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Number of sunspot cycle peaks since first licensed in 1977: 3

Number of QSO's: 4700+ 

My DX results compared to the DX magazine top 50 most-wanted list:

  • #3 - KP1, Navassa
  • #19 - E4, Palestine
  • #21 - FO0, Clipperton
  • #25 - VP6/D, Ducie
  • #27 - KH4, Midway
  • #29 - KH5, Palmyra
  • #30 - KH4, Midway
  • #33 - KH3, Johnston
  • #36 - VP6/D, Ducie
  • #39 - KH1, Baker
  • #41 - ZL8, Kermedac
  • #42 - FO/M, Marquesas
  • #44 - KH3, Johnston
  • #45 - 9X, Rwanda
  • #46 - VP6, Pitcairn

 



Some of the "worked but never confirmed" 

  • HV3SJ (1981) - logs lost
  • ZS9G/Walvis Bay (1990) - now deleted

Worked AND confirmed, deleted entities!

  • OK/D - Czechoslovokia
  • DM/D - German Democratic Republic

Highlights of recent DX 


September 2009 through March 2010 - new location, inverted L for 160, hex beam at higher elevation, and the Flex 3000 SDR Transceiver!

  • BT1OH (finally, Zone 23)
  • RZ0AF on 80 meters with the inverted L antenna
  • 4Z1UF on 160 meters with the inverted L antenna
  • 3B9WR on 40 meters with the 43 foot vertical
  • S79GM on 30 meters with the 43 foot vertical
May 2008 through August 2009 - lots of sleepless nights, a new 40 meter vertical, and patience!

  • VQ9LA (80 meters!)
  • A71EM
  • A92GR
  • JT1CO
  • EL2DX
  • A25/DL7DF (80 meters!)
  • H44MY
  • 8Q7DV
  • JH1OGC (80 meters!)
  • PY0FF
  • ZK2V
  • A61Q
  • UK8AR
  • BX4AD
  • BT1OH

 

October 2007 through April 2008 - lots of DXPeditions, CQWW contests, busting through the pileups!

  • YK9G
  • 5T5DC
  • 9X0R
  • TO5RZ
  • EL2DX
  • TX5C
  • E4/OM2DX
  • 9L1BTB
  • VP6DX
  • D2NX
  • E4/OM2DX
  • C91R
  • 3X5A
  • S79UU
  • 5X1NH
  • 1A4A
  • C52C
  • ZS1JX - 80 meters with a low dipole!
  • VP5/W5SL on 0.5 watts in the car, 1000+ miles!

 

April 2007 through October 2007 - lots of time on the air

  • 3B7C
  • FW0MO
  • N8S
  • YW0DX
  • 5A7A (80 meters!)
  • VK9DNX (80 meters!)
  • ZK3RE
  • C98GLO
  • 5T5DY
  • 9Q1EK (from my mobile operation)
  • 7Q7BP
  • T32Z
  • ZL8R (30 meters)
  • VK9LNO
  • XT2SE
  • 3XD2Z

 

What is DX?  Think of it like a prospector thinks of golden nuggets in a pan.

 

WD4ELG Quest for the DXCC Award

UPDATED: 27 MAR 2010

                     WORKED          CONFIRMED

TOTAL              263                    256

160                     46                     24

80                     134                    118

40                     205                    186

30                     135                     94

20                     240                    217

17                     116                      64                 

15                     152                    130

12                       36                     13

10                       95                     87

PHO                  184                    160

CW                   254                    246

RTTY                  98                      70

 

 

A LONG way from honor roll.  No amplifiers, no antenna farms.  Just determination and persistence.

Getting closer to 5BDXCC.  Almost at 250 worked.  Gets a lot tougher now!  Hoping for a quick sunspot recovery...

 


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