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Text Box: the Bulgaria with thirteen members. Twelve men and one woman made up the team. I was on the M21 age group with two other members making a team. We can win team or individual medals.     Text Box: If you didn’t already hear about it, Team USA wins it’s first medal. Nadia Scharlau of North Carolina gets a Bronzes in the 80 meter competition. You can read all about it on Joe Moell’s K0OV homingin.com web site. Text Box: This is the fifth ARDF Worlds Championships the Team USA went to. Held on even years the first one was in 1998 in Hungry with only four members. Then China 2000, Slovakia 2002, Czech Republic 2004, and Text Box: Team USA wins 1st Medal Text Box: From September 11-18 2006 I had the opportunity to participant in the 13th ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding)  World Championships in Primorsko, Bulgaria. Where is Primorsko you might ask. Well first of all Bulgaria in just north on Turkey and Primorsko is the seaside resort town on the Black Sea, in the eastern end of Bulgaria. Being the youngest member of Team USA I traveled there with my farther (Richard WA6NOL) for this world class event. There were competitors from thirty countries totaling over 400 for this World Championships. We flew out of LAX on 911 nonstop to Munich, Germany on Lufthansa and the flight took about 11 hours. Then another Text Box: two hour flight to Sofiya   the capital of Bulgaria. There we meet Milcho Milanov, LZ1RF (President of Bulgaria Federation of Radio Amateur) and his wife. He drove us another seven hours all the way across Bulgaria from the eastern side to the western side of the country on two lane Text Box: country roads. We traveled a total of over 20 hours before we reached the hotel. Our suitcase arrived a day later. It was early morning and as we got out of the car there were outer members of Team USA greeting us. The picture above is from our hotel room looking out over the Black Sea. What a view and the weather was great too.   Text Box: On the road to Bulgaria, ARDF World Championships Text Box:  By Jay Thompson, W6JAY Text Box: More information · Results on www.ardf2006.com/ · Story on www.homingin.com · ARDF Equipment at wa6nol.com · Next ARDF World Championships will be in South Korea 2008 · I could write a book about my adventures, thanks for reading my story, 73 Jay ·   Text Box: 1st Medal for Team USA, Nadia’s 3rd place medal in the 80 meter competition.   Text Box: www.wa6nol.com Text Box: See more pictures on

 

   

Special event station LZ13ARDF

 

W6JAY operating special event station LZ13 ARDF

 

Left is LZ2LE,

Lubomir

 

Middle is me Jay, W6JAY

 

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Top floor of the Parla Beach Hotel