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AWARDS

Hello everyone … this month’s column will be on a new award from Indonesia (YB-Land) and widely seen daily on Facebook. I’m lending the keyboard this month to Budi Santoso, YE1AR, to tell you about this prestigious Indonesian award. At the time of writing this up, I have seen a lot of YB stations on 17 meters chasing FT-8, which is — as we all are aware — the current hot ham radio trend. Enjoy this month’s article!

Y BDXPI (YB-Land DXing Passion ) is an online community of radio amateurs that was formed on August 29, 2018 initiated by Budi Santoso, YE1AR (), an active Indonesian amateur radio operator.

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