17m	15m	12m	10m	6m	2m
WORKED	335	334	331	285	189	303	321	275	332	323	322	301	305	131	6
CONFIRMED	335	334	330	281	182	287	315	269	330	320	319	296	301	128	6

Country Totals Updated: Jun. 17th, 2008

MIXED PHONE CW and 20M	I am very proud to have achieved DXCC Honor Roll on December 20th, 2004 after making my first DX contact on February 15, 1998. Thanks to all who helped make this dream possible through contacts we have made and friends who have helped along the way. Ham radio has become my outlet to the world because of several health problems that I have. 73 John W9RPM

AWARDS:

  DXCC HONOR ROLL  MIXED, PHONE  and CW            

160M WAC    160M - 6M DXCC 5BDXCC #4852 160M DXCC #936 RTTY DXCC #1209 5BWAZ - 200 ZONES 160M WAZ #176-40 ZONES 30M WAZ  # 78 12M WAZ  # 36 17M WAZ  # 39 RTTY WAZ #167 RTTY WAC 5BWAC

6M DXCC #509 6M WAZ #50 6M WAS #1074 6M WAC 6M VUCC # 1424-685 Grids 2M VUCC # 645-140 Grids 70CM VUCC # 323- 72 Grids 222MHz VUCC # 138- 68 Grids 160M WAS # 815 5 BAND WAS # 2924 CQWW 2002 QRP ALL BAND SSB U.S. #1 - 9th Area DXCC CHALLENGE - 2801  BAND COUNTRIES  BIG MOMENT FOR ME GETTING MY 40TH ZONE ON 160M CONFIRMED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2008.

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