Category Archives: DX

There is a fantastic website that contains pretty much everything you could possibly want to know about solar activity and it is put together with the needs of ham radio operators in mind.  The site is SolarHam.com Solarham is the … Continue reading →

I had enough confirmed entries in LotW on March 19, 2012, to apply for DXCC Mixed.  Today, with the addition of a LotW confirmation for CY9M (Saint Paul Island), I had enough CW confirmations for a new DXCC CW certificate … Continue reading →

The ARRL has a special DXCC award in celebration of the 75th (Diamond) anniversary of the DXCC program, which began in September of 1937 with a list of just over 200 eligible countries.  The purpose of the DDXCC award is … Continue reading →

Last week I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I have qualified for the 2012 Diamond DXCC Challenge, marking the 75th anniversary of the DXCC.  The objective is to contact as many modern day equivalents from the original 1937 DXCC … Continue reading →

The postman was nice to me yesterday.  Not only did he bring my new QSL cards, but he also brought my DXCC certificate, and pin. Frankly, I wasn’t expecting something quite so large.  I had trouble scanning it because of … Continue reading →

The quest for my initial DXCC ended tonight with the 100th conformation coming in from VP2EC on the Leeward Island of Anguilla. WB4SON   VP2EC   2012-03-03 01:46:44   40M   SSB   7.072   ANGUILLA I began my quest … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I added to my good feeling about getting DXCC completed when I added KG4SS to my log.  A quick check showed he last updated his log on March 14.  Yeah!  And Babs, V21ZG, updated her log on March 8.  … Continue reading →

I spent some time during lunch going through my log.  While there are several DXpeditions that seem likely to upload to LotW eventually, the only active LotW user that I ran across is Babs, DL7AFS, who was at the keyboard … Continue reading →

I’m obsessing I know but this is close… V44KAI from Saint Kitts became confirmation 99 in LotW when it came in just before midnight. ONE TO GO !!!

At lunch today I was surprised to find my slow climb to DXCC was a little closer with 98 confirmed countries in LotW. My logbook is a bit more optimistic, of course, since I show 142 counties worked. Of the … Continue reading →