Skip to content

Amateur Radio Station W5WZ

Ham Radio is Fun! Enjoying it since 1997!

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
    • A Seed is Planted…
    • W5WZ History
    • History / About Me
  • the Station
    • W5WZ Station Diagrams
    • Tower #1
    • Building an 80-meter Shunt-Feed on Existing 120-ft Tower
    • Building 80-meter 4-square around Tower #1
    • Terrain Profiles from W5WZ
    • Operating
    • Station Building & Maintenance
    • Station Design & Planning
  • Contesting
    • W5WZ starts contesting…
    • SH5 Contest Log Analysis
    • Awards
    • Contesting
  • QSL Instructions
    • W5WZ Log Search
  • W5WZ Photo Album
  • QSL Card Album
    • Received QSL Cards from the United States of America
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Africa
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Antarctica
    • Received DX QSL cards from Asia
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Europe
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Oceania
    • Received DX QSL Cards from North America
    • Received DX QSL Cards from South America
    • Vintage QSLs
  • Awards
  • QTH.com Web Hosting
  • VOTA 2023 – Louisiana Activations as W1AW/5
  • FOR SALE – Rohn RSL60L16 Tower
  • Auction Page

Received QSL Cards from the United States of America

  • QSL from UNITED STATES »
  • CALIFORNIA
[Show slideshow]
CA055
2022-11-27-0017
CA063
CA062

CA088
CA114
CA122
CA175

b098
2024-01-240229
CA202
CA053

2022-11-27-0023
CA104
USA-110919-002
CA156

CA209
2024-01-240246
CA046
CA148

CA185
CA147
b099
2022-11-27-0032

CA080
CA079
2022-11-27-0019
CA193

CA139
CA045
CA201
2022-11-27-0033

CA072
CA071
CA087
2019-08-23-030

CA121
2019-08-23-029
CA219
b090

CA218
CA020
CA019
CA018

CA096
CA140
CA130
CA166

CA129
CA012
CA011
CA010

CA095
CA113
USA-110919-001
CA167

CA226
9-2020-0042
CA194
CA105

CA184
CA157
CA210
2024-01-240245

CA037
CA036
CA177
CA003

b108
b091
CA227
2024-01-240115

CA027
CA026
9-2020-0041
1 2 ... 4 ►

Site Map

  • About
    • A Seed is Planted…
    • W5WZ History
    • the Station
      • ICE Band Pass Filter Reference
    • Tower #1
      • Building an 80-meter Shunt-Feed on Existing 120-ft Tower
      • Building 80-meter 4-square around Tower #1
  • Auction Page
  • Blog
  • Contesting
    • SH5 Contest Log Analysis
    • Contesting Bug Bites!
    • Awards
  • FOR SALE – Rohn RSL60L16 Tower
  • Home
  • QSL Card Album
    • Received QSL Cards from the United States of America
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Africa
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Antarctica
    • Received DX QSL cards from Asia
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Europe
    • Received DX QSL Cards from North America
    • Received DX QSL Cards from Oceania
    • Received DX QSL Cards from South America
  • QSL Instructions
    • W5WZ Log Search
  • Terrain Profiles from W5WZ
  • Vintage QSLs
  • W5WZ Photo Album
  • W5WZ Station Diagrams

About W5WZ

1981 – Received world globe as gift from grandmother (age 10)
1982 – Read the entire World Book Encyclopedia during 5th grade
1983 – Introduced to ham radio as a Boy Scout (age 13)
1997 – Licensed as KD5CAS via elmer W5LA (age 26)
1998 – Bitten by contest bug at Field Day
– First solo contest in IARU
1999 – Upgraded to Extra
– Acquired vanity call W5WZ
– Installed first tower, 2-element quad for 10-12-15-17-20 meters
2005 – Moved to new QTH
2007 – Attended Dayton Hamvention for the first time
– Attended Contest Univeristy for the first time
2008 – Began building current station
– Co-founded Louisiana Contest Club
2010 – First M/M HP contest @ W5WZ in CQ WW SSB
2011 – First time guest operator @ K8AZ
2014 – Co-organizer for ARRL Centenial operation as W1AW/5
– Awarded ARRL Delta Division Ham of the Year
2017 – Co-organizer for NU1AW/5 in IARU Contest

Search

Browse Blog by Category

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Email
  • Yelp
Proudly powered by WordPress