Category Archives: DX

Bouvet Island – 3Y0K

Posted on March 6, 2026 by robert

I guess I consider myself slightly above a casual DXer.  I’ve already got some nice wallpaper like 9BDXCC, but I’m nowhere near DXCC Honor Roll, having just 284 confirmed countries.  In the past four years I have only added 8 … Continue reading →

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Desecheo Island KP5/NP3VI

Posted on February 26, 2026 by robert

For whatever reason, I sort of stopped chasing DX a couple of years ago.  There are only so many hours in a day, and it can sometimes takes hours of patiently trying to contact a rare DX station.  I knew … Continue reading →

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New ARRL Trident Award

Posted on December 5, 2025 by robert

I heard from the ARRL that they have a new DXCC Award called the Trident.  The basic requirement is to have 100 or more countries confirmed using CW, Phone, and Digital modes (those three modes being the basis of the … Continue reading →

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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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