Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 20 2023 17:32:44

KICKER: A DXCC ACHIEVEMENT OF TWO LIFETIMES

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story isn't just about the DX achievement of a 
lifetime; it's about a personal tribute. Patrick Clark, K8TAC, brings us 
that story now.

PATRICK: For some, a contact with Bouvet Island - considered the most 
remote island on earth - is like winning the lottery but for Bob Wertz, 
NF7E, it means so much more in the amateur radio lexicon. The QSO he logged 
earlier this year with the 3YØJ DXpedition ended his 47-year journey to log 
all 340 independent DXCC entities. The ARRL requires contact with only 331 
such entities for any ham to be included on its DXCC honor roll. Clearly, 
Bob had his sights set on a higher mountain - his personal challenge begun 
nearly a half-century ago.

Speaking of mountains, the impressive log he amassed toward that end 
includes another remote contact - Mount Athos in Greece - where the 
operator was Monk Apollo. Their QSO, using CW, took place in 2016. Monk 
Apollo, who is now a Silent Key, was viewed by DXers as one of the most 
sought-after contacts. Bob at one point thought it might end up being the 
most difficult contact since he became a ham in 1976.

Bouvet, however, filled that role nicely. It also allowed him to fulfill a 
very personal - and perhaps most meaningful - goal. In an interview with 
Flagstaff Business News, he said he considers his completion of the 
challenge to be a tribute to his father, who held the callsign KA9ACS, and 
is now a Silent Key.

This is Patrick Clark, K8TAC.

(FLAGSTAFF BUSINESS NEWS, QRZ.COM)

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