This special callsign is dedicated to the 170th years birth anniversary of Vasil Levski - born on 18.July.1837 in Karlovo. Vasil Levski was a Bulgarian revolutionary, idologist, strategist and theoretician of the Bulgarian national revolution and leader of the struggle for liberation from Ottoman rule. Due to his major significance to the liberation of Bulgaria, Vasil Levski is hailed as a national hero and often referred to as "The Apostle of Freedom" by the Bulgarian people. His life is described in a book by the British writer Mercia MacDermoth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil_Levski

http://www.iianthropology.org/vassillevski.html

LZ170VL counts 10 points for "St. Teodosii Tyrnovski" award: http://www.balkanclub.org/awards.htm

LZ170VL is member of Digital Modes Club - DMC#387 http://www.digital-modes-club.org

QSL cards are printed by Gold Print Service:http://www.lz3hi.com