DX University Visalia California – 2012

1. DX University Visalia California – 2012 Principal Sponsor

2. Ramón Santoyo V. XE1KK Ramón has been an active radio amateur since 1979.  He enjoys DX and contesting.   DXCC on all modes: Mixed, Phone, CW, RTTY, Satellite and QRP.  He also holds 9 Band DXCC and has the highest score from Mexico in ARRL’s DX Challenge. He has the first Satellite and the first 10 MHz DXCCs in Mexico. Ramon enjoys contesting both as a single operator and as a member of multi operator teams. Some of the calls he has used include: HC8N, HC8A, FP/VE7SV, XX9C, ES9C, XE1RCS, 4C2X, 6G1KK, A31KK, PW5U, A71A, 9K2/XE1KK, A4/XE1KK, XF3T, CE4CT and OX/VE7RKK. He was the captain of Team Mexico in WRTC-2006 as PW5U. Also was the founder and first president of DXXE, a group of very active Mexican DXers and contesters. Ramón is currently the Secretary of IARU Region 2. XE1KK is an avid traveler, as of today having visited 121 DXCC entities, operating from a third of them.

3. DX Awards Ramón Santoyo V. XE1KK

4. Definition and concepts History: the first amateur radio awards What are we measuring? And now I would like to thank… Future of the awards Final comments References DX Awards

5. A recognition of excellency in a specific field What is an award?

6. The difficulty to obtain it The prestige of the awarder The perception of the community The associated benefits What makes an award valuable?

7. They measure our effort Raise ourselves among peers For the challenge For the fun Why we like awards?

8. First amateur radio award: the QSL card 9ZN R.H.G. Matthews, Founder of Zenith Radio An early card from 1921 Source: The G4UZN Historic QSL Collection

9. First amateur radio award: the QSL card  8ZO  L. G. Windom  1922 Source: The G4UZN Historic QSL Collection

12. In 1922 they were already counting

13. 1920s: DX time! Source: The G4UZN Historic QSL Collection

14. Q: Have you worked this countries? Mexico France India Argentina Cameroun Hawaii Source: The G4UZN Historic QSL Collection

15. Alternative Q: Have you worked all continents? Mexico France India Argentina Cameroun Hawaii Source: The G4UZN Historic QSL Collection

16. WAC: Worked All Continents First WAC: Brandon Wentworth, Stanford University, 1926 QSL card: The Ham Gallery and W2VRK

17. 1926: The Worked All Continents Club Source: The First Worked All Continents Award, by Hank Brown W6HB, QST October 1992.

18. Apparently developed by K.V.R. Lansingh, W6QX, editor of R/9 magazine. Since the late 1940s it has been associated with CQ magazine. “… one of the most difficult and most prestigious operating awards in amateur radio today” 1934: Worked All Zones Source: Wikipedia

19. 1935: ARRL’s DX Century Club “How to Count Countries Worked, A New DX Scoring System” by Clinton B. DeSoto, W1CBD, Assistant to the Secretary, ARRL. QST, October, 1935.

20. What are we measuring? Places Bands Modes Time

21. What are we measuring?

24. These three well know awards… • Offer far more challenges than we think • Can thrill newcomers and hard core DXers alike • Keep us busy and focused on common goals

25. These three well know awards… • Offer far more challenges than we think • Can thrill newcomers and hard core DXers alike • Keep us busy and focused on common goals • But… can they really be that difficult?

26. “The difficulty to obtain it”

27. “The difficulty to obtain it”

28. “The difficulty to obtain it”

29. “The difficulty to obtain it”

30. “The difficulty to obtain it”

31. “The difficulty to obtain it”

32. “The difficulty to obtain it”

33. “The difficulty to obtain it”

34. “The difficulty to obtain it”

35. What else do we chase?

36. Congratulations: You have them all…

37. Congratulations: You have them all… Anyone you would like to thank?

38. Congratulations: You have them all… Anyone you would like to thank? Photos: 3Y0X

39. 1967: CQ DX Hall of Fame 57 recepients as of today

40. 1984: SWODXA DX-Pedition of the Year 29 Recepients as of today

41. SWODXA Special Awards List 30 Recepients as of today

42. Other DXpedition awards: RSGB IOTA

43. Other DXpedition awards: Contest DXpedition

44. The Future of Amateur Radio Awards • Electronic and on-line • Outsourced operations • Instant gratification

45. Electronic and On-Line

46. Outsourcing award operations • January 24, 2012: ARRL & CQ Sign Agreement to Provide ARRL’s Logbook of The World Support for CQ’s Awards • K1ZZ: “Amateurs will be able to spend more time operating and less time chasing QSL cards.” • K2MGA: “We look forward to a smooth launch for WPX, and to the expansion of LoTW support to include the rest of our award programs as well.”

47. Instant gratification HK0NA final Leaderboard

48. Awards help to keep the amateur radio flame alive They are a “common currency” to value our results DXpeditions are planned based on ‘Most Wanted Countries’ Give us all a chance to be proud about something Final comments

49. References • The G4UZN Historic QSL Collection: http://qsl-history.webs.com/ • WAC: http://www.iaru.org/wac/ • WAZ: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_waz_awards/index_cq_waz_award.html • DXCC: http://www.arrl.org/dxcc • CQ Hall of Fame: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_hall_of_fame_awards/cq_hall_of_fame_awards.html • SWODXA DXpedition of the Year: http://www.swodxa.org/DXpedition_of_the_year.htm • RSGB IOTA: http://www.rsgbiota.org/ • Club Log: http://www.clublog.org/ • K1BV’s DX Awards Directory http://www.dxawards.com/ • AC6V Awards list: http://www.ac6v.com/hamawards.htm

50. DX University Visalia California – 2012 Principal Sponsor