Thanks to the graciousness of Francesco Valsecchi, IKØFVC, I had the rare opportunity to be a guest operator at the Vatican amateur radio station, HVØA. Accompanying me was my mentor, teacher, and friend Alex Hajosevic, YT3H. Now that I’ve returned to Serbia and have collected my thoughts, I would like to tell the amateur radio community about my fantastic trip and experience while working the DX pileups from the Vatican at HVØA.
Without the hospitality and assistance from Francesco, none of this would have been possible. From the bottom of my heart, I must thank Francesco for providing me with this tremendous opportunity to operate the much sought-after DX callsign, HVØA. Francesco opened some new doors for me in the hobby.
Perhaps to many readers, this would seem to be a simple DXpedition to organize, but that was definitely not the case. Since spring 2021, when we were first in touch with each other to
