Please note:

To confirm our QSO please USE LoTW or send your QSL card DIRECTLY to my QSL Manager W4JS. 

DO NOT waste your QSL card, money and time to send your QSL card via YB Bureau and eQSL, 

I will not reply it!

New elected IARU Region 3 Directors & Secretary 2015 - 2018

Left to Right :

Secretary: Ken JA1CJP & Directors: Endo JE1MUI, Gopal VU2GMN, Wisnu YBØAZ, Don ZL2TLLm Rhee HL1AQQ, Peter VK3MV

 

Hello everyone.

My name is Wisnu. I was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. My callsigns are YBØAZ, W1SNU and JG1NCB.

I love amateur radio very much, and my favorite ham radio activities are DXing, contesting and digital mode experiments.

My activities in Amateur Radio:

January 11^th 1984: First licensed as an amateur radio operator (YDØFTD).

1984 - 2005: Supporting the Indonesian JOTA National Headquarter (YBØS).

1993: Passing the general class amateur radio license examination and licensed as YCØFTD.

February 1993: The IOTA DXpedition team leader to the Malinjo Island OC #177 ( YEØI )

March 1998: The Contest DXpedition team leader to Baturaden Central Java ( YE2B )

May 1998: Changed my call sign to YCØAZ.

September 15^th 1998:Passing the extra class amateur radio license examination.

January 1^st 1999: First on the air with YBØAZ.

October 1999: The IOTA DXpedition team leader to the Semut Kecil Island OC #177 ( 7AØK ) http://www.qsl.net/7a0k/

1999 - 2012: Operator of the Jakarta Contest Station YBØZZ and YEØX.

2002 - 2003: Net Control of the South East Asia Net ( SEANET ).

December 27^th 2004: Licensed in USA as KE7CON.

March 2^nd 2005: Changed my KE7CON call sign to W1SNU. (http://www.qrz.com/db/w1snu)

Since 2008 until now: Active on APRS http://aprs.fi/?call=YB0AZ&mt=h&z=18&timerange=3600

May 27^th 2010: Licensed in Japan as JG1NCB

Operator of IOTA DXpeditions: YEØI (1993), YE2B (1998), 7AØK (1999), YEØM (2012), YB8Y (2012), YB9Y (2013)

Operator of 8J1A in JARL Tokyo Ham Fair 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015

Operator of 8J1HAM in JARL Tokyo Ham Fair 2016

Operator of YB42SEA during the 42^nd SEANET Convention 2014 in Bali, Indonesia

Operator of YB16IARU during the 16^th IARU Region 3 Conference 2015 in Bali, Indonesia

Operator of HS44SEA during the 44^th SEANET Convention 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand

December 1984 - November 1987: Staff of the technical department of ORARI Local Kramatjati.

December 1987 - November 1990: Staff of the operation department of ORARI Local Kramatjati.

December 1990 - November 1993: Chief of the technical department of ORARI Local Kramatjati.

December 1993 - November 1996: Chief of the operation and technical department of ORARI Local Kramatjati.

December 1996 - October 1999: Chairman of ORARI Local Kramatjati.

Since April 1^st 1999 until now: Member of ARRL

November 1999 - February 2004: Specialized staff of ORARI Jakarta Province.

February 2004 - April 2009: Secretary of ORARI Jakarta Province.

September 2006 - October 21^st 2011: International Affairs Coordinator and IARU Liasion Officer of ORARI. 

September 9^th 2008 - October 21^st 2011: Secretary of AMSAT-ID

September 1^st 2009 - October 21^st 2011: Vice Secretary General of ORARI.

October 12^th - 16^th, 2009: Delegate of ORARI for 14^th IARU Region 3 Conference in New Zealand.

November 5^th - 9^th, 2012: Delegate of ORARI for 15^th IARU Region 3 Conference in Vietnam.( http://www.iaru-r3.org/)

November 23^th - 25^th: Participate in the 40^th SEANET Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

November 8^th, 2012: Elected as the IARU Region 3 Director

September 20^th - 27^th 2014: IARU Region 3 delegate for IARU Region 1 General Conference in Varna, Bulgaria.

November 14^th - 17^th 2014: Advisor for the 42^nd SEANET Convention 2014 Organizing Committee in Bali, Indonesia.

October 12^th - 16^th 2015: Advisor for the 16^th IARU Region 3 Conference Organizing Committee in Bali, Indonesia.

October 15^th, 2015: Re-elected as the IARU Region 3 Director for year 2015 - 2018.

November 18^th - 27^th: Participate in the 44^th SEANET Convention in Pattaya, Thailand

November 24^th - 27^th: Participate in the 10^th ORARI General Conference (Munas)  in Surabaya, Indonesia

Award and Achievement:

• Achievement from Minister of Communication and Information Technology Republic of Indonesia
• for the accomplishments in the radio amateur communication and organization( 20 October 2011 )
• Many achievement certificates from ORARI for various activities ( ARDF, National Contest,
• Event Coordinator, Public Service, EmComm, etc )
• ARRL Worked All States # 49895 ( Feb 8, 2000 )
• DXCC Millennium ( Jun 20, 2000 )
• DXCC Phone # 24606 ( Jul 14, 2000 )
• DXCC # 37092 ( Jul 14, 2000 )
• DXCC 20 Meters ( Aug 1, 2001 )
• DXCC 15 Meters #2919 ( April 5, 2010 )
• DXCC CW # 12.033 ( April 5, 2010 )
• IARU Region III Award # 2239 YB/YC # 117 ( Mar 1, 2001 )
• Worked All Japan # 2339 ( Feb 20, 2002 )
• Sly Fox Award ( Aug 9, 2000 )
• South East Asia Contest 2000 ( # 1 in Seanet Area, 14 MHz, SSB )
• All Asian DX Contest 1999 ( #1 in Indonesia, 21 MHz, CW )
• Japan International DX Contest 1999 (# 1 in Indonesia, 28 MHz Low Power, SSB )
• Japan International DX Contest 2000 (# 1 in Oceania, 28 MHz Low Power, SSB )
• CQ World Wide DX Contest 2000 ( # 1 in Oceania, 21 MHz Low Power, SSB )
• CQ World Wide DX Contest 2001 ( # 3 in World, 14 MHz Low Power, SSB )
• CQ World Wide WPX Contest 2002 ( # 2 in World, 14 MHz Low Power, SSB )
• South East Asia Contest 2001 ( Winner of SEANET Contest 2001, 14 MHz, SSB )
• JARL Giant Panda Award ( # 837, Jun 12, 1988 )
• Midnight in Tokyo Award ( # 534, Jun 20, 1988 )
• Published in DX coloum of CQ Magazine ( Dec 2000 )
• etc

I strongly prefer to use LOTW.

For someone who need my qsl card, please carefully read the following:

1. All QSL Cards are handled by my QSL Manager - John R. Sproat, JR (Jack) - W4JS

If you want DIRECT QSLs, you will need to send greenstamps (USD) to cover
the cost of the postage to your country.

NOTE : If you have worked me on all bands or modes, and you want a separate card for each QSO,
please supply enough greenstamps (USD) to cover the postage for all the cards to your country.
My QSL Manager will only accept any US Dollars.
He cannot accept any currency from other country. Cards will be returned by buro if any other
currency is enclosed.

2. All cards sent by BURO will be QSLed via the BURO.
My QSL Manager will process direct QSLs first and then when the bulk of DIRECT cards are finished
he will begin to process the BURO cards.

3. All cards sent with sufficient postage and a Self Address Envelope will be returned direct, as quickly
as my QSL Manager can process them.

4. I will do everything possible to avoid sending back a "NOT IN LOG" card.I will check, cross check and
look for anything that matches. But I will NOT QSL for a QSO that is not in my logs.

5. VERY IMPORTANT -I repeat that you MUST send your direct QSLs to the address given below.

Cards sent to mistaken address or via YB Buro and eQSL WILL NOT ANSWER !

Here is the address :

JOHN R. SPROAT, JR

1419 E MANASOTA BEACH RD

ENGLEWOOD, FL 34223-6341

United States of America