In the mail today I got a QSL card from KC2Q in NJ  who was 8P9MD in Barbados. This is my first QSL for Barbados. Brings my QSL count to 96 via LoTW and 11 via paper QSL for a total of 107 DXCCs.

I’ve also started to seek out contacts I can add to this years ARRL Triple Play Award (TPA). You need 150 total Q’s made in 2009 confirmed via LoTW for each state in 3 modes – CW, phone and RTTY. I have most already in RTTY and many also confirmed via phone and now I’m working on the CW Q’s and the ones I stil need on RTTY and phone. There’s a great web page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked where folks go to hook up for contacts. It’s amazing how friendly and helpful all the ops are in moving around and trying to accomodate everyone’s requests. What a great bunch of hams! Just this morning W5IF (Howard in Oklahoma) made a 20m CW and voice contact with me  – thanks Howard!

73,
K2DSL