BRIEFLY:


In HAM radio since the age of 12 y.o.
SWL: UA0-139-86
Licensed in 1976.
First club station – UK0KAK (East Arctic)

  • Guinness World Record Book Winner.
  • International Humanitarian Award 2011.
  • “Deutsche Welle” BOB Award (the best 2005 Journalist Blog “Planet Afghanistan” in two nominations).
  • ARRL Emergency Certified Operator.
  • ARRL VEC.
  • Rescue II Class Officer “CENTROSPAS Russia”.
  • Rescue Officer Russian Red Cross.
  • Participates in many local and worldwide contests.
  • Favorite mode is CW. Loves pile-ups on the HF,
  • DX, expeditions, good friends and good company.
  • Worked more than 310 DXCC countries but never applied for DXCC Award & Honor Roll.

 

ARRL Member | ARRL VE

 

Guinness World Records Champion​: Largest number of amateur radio contacts in a year

 

  • RW3AH (OE1ZZZ, KL1A) Andrey Fedorov made unique and unrepeatable 93,856 QSO’s (Not in FT8/4) as 4U1A from Austria in 2018.
    (During the deepest minimum of Solar Activity)
  • XV2RZ (OH4MDY) Reijo Laitinen made 90,215 QSO’s as XV2RZ from Vietnam in 2014.
  • VP6BR (OH2BR) Jukka Heikinheimo made 56,239 QSO’s as VP6BR from Pitcairn Island in 2000.
  • KV4AA Dick Spenceley made 48,100 QSO’s from Virgin Island in 1978.Details

“Deutche Welle” The Best Journalist Blog Award In 2005, while serving in Afghanistan, I was maintaining a blog called “Planet Afghanistan” within a framework of “LiveJournal.com”. As blog owner, was nominated for Jury Award and Audience Award of international blogs competition “The BOB”, which is conducted yearly by”Deutsche Welle“. As a result, I won this competition in both nominations and my blog was recognized as the bestjournalist blog of 2005 in Russian Language.

Recipient of the ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN of the YEAR AWARD

The ARRL International Humanitarian Award is conferred upon an amateur or amateurs who demonstrate devotion to human welfare, peace and international understanding through Amateur Radio. The ARRL established the annual prize to recognize Amateur Radio operators who have used ham radio to provide extraordinary service to others in times of crisis or disaster.  Details

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Has lived in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America with ham calls associated with each part of the world.

  • “EMERCOM” Rescuer Officer and Russian Red Cross Rescue Officer.
  • 1991-2002 – Chief Coordinator (Head), Russian Amateur Radio Emergency Service (RARES).
  • Chief of the RARES Club station R3ARES 2001.
  • Certifiied ARRL Emergency Communications Operator.
  • ARCDXC 4U1A President and Live member
Russian Robinsons Club (RRC) HR # 10

 

 

AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE HOLDER:

  • Amateur radio license from Russia (Extra class) call sign RW3AH. Moscow, Russia
  • Amateur radio license from USA (Extra class). Call sign – KL1A. Alaska USA (Ex: WL7CDB, WL7AP)
  • Amateur radio license from Switzerland. Call sign – HB9ERK
  • Amateur radio license from Rwanda (Africa). Call sign – 9X0A. Rwanda, Africa
  • Amateur radio license from Fiji, Oceania. Call sign – 3D2AF.
  • Amateur radio license from Tuvalu, Oceania. Call sign – T2X.
  • Amateur radio license from Afghanistan. Call sign – T6X.
  • Amateur radio license from Serbia / Kosovo. Call sign – 4O8AA (Exp.2004)
  • Amateur radio license from Egypt. Call sign – SU9AF
  • Amateur radio license from Austria. Call sign – OE1ZZZ

 

My recent operations include:

1975 – UK0KAK Club station op.
1975 – 1977 UA0-139-86 (SWL) East Siberia Arctic Russia
1977 – UA0-139-86/3 (SWL) Moscow, Russia
1977 – UA3-170-362 (SWL) Moscow Russia

1976 – 1983 UA0KCE East Siberia, Arctic Russia

1978 – UK3AAB Club station op. Moscow, Russia

1979 – UK3ADF Club station op. Moscow, Russia
1979 – UK3ACZ Club station op. Moscow, Russia
1979 – UK3ACV Club station op. Moscow, Russia
1979 – UK3ACI Club station op. Moscow, Russia

1980 – UK3AAH Club station op. Moscow, Russia
1980 – RK3AAH op. Moscow, Russia
1980 – RM3O Special event station op. Moscow, Russia (Olympic games special event station)

1981 – RS3A Amateur Radio “RS” Sattelites Control Center op. Moscow, Russia
1981 – UK3APV Club station op. Moscow, Russia
1981 – EW3A Special event station op. Moscow, Russia
1981 – EX3TM Special event station op. Moscow, Russia

1984 – 1985 UG/UA0KCE Armenia Republic (Sevan lake)

1985 – UZ1PWA, UZ1PWC Club station op. Novaya Zemlya Island, Russia
1985 – UA1P/UA0KCE West Siberia. Arctic Russia
1985 – UA3ASL Moscow, Russia
1985 – 1986 UZ3AZM Club station op. Moscow, Russia

1986 – RW3AH Moscow Russia (The Call sign is up to present)

1988 – EO1. (Armenian ruin earthquake) Special Emergency Station. Moscow Russia

1988 – RK3KP / UK3KP Club station op. Moscow, Russia
1988 – UH8/RW3AH Turkmen Republic
1988 – UH9AWA, UH9BWD. UH9HWB Club stations op. (Turkmeniya)
1988 – EK0RR/am Special event station op. Russia

1989 – UZ0KWC Club station op. Cape Smidta. East Acrctic Russia
1989 – EK0AH East Arctic “BERING BRIDGE” sled dog Expedition East Arctic-Alaska (Incl. Rotmanova Island (Big Diomede Isl.) IOTA AS-061, Uelen, Ureliki, Cape Smitdt, Anadyr, Lavrentiya, Ugolnyj, Provedeniya Bay, etc…)
1989 – KL7/RW3AH “BERING BRIDGE” sled dog Expedition East Arctic-Alaska (incl. Little Diomede Island IOTA NA-150 and Kotzebue)
1989 – EK250RA/am Special event station op. Russia-USA (Flight “TU-154” East Siberai to Alaska USA. Arctic area)
1989 – 4K4/RW3AH “BIG CIRCLE” sled dog Expedition East Siberia, Arctic Russia

1990 – RE/RW3AH Special event, Moscow, Russia
1990 – RE3A Special event station op. Moscow Russia
1990 – RK3CH Special event station op. Moscow Russia (Chernobyl memorial)
1990 – 4K0ADS Special event station op. Russia (Mr.Sakharov memorial)

1991 – WL7CDB Alaska USA (Novice class License)
1991 – WL7AP Alaska USA (General class License)

1992 – R500A Special event station op. Russia
1992 – 4L21A, 4L22A, 4L23A op (White House Moscow Russia)
1992 – U21A, U22A, U23A op (White House Moscow Russia)

1995 – R/WL7AP Moscow, Russia
1995 – YU1AVQ “Zemun Club Station” op. Belgrade, Serbia / Yugoslavia
1995 – 4U/RW3AH UN-ICFY Mission in the former Yugoslavia (United Nations)

1996 – R0K/RW3AH East Siberia. Arctic Russia

1997 – 9X/R3ARES, 9X/RE3A op Rwanda, Africa
1997 – RW3AH/RE Emergency emulation test Russian ARES station. Moscow Russia
1997 – 1998 9X/RW3AH UN Mission in Rwanda Africa

1998 – HB9/WL7AP Switzerland
1998 – 9X0A Rwanda Africa (Call sign is up to present)
1998 – 9X0A – 9U/9X0A – 9U/9X0A/m Rwanda/Burundi Africa

1999 – 2000 4O8/9X0A Mission in Kosovo Former Yugoslavia
2000 – SV/WL7AP Greece (SV1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
2000 – OE/WL7AP Austria

2001 – F/WL7AP France
2001 – 3A/WL7AP Monaco
2001 – DL/WL7AP Germany
2001 – YU8/9X0A Mission in Kosovo FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (Audio clip)
2001 – Z3/9X0A Macedonia
2001 – EA8/WL7AP Tenerife CANARY ISLANDS. SPAIN
2001 – 4U1VIC Club station op. Vienna, Austria (United Nations)

2002 – 3D2AF Fiji (Suva, Nadi)
2002 – T2X Tuvalu (Funafuti)
2002 – T2X/mm Pacific Ocean
2002 – K1B DXpedition to (KH1/B) Baker Island in Centrtal Pacific
2002 – W1/WL7AP USA
2002 – KL1A USA (Extra class License)
2002 – 4O8AA Kosovo
2002 – 4U1VIC Club station op. Vienna, Austria (United Nations)

2003 – YU8/KF0R Kosovo

2004 – RW3AH/3 RDA DXpedition
2004 – W1/KL1A USA
2004 – 8J1A Guest Op. “HAMFAIR-2004” in Tokyo. Japan
2004 – K1TTT Contest station op. USA
2004 – 4U1UN Club station op. (UN HQ NYC USA) (United Nations)
2004 – ER0/RW3AH Moldova Republic (1st QRO DXpedition)

2005 – 3V/KL1A Tunisia, Africa
2005 – T6X Afghanistan UN Mission
2005 – EY1ZA Club station op Tadzhikistan Republic

2006 – EA/KL1A Spain
2006 – OE1A Contest station op. Austria (RDXC 2006)
2006 – DL/KL1A Germany
2006 – ER/RW3AH Moldova republic (2nd QRO DXpedition)
2006 – SV9/KL1A Crete Island, Greece
2006 – OE4A op. Austria
2006 – OE/KL1A Austria
2006 – 4U1VIC Club station op. Vienna, Austria (United Nations)
2006 – 4U60UO Special event station op (UNESCO HQ Paris, France) (United Nations)

2007 – ER/RW3AH Moldova republic (3d QRO DXpedition)
2007 – TF/KL1A (TF/R7C Team member) Iceland DXpedition
2007 – OZ/KL1A (OZ/NA1SA Team member)
2007 – OX/KL1A (OX/NA1SA Team member) Greenland DXpedition
2007 – HB9/KL1A Geneva, Switzerland
2007 – 4U1ITU Club station op. Geneva, Switzerland (United Nations)
2007 – 4U1WRC Special event station op. Geneva, Switzerland (WRC 2007) (United Nations)

2008 – 4U1WED Special event station op. Viena, Austria (United Nations)

2009 – F6KAR Contest station op. Cern France (RDXC 2009)
2009 – 4U1AIDS Trustee. Geneva, Switzerland (Special event station – World AIDS day) (United Nations)
2009 – HB9ERK Switzerland

2010 – HB0/HB9ERK Liechtenstein
2010 – W2/KL1A NY, NY
2010 – KC2RA NY, NY
2010 – K1LZ Contest station op. CQWWDX Contest (SSB). USA

2010 / 2011 / 2012 – DL/KL1A Germany
2010 / 2011 / 2012 – PA/KL1A Nederlands
2010 / 2011 / 2012 – ON/KL1A Belgium

2011 – TP50CE Special event station op. Council of Europe / France
2011 – LX/KL1A Luxemburg

2012 – ER0/KL1A Moldova republic (4th QRO DXpedition)
2012 – SU55J Special event station Op.
*2012 – TF/KL1A (July 4-12, 2012) Remotely Controlled TF4M ‘Diamond’ Station over the Internet. (‘Beta’ Test)
*2012 – TF4M/KL1A (August 12, 2012) Remotely Controlled TF4M ‘Diamond Station’ over the Internet. (‘Beta’ Test)
*2012 – KL1A/2 CQWWDX CW Contest. (Extrem Category). Remotely Controlled W2RE ‘Big Gun’ Station over the Internet. (‘Beta’ Test)
*2012 – 2013 KL1A/W2 (2 July 2012 – 30 Jan 2013) Remotely Controlled W2RE ‘Big Gun’ Station over the Internet. More 8000 miles away. (‘Beta’ Test)

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  • All these *QSO’s (TF/KL1A, TF4M/KL1A, KL1A/2 and KL1A/W2) does not count for DXCC but it does count for the true spirit of Amateur Radio trough State of the Art Technology and its Applications.
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2013 – 2014 SU9AF Cairo, Egypt (www.CQDX.ru/su9af)
2013 – ER0/KL1A Moldova republic (5th QRO DXpedition)
2013 – SU8JOTA Special event station Op.

2014 – 4U1VIC Club station op. Vienna, Austria (United Nations)
2014 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2014 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)
2014 – OE/KL1A Vienna, Austria
2014 – 4U2U Special Event station (United Nations)

2015 – OE1ZZZ Vienna, Austria
2015 – OK/KL1A Prague, Czech Republic
2015 – 4U1A ARCDXC Founder, Vienna, Austria
2015 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2015 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)

2016 – KP4/KL1A Palmas, Puerto Rico (by RHR)
2016 – HB0/RC3C Liechtenstein DXventure team member
2016 – HB0/KL1A Liechtenstein
2016 – HA/KL1A Hungary
2016 – 4U2U Trustee. United Nations. Special Event Station
2016 – 4U0R Trustee. United Nations Radio. Special Event Station
2016 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2016 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)

2017 – W1/KL1A Eastport, Northeast corner of Maine State. USA (by RHR)
2017 – OK/KL1A Prague, Czech Republic
2017 – 4U2U Trustee. United Nations. Special Event Station
2017 – 4U0R Trustee. United Nations Radio. Special Event Station
2017 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2017 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)

2018 – 4U18FIFA FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. Special Event Station
2018 – 4U2U Trustee. United Nations. Special Event Station
2018 – 4U0R Trustee. United Nations Radio. Special Event Station
2018 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2018 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)
2018 – 4U1XMAS Trustee. (United Nations)

2019 – 4U0R Trustee. United Nations Radio. Special Event Station
2019 – 4U500M Special event station from Vienna, Austria
2019 – EA3/KL1A Barcelona, Spain.
2019 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2019 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)
2019 – 4U1XMAS Trustee. (United Nations)

2020 – 4UNR Trustee. United Nations Radio. Special Event Station
2020 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2020 – 4U2STAYHOME  COVID19
2020 – 4U1A (UA1FA memorial activity) Aug 9-16, 2020.
2020 – 4U75A Trustee. United Nations. Special Event Station

2021 – I/KL1A.Rome. Italy
2021 – HV, Vatican. Italy. (The travel visit without any “radioactivity”)
2021 – 5B4/KL1A Republic of Cyprus
2021 – 1B/KL1A Northen Cyprus (Demilitarized zone under UNFICYP protection.). The United Nations recognises it as territory of the Republic of Cyprus under Turkish occupation.
2021 – ZC4 Sovereign Base Areas/British Forces Cyprus (CBF). Famagusta area. Lies in Northern Cyprus and therefore not currently in use.  (The travel visit without any “radioactivity”)
2021 – 4U2U Trustee. United Nations. Special Event Station

2022 – IC8/KL1A Ischia Island (IOTA EU-31). Italy

2023 – 4UNR Trustee. United Nations Radio. Special Event Station
2023 – 4U100QO Satellite “QO-100” activity. Vienna. Austria.

2024 – C7A Trustee. WMO (United Nations)
2024 – 4Y1A Trustee. ICAO (United Nations)

73′ de RW3AH, SU9AF, T6X, T2X, 3D2AF, HB9ERK, KL1A, OE1ZZZ ‘Sparky’

 

SILENT KEY FRIENDS – REMEMBERED WITH MUCH FONDNESS AND NEVER FORGOTTEN:
UA0KCL (RL3DZ), UA3AOO, U3AJ, UA1PAO, KL7HJD, KL7GID, KL7KI, UA6HZ, UR3IRS (UA3IRS), WD9GQV (K9QV), RU3ABD, R1CC, ER4DX.

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