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.
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Guinness World Records Champion: Largest number of amateur radio contacts in a year
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“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.
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Recipient of the ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN of the YEAR AWARD
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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
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Russian Robinsons Club (RRC) HR # 10
AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE HOLDER:
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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)
- Read my story: New horizons of old HAM radio hobby
- 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.
- For Details visit : www.remotehamradio.com
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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