W0RAA Callsign on QRZCQ.com

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2025-12-05 09:19:32 UTC

Silent Key // Richard DICK Thompson, W0RAA, passed away on 2021-01-16

W0RAA

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Dick Thompson

Colorado Springs 80907
United States, CO

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Call data

Last update:	2014-10-20 21:30:05
QTH:	Colorado Springs
Continent:	NA
Views:	696
Main prefix:	K
Class:	Extra
Federal state:	CO
US county:	El Paso
Latitude:	38.8819820
Longitude:	-104.8143340
Locator:	DM78OV
DXCC Zone:	291
ITU Zone:	7
CQ Zone:	4
ULS record:	2781222
Issued:	2006-01-27

QSL data

Last update:	2018-11-08 22:45:26
eQSL QSL:	no
Bureau QSL:	YES
Direct QSL:	YES
LoTW QSL:	YES

Biography

Licensed since mid 1963. Calls held: WN8HFP, WA8HFP, WA9LGN, WA8RWK, WB0DUL, W0RAA, TI5/W0RAA. Please send SASE if requesting a QSL. Postage costs are getting too expensive. Thanks.

I do a lot of contesting. I use RTTY, CW & SSB in contests, with my favorite contest mode being RTTY, followed by CW. I also enjoy DXing/Chasing, Rag Chewing, Digital modes.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FTdx-3000D - Primary
Ameritron ALS-600 Amplifier (600 Watts)
Yaesu FT-8800 Dual Band VHF/UHF
Cushcraft A3S on 34' Rohn Tower w/Hazer 2. Rotor is Ham V with DCU Control Box
Butternut HF-9V Vertical, ground mounted
Tuners: LDG AT-600 ProII Tuner, LDG M600 Meter
Power Supplies" Alinco DM-330MV (2)
K8RA Paddle
LogiKey K-5 Keyer & WinKeyer USB Keyer
Interface: SignaLink USB

DX Code Of Conduct

I support the "DX Code Of Conduct" to help to work with each other and not each against the others on the bands.

Other images

W0RAA / W0RAA (Dick) at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco, CA

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