With today’s arrival of a LotW confirmation for a Aland Island QSO with OH0Z, my quest for 10 Meter DXCC was completed. While my “official” LotW count stands at 98, it is actually 99, due to LotW not counting confirmations from FG4NO and FG/F6ITD (they show up as confirmed under Guadeloupe, but they haven’t been added to the 10 meter count — Similar things have happened before, and I’m working with the ARRL to correct the problem). In addition, I have a QSL from J52HF in Guinea Bissau for a 10 Meter contact. So that brings the confirmed count to 100.
This weekend was phenomenal for 10 meters. It seemed to be open to at least half the world and was quite populated. I managed to drag my country count up to 223 with TN2MS and TX5D contacts, and knocked off ten of my needed states for 10 Meter WAS (I need five more states for 10 Meter WAS). In fact, I worked 16 additional countries on 10 Meters this weekend in addition to Aland Island.
I stand at 187 confirmed in LotW, plus 2 QSLs for a total of 189 confirmed. My Challenge count is 753 (actually 757 including the 2 QSLs). I need 25 more for 80 Meter DXCC, which would give me 5BDXCC. I also need one more for 80 Meter WAS and five more for 10 Meter WAS which would give me 5BWAS.
It sure seems like my focus might be shifting to the 80 Meter band this fall/winter.
