26HS3919 Hamsphere Blog

Hi all
I was one of the lucky stations to day to receive one of WB7ECW qsl cards for the 32nd anniversary of the eruption of mount st Helen in 1980. I was quite young
at the time but i still remember seeing it on the Tv at the time. my thoughts go out to the families of those who died on that day.

Hi all
I am getting closer to the bronze but have run into the problem of not receiving a Qsl card from contacts. As it stands at the moment i have 25 countries but only 20 confirmed but thats the way it goes i am not the only one on HS to have this problem. I think that most of it is down to miscommunication dealing with foreign operators that do not quite her you or dont understand you very well.
My best advice make sure you get them to read your call sign back to you at least one so that you can hear it clearly and make sure they have you loged before you end your qso.
Send you qsl card why you are still taking and make sure you get one back before ending, If you dont get one back check with the station make sure they are sending it right it my be that they are unsure of how to send one or they think they are sending one and not.Help them to send one remember it in your interest as well as there’s to send and receive a qsl card.
But most of all slow down and take your time the main reason could just be the fact that operators are just having a qso so fast that the other station has not got time to write every think down. remember a lot of these stations can only speak broken English at best speak slow to make your self understood spell out your name etc. just remember there are no extra point for being the first to get an award just have fun.
all the best 73′s

Hi all
I was very luck today to get to talk to a new user today you may think that’s nothing new but this was one of the very few lady operator.
179HS258 form the Czech Republic  new user today speaks quit good English so keep an eye out for on the freq and give her a shout. I have been lucky the last few days and got some good qso with some great countries just a case of being in the right place at the right time
73′s  for now

HamSphere DXHC Awards

We give out six types of Awards for QSO achievements.

We also include subscription extensions in the Awards.

To participate in this Club you will need to establish two-way contacts with operators  in as many countries as possible on the HamSphere virtual Amateur Radio bands.

Each contact needs to be verified by sending and receiving a QSL card via the built in QSL-Management system in HamSphere as of 2012
The Awards