Category Archives: DX

The 5BDXCC Plaque, No. 8,178, arrived today (it was awarded on March 6, 2015).  Unfortunately, while the plaque arrived, the 30-Meter endorsement was “out of stock” and will be delivered at a later date.  Since the plaque was supplied as … Continue reading →

I was curious about the number of 5BDXCC awards and ran across this notice concerning W1AW making 5BDXCC on April 3, 2012.  Their nemesis was also 80 Meters.  Suddenly I feel much better.  My plaque is on order now. W1AW … Continue reading →

I just received confirmation from J75D in Dominica for a 80-Meter contact.  That brings my LotW total to 99.  Plus I have a QSL from Western Sahara S01WS in hand, so that makes 100 confirmed 80-Meter contacts. Therefore 80-Meter DXCC is … Continue reading →

Yet another month has flown by, which is a good thing, considering the horrible winter we’ve had (second coldest February in history, snowiest February in history, etc). With QSL cards in hand, the country total is 229, with 99 countries … Continue reading →

One of my 2015 goals was to have 250 countries in my log, which I accomplished today on 15 CW when I worked V73NS (not in the ARRL CW DX Contest interestingly enough).  First time for Marshall Island for me. … Continue reading →

So, I’m reading the “ARRL Contest Update for February 11, 2015” this morning, and note the following item:  “This YouTube video by Mike WB6DJI shows how a noise-canceling system can make a big improvement when properly configured and used. He uses … Continue reading →

I’ve been adding a band or two a day for the past five days, and only needed 40 meters to have worked K1N on all bands from 160m to 10m.  It happened tonight around 8 PM with this exchange: WB4SON . … Continue reading →

20-Meter CW seemed fairly sparse this morning about 0900 local time, so I watched my panascope for a bit, determined the pattern, and watched K1N work near the upper edge of the pileup (about 30 KHz).  A couple of calls and I … Continue reading →