ABU DHABI BUILDING .. NOT CHRISTCHURCH , NEW ZEALAND… AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE !

BEING A HAM RADIO OPERATOR FOR SOME 22 YEARS AND A DXER AT HEART THE THOUGHT OF THIS NEW CHALLENGE ON ‘V.O.I. P.’ HAD ME READY TO GO. EVEN PRIOR TO KELLYS ANNOUNCMENT RE THE AWARD SYSTEM I HAD BEEN DABBLING IN THE AREA OF DX ON HAMSPHERE AND THINK I HAD AROUND THE MID TWENTY COUNTRIES WORKED. I EVEN TRIED TO ESTABLISH MY OWN DX LOG, BUT AGAIN THAT AMAZING FELLOW ON CYPRUS DID IT FOR ME AND WHAT IS MORE DID IT 100 TIMES BETTER THAN I EVEN DREAMED OF.

ANYHOW, WITH THE BIT BETWEEN MY TEETH I SET OFF ON THIS QUEST FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF THE AWARD, FIFTY COUNTRIES; “WOW” CAN I GET THERE? WELL YES I CAN AND I DID, WITH VERY LITTLE TROUBLE, AS THE DX WAS THERE TO GRAB WITHOUT WHAT WAS TO BECOME A MORE FRUSTRATING AND DIFFICULT THIRD PHASE FOR ME.