Category Archives: DX

N5J Contact on 17m FT8

Posted on August 18, 2024 by robert

I’ve been casually looking for N5J on Jarvis Island for the past week or so.  I heard them once on 12m CW early on, and have seen many spots.  Since my operating time has mostly been between local noon and … Continue reading →

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DXCC Status for 2023

Posted on January 3, 2024 by robert

I didn’t focus much on DXing in 2023, but I fill in a few band-points for the DXCC Challenge and added a couple of ATNOs.  I’ve got a long way to go for the Honor Roll, with only 278 countries … Continue reading →

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Tuvalu T2C QSO via MSHV FT8

Posted on October 21, 2023 by robert

Yesterday and today I spent some time checking the bands out on FT8, which I haven’t been using often this year.  I did pick up a few new countries on 12 meters, as well as a ATNO (Uganda), my first … Continue reading →

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TN8K Rep. of Congo on 40m FT4 Multistream

Posted on January 17, 2023 by robert

While I’ve worked The Republic of Congo a few times in the past, it has always been on higher frequency bands like 15/12/10 meters.  Today I noticed that the were running FT4 Multistream on the 40 meter band.  I started … Continue reading →

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Worked Crozet FT8WW

Posted on January 3, 2023 by robert

I had put about six hours into trying to work FT8WW on 30m during his first week.  I found that propagation wasn’t the greatest as he was decoding around -22.  My luck changed yesterday (Jan 2), as signal levels were … Continue reading →

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Outstanding DX!

Posted on May 5, 2022 by robert

It has been very exciting to participate in 17/15/12/10-meter openings these days.  China, Indonesia, Nepal, etc. are pretty easy pickings.  I’ve started running 15 and 10m on the CWT contests. The image below is 17-meter FT8 – wall to wall … Continue reading →

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2021 Goal Review and 2022 Goals

Posted on January 2, 2022 by robert

For the first time ever, all goals for a year were completed in 2021 Teach a Technician Class (Completed) Reach 1500 Band-Points in the DXCC Challenge (Completed with 1,521) Complete DXCC on 160-Meters (Completed) Reach a total of 50 park … Continue reading →

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160 Meter DXCC Certificate Arrives

Posted on December 8, 2021 by robert

The ARRL continues to be fast; the DXCC Certificate #3,752 for 160 Meters arrived on Monday December 6th. Back in 2012, when I got my DXCC Mixed certificate, there had been 48,128 of them issued, and no doubt many more … Continue reading →

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DXCC 160m Issued by ARRL!

Posted on December 1, 2021 by robert

When I woke up this morning, I checked LotW and noted that I had received confirmation #100 in LotW for 160m from Ark 4O7CC (Montenegro).  Just like that, my quest for 160 meter DXCC was complete.  I received a nice … Continue reading →

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DXCC 160m Completed

Posted on November 30, 2021 by robert

Thanks to John V47JA in Saint Kitts & Nevis, I now have 99 confirmed countries in LotW.  I have a QSL card from Warwick E51WL in the North Cook Islands, so that makes 100 confirmed counties – it’s just a … Continue reading →

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