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The DID 'Hamily'

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Sign the Log DITALY ITALY DITALY "DX IS!" This ham radio family started out in the 1950s as just two young friends who eventually married sisters. Over time one of the wives, a daughter (who is also the other's niece) and her husband all became licensed operators. In 1998 they each assumed a DID vanity call and the rest is history...

We're spread across the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Maryland but our love of ham radio keeps us connected.

K8DID

License History
WN9FIN — 1962
WA8KEM — 1963
K8DID — 1998
DXCC #18,098
September 1978
WAZ #4,768
March 1980
Member of the ARRL
AMSAT Life Member #1514
10-10 #9304
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KA8DID

License History
KA8GNU — 1977
KA8DID — 1998
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K9DID - SK

License History
KN9DID — 1956
K9DID — 1957
DXCC #16,778
January 1977
Member of the ARRL
AMSAT Member #4050
10-10 #11410
Member of the NE WI DX Assn.
Silent Key — September 2005
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K5DID

License History
KB3HSC — 2002
K5DID — 2002
Member of the ARRL
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K9DID

License History
KB8ALR — 1986
WA8DID — 1998
K7DID — 2002
K9DID — 2007
DXCC #63,629
April 2018
Member of the ARRL
Member of the YLRL
AMSAT Life Member #2300
10-10 #73343
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Combined Number of Years We've All Been Licensed

Most Countries Worked by a Single Operator

Total Combined QSOs and Growing...

Some Favorite QSL Cards

While the DIDs prefer to confirm QSOs via LOTW, there is nothing like having a QSL card to put on the wall.

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Columbia Astronaut W5LFL

20 Jan 2018
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International Space Station

20 Jan 2018
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NASA 1992 Atlantis STS-45

20 Jan 2018
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Navassa Island

31 Jan 2018
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Trindade & Martim Vaz Is.

20 Jan 2018
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Finland

20 Jan 2018
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Portugal

9 Mar 2018
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NASA STS-9 / Spacelab-1

20 Jan 2018
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2002 Pentagon Special Event Station

20 Jan 2018
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Peter I Island

31 Jan 2018
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Niger

20 Jan 2018
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Round Rock, TX

20 Jan 2018
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Ecuador

9 Mar 2018
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Belarus

20 Jan 2018
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Swaziland

20 Jan 2018

WE ♥ LOTW

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That’s Deanna back in 1986 when she was first licensed. If you look closely, you can see she is holding a photo of her Uncle Ben and her father, Ron. It seems that when you are a ham radio operator you suddenly have the urge make silly faces while wearing red and white striped shirts, and hats just don’t sit straight on your head.

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