To commemorate 130th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottomanyoke by Russia, Balkan Contest Club LZ1KZA (LZ5A) operated with special eventcallsign LZ130LO from 1st January 2008 till 31st of March 2008.

Total number of QSO’s in the log of LZ130LO is 32290 .

The operator's team was:

LZ1ZF 15157 QSO's; LZ1BJ 4566 QSO's; LZ3FN 3013 QSO's; LZ3GA 2534 QSO's; LZ2UW2401 QSO's; LZ1ASP 1412 QSO's; LZ1GC 770 QSO's; LZ3YY 631 QSO's; LZ2PEP 510QSO's; LZ2DF 476 QSO's; LZ1MC 281 QSO's; LZ2JR 233 QSO's; LZ2HM 181 QSO's;LZ1NG 99 QSO's and LZ3HI 26 QSO's

A special award is issued: European stations must establish 5 two-way contactswith LZ130LO on different bands or different modes, (for DX stations – 3contacts). The same rules are for SWL’s. The fee for the Award is 5 EUR (10USD) or 10 IRC's. Mail to: Balkan Contest Club LZ1KZA, P.O. Box 36, 4300Karlovo , Bulgaria.

The holders of the award untill now are:

OH8US, RD3BS, RW3TW, EW1IP, UA3FX, RA4HPA, US8UX, LZ1FH, LZ1NG, ER2RM,RA3DBK,UA6HBC, UA3QR, LZ4BU, RN6BA, UA3QB, UA9CGL, LY1CM, OH3GRB, UA4CTE, RL3WX,RV4LC, RW3VZ, LZ1BJ, UA3LPF, DL1HRN, EA3GHZ, DL1MDU, LZ1PM, RZ3ABF, RA4FEA,RA1WU, LZ3SM, UA3ARN, RA2FIA, RA6AU, EW8CY, RN3BC, RZ6AEH, UR5XGL, RZ3DJ,RZ3DSN, ER2OD,UU2JA, UA9WBX, UA3QG, RU6AX, RZ3DLJ, RA6HN, RU3LM, RZ1OK, UA4FUW,DL1PR, UA3LAR, RX4HJ, US5ETV, UT5MB, RA1WZ, RU6HJ, UA3QQ, RV6HDR, UA3ECJ,RV3IN, RV9LM, ER5DX, S.W.L. ER2-055, RW6HL, RK6AZZ, EW6BZ, OE5PLN, US3IZ,HB9DWR, LY2OU, RU9CD, RZ3AUL, RD3QG, ES1IP, US5AS, G4HBI, UA2FBQ, RV3WT,UR5LCZ, UA3QLQ, RU3WR, RX6AMV, UA3AKI, EW6CU, RW3AI, YL2EC, RU6UR, G0FYX,LY2MM, RA6AR, RZ3AR, LY3CY, DL1DTL, RK9AA, LZ1ZF, RU9YF, R3TWA, RA0AR, RA1QD,RA1QX, RA3DN, RA3DTH, RA3EG, RA3FD, RA3FO, RA3LO, RA3MB, RA3ML, RA3QN, RA3RGQ,RA3RIU, RA3RN, RA3SL, RA3SS, RA3TT, RA3XE, RA4ACX, RA4HMT, RA6YDX, RA9ACS,RA9AP, RA9CKM, RA9DZ, RA9FTM, RA9JG, RA9JM, RA9KY, RA9MC, RA9MP, RA9SC, RK9XSP,RA9YAI, RA9YQB, RD3AD, RD3FT, RD4WA, RG3K, RK0AB, RK0LWP, RK1NA, RK3DH, RK3DK,RK3DXS, RK3DZB, RK3IM, RK3QWM, RK3QWW, RK3QY, RK3VWA, RK4HYT, RK6CM, RK6FZ,RK9AJZ, RK9AWN, RK9CR, RK9CWA, RK9CWW, RK9CYA, RK9CZO, RK9FWW, RK9JWV, RK9KWI,RK9XX, RK9YZZ, RL3A, RL3DJ, RL9AA, RM9RZ, RN0SS, RN3AP, RN3DY, RN3QQ, RN3ZC,RN3ZIC, RN6BY, RN9S, RT3T, RT4D, RT6A, RT9S, RT9W, RU3DD, RU3PU, RU3UN, RU3XY,RU4WD, RU9AC, RU9CZ, RU9MX, RU9WB, RU9WQ, RU9WZ, RV1CC, RV3LO, RV3LR, RV6HO,RV6LFE, RV9BA, RV9CHB, RV9CQ, RV9DC, RV9JN, RV9WZ, RV9XO, RW0A, RW0LF/3, RW0LT,RW1AM, RW3DW, RW3WWW, RW3ZA, RW4PL, RW6HP, RW9DW, RW9LL, RW9RN, RW9TP, RW9USA,RW9UU, RW9WA, RW9WW, RX0AE, RX0AW, RX1CD, RX3AEX, RX3AGD, RX3AJ, RX3AT, RX3RZ,RX3ZX, RX9AM, RX9FB, RX9SA, RX9WN, RZ0SR, RZ3DA, RZ3DC, RZ3DZA, RZ3EA, RZ4HZW,RZ6AD, RZ6CC, RZ6HF, RZ6HWA, RZ9OJ, RZ9UWZ, RZ9YF, UA0AB, UA0AV, UA0AZ, UA0BA,UA0FAI, UA0SAD, UA0SR, UA0YM, UA1AJW, UA1AKE, UA1CEC, UA1ZZ, UA2FR, UA3BL,UA3DFR, UA3GGG, UA3IAG, UA3PT, UA3PW, UA3R, UA3RN, UA3TCJ, UA3YJC, UA4FER,UA4FRL, UA4PK, UA4ZK, UA6BLJ, UA9AFS, UA9APA, UA9AX, UA9BX, UA9CBO, UA9CDC,UA9CES, UA9CIV, UA9CM, UA9CR, UA9DR, UA9FGJ, UA9FGR, UA9KAA, UA9LR, UA9MC,UA9MHN, UA9OBN, UA9OGF, UA9OLO, UA9PC, UA9SAW, UA9SGQ, UA9TQ, UA9UDC, UA9URF,UA9UZZ, UA9WIK, UA9WOU, UA9XA, UA9YAD, US3IUK, UR0IQ, UR0MM, UR5EPU, UR5MA,UR5MER, UR5TKM, UR5WCA, UR6IST, UR7HCX, UT4LX, UT5ECZ, UT5PI, UT7GX, UT7L,UT7LW, UT8LO, UU5JIB, UU7J, UW2ZM, UW4E, UW5U, UX1UX, UX3HX, UX4LA, UX7IW,UX7UN, 4L0A, 4O3A, EK3SA, ER2KRT, ER3MM, EU1AJ, EU1DQ, EU1DZ, EW6AF, LY2FN,LY2QT, LY2VA, LY3X, LY7A, LY90X, LZ1IKY, LZ1KP, LZ1MC, LZ2PEP, LZ4UU, LZ9W,OH1LWZ/M, OH3GZ, OH6GZ, OH6M, OH6MW, YL1S, YL2CV, YL2GP, YL2TB, YL3FT, YT2T,YT5Z, YU1AAV, UA6HRX, US3LX, DL1USB, I0-2046/VT, OM4LP, DL1VJL, RD4WM, UK8FF,JF2SKV, SV1PS, UA3QIX

In Russian: http://www.qrz.ru/awards/detail/2407.html

Amateur radio stations from Russia and countries whose solders took part inRusso-Turkish war 1877-1878 like part of the Russian army will receive theaward free of charge. These countries are: Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia,Finland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia andUkraine. For these 14 countries the awards will be send to their national QSLBureaus.

The applicants from those 14 countries are requested to send applications forthe award via E-mail: lz1zf@abv.bg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_%281877%E2%80%931878%29

In Russian: http://grandwar.kulichki.net/turkwar/index.html

QSO with LZ130LO counts for 10 points towards the "St. Teodosii TyrnovskiAward": http://www.balkanclub.org/awards.htm

LZ130LO is DMC member #800 : http://www.digital-modes-club.org/

QSL's are printed by Gold Print Service - http://www.lz3hi.com

QSL to LZ1KZA via Bureau. Responsibles for QSL confirmation are Gosho - LZ1ZFand Boyan - LZ1BJ.