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As an Amateur Radio Operator (Extra Class) I operate primarily as a Rover on 6m in the Western U.S. rare-grids.

Operating 6m MS on the DM77/87 grid-line
Colorado, USA - December 2021

QSL INFORMATION

SASE is required! I'll pay for the cards but not the postage. I usually prepare custom QSL card backs for each operating location that have a photo of the GPS readout, the applicable grids (1,2,or 4), and Single, Boundary, or Confluence operation annotated. If you want separate cards for each grid from a multi-grid operating location, then please include a note or send separate cards for each grid to clue me in, otherwise I will return just one card for each contact. Due to the annoying kludge required for Rovers to use LotW, I do not use it.

For those that have a lot of QSO's for me to validate, if you would like to send a single card and a summary sheet in a format that I can use to validate my grid activations (IOW; the same info that a card has) you can do that. I would like one of your cards as a 'souvenir' and since I do want to apply for the 'reverse FFMA' award someday (grids activated vs grids contacted) so I will need evidence of having activated each grid I operate from. I will, of course, accept a stack of cards too.

Send QSL card requests to:

I generally batch process QSL replies so if you haven't received a return for a while you should send me a follow-up email rather than another request. Please take into account that long trips or big events will generate at lot of QSL requests that can take time to work through (I paper log so make sure you use UTC dates and times to speed up the process). If I get something wrong on a card (I've managed some doozies) send an email (address is at the top of this page) and I'll send a corrected card gratis.

David
NJ0W

2025 OPERATIONS

I am no longer operating in the annual Route 66 On The Air Special Event and the QSL manager is being taken over by another operator. Check W6S on QRZ.com for the updated mailing address.

For 6m Roving activity, I still haven't successfully gotten my rig control straightened out but did get it working on FT-8 and successfully ran it while mobile from ND to WY in September. With MSK encountered a bug with frequency control that kept changing the dial so no successful contacts were made.

2026 PLANNED OPERATIONS

FT-8 Rig control is working and hopefully there will be an update to the Mac WSJT-X that fixes the frequency dial bug. If ot I can use manual split ops on the radio to use MSK. Hopefully I will be able to make the trip from AZ to ND closer to June to take advantage of Es openings.

PAST ROVER OPERATIONS

...2011 Rover Day-trips out of Flagstaff, AZ [6m FSK & phone]
...2011 Organ-Pipe Cactus National Park, AZ 18-19 March [6m FSK]
...2011 Southern Utah 4-7 May [6m FSK & phone]
...2011 Interior-West 6m Rare-Grid DXpedition 25 May - 10 July [6m FSK & phone]
...2012 Interior-West 6m Rare-Grid Rover Trip to ND 15-19 April [6m FSK & Phone]
...2012 Rover Day-Trips to Grids near EN16 (Fargo, ND) [6m FSK and Phone]
...2012 Interior-West 6m Rare-Grid Rover Trip back to AZ Appx Dates 23-29 May [6m FSK & Phone]
...2013 Interior-West 6m Rare-Grid Rover Trip AZ to ND 19-28 June [6m FSK & Phone]
...2013 Interior-West 6m Rare-Grid Rover Trip ND to AZ 20-28 July [6m FSK & Phone]
...2021 6m Rare-Grid Rover Trip ND to AZ 21 November to 7 December [6m MSK & Phone]