HOT NEWS:

* BETWEEN 01.01.2012. AND 31.12.2012. I PERSONNALY USE ALSO CALLSIGN :

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                                                                       REPUBLIC OF CROATIA -- SE EUROPE

                                                                   Home QTH : Vukovar , wwl : JN 95 LI

THANKS FOR LOOKING ME UP HERE ON QRZ.com, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF A QSO !

PSE CHECK YOUR LOG !

MY QSL MAY HELP YOU WITH SOME 9A AWARDS.

FOR EXAMPLE :

                                                                                 OR MANY OTHER.

9A COUNTY DIVISION :

  PSE READ THIS:

                                                                      THE SAD STORY OF MY HOMETOWN

FROM AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1991,VUKOVAR WAS UNDER SIEGE BY THE SO-CALLED "YUGOSLAV PEOPLES ARMY (JNA)",AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF SERB PARAMILITARY FORCES.AS A RESULT,MY HOMETOWN WAS SYSTEMATICALLY AND TOTALLY DESTROYED AND ITS ENTIRE CROATIAN POPULATION WAS BANISHED OR TAKEN TO NUMEROUS PRISON CAMPS IN SERBIA BY THE SERB AGRESSORS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH A SO-CALLED "GREATER SERBIA" ??.

ONE OF THE BES WELL KNOWN SYMBOLS OF THESE TRAGIS EVENTS STANDS A WATER-TOWER THAT DOMINATES THE CITY SKYLINE.

THE WATER-TOWER SUFFERED NUMEROUSDIRECT ARTILLERY HITS AND TODAY ITS BATTERED REMAINS STANDS AS MONUMENT.

DURING THE SIEGE MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS WERE KILLED.NOT FAR FROM THE CITY IN SCAFFOLD,ALSO CALLED: "OVČARA",IS A WHERE OVER 200 PATIENTS WERE TAKEN BY FORCE FROM THE VUKOVAR HOSPITAL.THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE TORTURED,KILLLED AND THROWN INTO THE LARGEST KNOWN MASS-GRAVE OF THE WAR.

           THESE   TRAGIC  EVENTS  CAN  NEVER  BE :     F O R G O T T E N   OR   F O R G I V E N   !!!

BECAUSE OF HORRORS OF WAR AND CRIMES COMITTED,RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CROAT AND SERBS POPULATION IN VUKOVAR TODAY ARE TENSED AND WE LIVING IN AN ETHNICALLY DIVIDED CITY.

IN 1996 THE PEACEFUL REINTEGRATION PROCESS UNDER THE U N ADMINISTRATION BEGAN AND ENDED IN JANUARY 1998.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN HAS BEGUN AND IT IS REGAINING ITS EURPOEAN PATTERN AND CHARM THAT IT ALWAYS HAD BEFORE THE WAR.

VUKOVAR CAN BE EASILY RECOGNIZED BY ITS RICH HISTORY,CULTURE,TRADITION,BAROQUE ARCHITEKTURE,THE DANUBE RIVER,AS WELL AS THE HOSPITALITY OF ITS C R O A T I A N POPULATION.

DUE TO THE ECONOMIC CONEQUENCES OF WAR , VUKOVAR IS UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE POOREST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.MY FAMILY AND I UNFORTUNATELY FEEL THIS PAIN DAILY AS THERE SADLY FEW JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

                                         RECENT PHOTOS OF THESE CRIMES ARE STILL VISIBLE TODAY TOO, 20 Years later !

                                                     (PHOTOS OF MY FAMILY HOUSE / MY HOME QTH - VUKOVAR - JN 95 LI)

                                                                                        MY H A M A C T I V I T Y :

I AM 45 YEARS OLD (WRITTEN JANUARY 2011) AND MARRIED.

MY XYL, ANTONIJA KNEW I WAS HAM WHEN WE FIRST MET BUT SHE MARRIED ME ANYWAY!

I AM ALSO A PROUD FATHER OF TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS,18 AND 4 YEARS OLD(ANDRIJANA IVANA AND ANGELA ANA) 2X,

I WISH TO THANK ANTONIJA MY XYL , PUBLICLY FOR HER GREAT PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING !!

I HAVE BEEN A HAM FOR ALMOST 34 YEARS BUT ONLY SINCE JUNE 2004 AS A CLAS: A OPERATOR USING THE : 9 A 6 D R CALLSIGN.

(MY OLD CALLSIGN WAS : 9 A 6 D C R ,TILL 2004.)

HF ARE MY FAVORITE BANDS.

I LIKE COLLECTING : IOTA ISLANDS, AS WELL AS NICE AND RARE HAM PREFIXES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

                                                       ,  WPX

                      I LIKE DX-ING !

I SPEAK SEVERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES : ENGLISH , GERMAN , SLOVAK AND OF COURSE CROATIAN .

MY FAVORITE HF BANDS ARE : 30 , 20 , 15 AND 10 METERS ON CW AND SSB -ONLY.

MY HF POWER : 50 - 100 W , ONLY.

I AM NOT ACTIVE ON VHF AND UHF BAND AS I DON`T HAVE A RIG FOR THOSE BANDS NOW.

                                                                                   QSL IMPORTANT:

MY QSL POLICY IS TO SEND AND ACCEPT : P A P E R ! QSL CARDS ONLY VIA BUREAU OR DIRECT.

W 3 H C IS N O T !! MY QSL MANAGER MORE . ( see W3HC QRZ.com page )

                I do not use eQSL and LotW!

FOR DIRECT CARD (UP TO TWO CARDS PER ENVELOPE) SEND A SAE AND ONE IRC OR $2 USD, OTHERWISE THE CARD WILL BE SENT: VIA QSL THE BUREAU!

                                  Keep in mind that (old) paper QSL card are the only way to confirm every QSO contacts.