Z39Z - Venci Ristov
Home Calls from ex: SFR Yugoslavia and Republic of Macedonia: YZ5GRV, YZ5AA, Z32AF, Z3100V
The callsigns i worked from ex Yugoslavia, Macedonia and abroad: YU5FAD, YT5FAD, YT5G, YT6A, YT6T, 4N5FAD, 4N5M, 4O/Z39Z, 4O3A, 4O3T, 4O6A, 4O6DX, Z3A, Z 3100 V, Z 320 Z, Z 340 FAD, Z 350 FAD, Z37FAD, Z37Z, Z39A, Z30A, Z30Z
Member of the radio club Nicola Tesla from Gevgelija since 1979.
Member of international contest club "SKY Contest Club" since 2000
Activities on HF
DXCC
Worked 329
Confirmed 302
Worked 8BDXCC, 8BWAZ, 8BWAS etc.
HF Contest
Several times in TOP 5 and TOP 10 in the biggest ham radio contest in SOSB competition.
In other contests i was first several times in Europe and about 20 times i was between first 10 in europe and world.
World Record
In 2004 i made world record in second most important ham radio competition CQ WW WPX CW on 3.5 Mhz assisted.
Record lasted until 2012.
I was part of the international team in 2006 who made world record in number of qso's on 14 MHz as 4O3T.
We made more than 40.000 contacts and nobody came even close to make better result.
European Record
As part of the multinational team in 2006 we made european record in number of qso's on all frequencies.
15 years later this result is still the best.
HST - High Speed Telegraphy
I took several TOP 3 places on state and army competitions.
Marketing and PR
2002-2007 editor at the radio amateur portal - contesting.info
2002-2015 member of PR team at the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) - 180.000 members
2008-2010 Markering & PR manager at radio amateur society of Macedonia
2010 - I created, set up and edited the website of the Amateur Radio Association of Macedonia Z37RSM
2015 - I was part of very small team who organised the 12-th "IARU World HST Championship" in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
2017 - I was part of very small team who organised the 10th "Cup of Europe" and 5th "Balkan HST Championship"