Category Archives: DX

Too easy? D68CCC

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Bob Beatty

The Mediterraneo DX Club is on an adventure again, this time to Comoros Island, off the northeast coast of Mozambique Africa.  Signals are booming in on 30-meters today, which is not surprising. But their website is absolutely AMAZING.  Everything is … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Pitcairn VP6R Clean Sweep

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I managed to finish up some other tasks last week right before the CQ WW SSB Contest.  So I started listening for VP6R and found them on 17-meter CW.  I wasn’t sure if it was an All Time New One … Continue reading →

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How rare is 5BDXCC – Part 2

Posted on October 8, 2019 by robert

I received a nice note from Sharon Taratula, the Awards Manager at the ARRL today.  She mentioned that the 5BDXCC award is so old that it predates computers, so all records are on paper.  She also indicated that the most … Continue reading →

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Seven to go on FT4 WAS

Posted on August 22, 2019 by robert

At this point, what remains is DE, ME, NE, NM, NY, SC, WV.  I have worked at least two stations from those states.  None have confirmed in LotW, or if they have, used “DATA” as the mode rather than “FT4”.  … Continue reading →

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Dreams do come true: Alaska on 160-meters

Posted on April 2, 2019 by robert

With age comes experience and also a smaller bladder.  I often check my radio at odd hours of the morning because of the latter.  Today happened to be a first for me; when I checked, I saw that Alaska had … Continue reading →

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Where things stand Q1

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Bob Beatty

With good-old winter providing no outdoor distractions, and my health improving enough to give me some extra energy, the first quarter of 2019 was productive in terms of Ham Radio goals.  At this point Teach a Technician Class  (Starts on … Continue reading →

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Rhode Island is a state???

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Bob Beatty

Above comment heard around noon today during ARRL DX Contest.  Of course I replied “Yes, smallest state of the 50”.  Not a very surprising question, since RI is just a blip on the map between Conn. and Mass.  Only 48 … Continue reading →

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And then there was one…

Posted on February 19, 2019 by robert

A dear friend of mine, John WA1aBI, always told me that the best DX on 160 meters came on chilly winter nights at the bottom of the solar cycle.  He certainly was right. Today, shortly after midnight, I worked Hawaii … Continue reading →

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2019 Goals 1 month later

Posted on February 1, 2019 by robert

I think I set goals that were a tad low for this year, but DXing and state hunting is so hit or miss (also lots of folks go on holiday in the beginning of the year). Four of my 2019 … Continue reading →

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Having fun DXing this January

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I spent far too much time hunting grids down in 2018.  I will say it upped my DXCC Challenge points (by about 85), but it wasn’t very fruitful for finding ATNOs. Thankfully, January has proven to be opportunity-rich.  I’ve worked … Continue reading →

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