Today’s OnAllBands QSL card post spotlights upcoming activations from Armenia and Easter Island. As always, we’re showcasing QSL cards from our featured locations—all of them earned by the active operators at DX Engineering.
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While separated by 10,690 miles, Armenia and Easter Island—one a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region at the crossroads of Western Asia/Eastern Europe and the other a volcanic island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean—share a cultural element that brings them a bit closer: their unique traditions of stone carving.
- The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) people carved massive volcanic stone statues called “moai” between 1100 and 1650 CE. Archaeologists have documented close to 900 of these statues. While many appear to be just stone heads, excavations have shown that most have torsos buried in the ground. The largest of these statues, “El Gigante,” measures 72 feet and can be found in the island’s Rano Raraku quarry.
- Armenia’s world-renowned khachkars (cross-stones) are intricately carved memorial stone steles (upright pillars). Armenia is also known for its vishapakar (dragon stones), large, monolithic cigar-shaped steles carved with animal imagery. They can be found scattered throughout the Armenian highlands. According to “Archaeology News,” these giant prehistoric monuments were “long thought to have been part of a forgotten cult,” but new evidence suggests they are linked to ancient water rituals and early irrigation practices.
Armenia & Easter Island on the Air
DL2JRM as EK/DL2JRM is scheduled to be active from Armenia from June 20-22 on CW and SSB. The 3G0YM activation of Easter Island by CE3YMR is set for June 20-27. CE3YMR will primarily be on 40, 30, and 6 meters in FT8 and SSB, with the possibility of activity on 60, 2o, and 10 meters depending on propagation.
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Here are a few QSL cards from Armenia (11,484 square miles, population 3.06 million) and Easter Island (63.2 square miles, population 7,750) collected by the DX Engineering team.
Tom, KB8UUZ, DX Engineering technical writer, sent us these cards from his collection:
Here are some QSL cards from the collection of Mark, W8BBQ, DX Engineering customer/technical support specialist:
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- Moais on Easter Island. (Image/Public Domain)
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- A khachkar behind a cathedral in Armenia. (Image/Public Domain)
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- Chile annexed Easter Island in 1888. In 1966, residents were granted Chilean citizenship. The nearest inhabited island to Easter Island is Pitcairn (1,289 miles away), making it one of the most remote islands of the world. (Image/DX Engineering)
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- Located in the southern part of the island’s west coast, Hanga Roa is home to 90% of Easter Island’s population. (Image/DX Engineering)
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- Located in the Armenian highlands of West Asia, Armenia is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. Armenia declared its sovereignty from the Soviet Union in 1990, and a year later officially declared its statehood. (Image/DX Engineering)
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