UB3BIJ Iskra Impulse · VDNKh Rooftop Station QRT

VDNKh Rooftop Station · Moscow, Russia · KO85

Iskra Impulse

DE UB3BIJ · 1-5 W QRP · SSB · CW · FT8

Personal QRP station on a rooftop above VDNKh, Moscow. Five watts, a wire — and the whole world to work.

QRT·off air right now

NEW · The 88 Paper Club is open — a free paper-QSL friendship circle. Join us!

Send me your QSL Write me

Iskra Impulse holding a microphone and a transceiver

Worked world

Countries: 1 · QSO total: 4 · 1-5 W QRP · DXCC scoreboard →

Station card

The rig

StationUB3BIJ
OperatorIskra Impulse
QTHMoscow, Russia · KO85
RiguSDX+ · All Mode 8 Band SDR
Power1-5 W QRP
AntennaEnd-Fed Half-Wave (49:1)
ModesSSB · CW · FT8
Headphones, microphone and transceivers of the station
Station gear · artwork
New · open to everyone · free The 88 Paper Club A friendship circle for people who love paper QSL cards. Monthly card rounds via the bureau, one on-air meetup a month, handwritten wishes — and a promise that no card ever ends up in the bin. We are keeping a beautiful piece of radio culture alive, one envelope at a time. Come in, the door is paper →

Shack dress code

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Leather cap with a red star
Red neckerchief
Fingerless gloves
White ushanka hat
Tall leather boots
Hand-painted balalaika
Special report · LO06EH FIASCO. Two days in a field near Suzdal. Two antennas that would not tune, a knife, a garbage bag, and zero contacts. The whole honest story. Read the field report →

Paper QSL collector

Send me your paper QSL card

I love paper cards. Even if you weren't going to send one — please do, and I will always mail mine back. An electronic confirmation is a row in a database; a paper card smells of post offices and stays forever.

And if you love paper the way I do — I run The 88 Paper Club: monthly card rounds, one on-air meetup, handwritten wishes. Free to join.

Via bureau to UB3BIJ.

Right now this matters more than usual: I am off the air for a while after a rough first expedition, and a card in the letterbox would help enormously.

No eQSL can carry a kiss. 73 & 88

PSE QSL
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TNX 73

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Write me

Heard me on the band? Curious about QRP, the antenna, anything — write. I answer everyone. 88

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