QSO with Boris EK3GM on 20m this morning added another DXCC to my list.
Category Archives: New DXCC
DXCC #106: Afghanistan
First new DXCC in the new year by QSO on 10 meters with Shuravi T6T from Kabul, Afghanistan. Happy New Year and good DX everyone!
DXCC #103 UAE, #104 Northern Ireland, #105 Svalbard
Enjoying my day off placing CQ DX calls on 20 & 10 meters. A lot of nice QSO’s passed by, adding 3 new DXCC’s to my list. First Mohammed A61CK from the United Arab Emirates on 10 meters, then I had a nice chat with Robert MI0GDO from Northern Ireland on 20, and Svein JW9JKA from Svalbard also on 20. I got so many 9+ reports today, incredible. In the “very nice QSO” list I would like to add 83 year old Fred OE1SF from Austria. He was a fun guy to talk to, lots of laughs from Vienna. Thanks for pointing out the noisy fan in my power supply, Fred!
DXCC #102: Lebanon
20 meters was quiet this evening but still had a nice QSO with Walid OD5ZZ from Lebanon, adding a new DXCC country to my list.
ARRL 10m / DXCC #100 #101: Guatemala
Did not have the opportunity to fully participate in the 10m ARRL contest due to other important obligations, but still got a couple of hours of single-op low-power contesting fun on the crowded 10 meter band. I recorded 100 QSO’s and just finished converting my paper scribblings to Cabrillo and ADIF formats so the various logs are all updated. I also added DXCC # 100 to my list by working TG9ANF from Guatemala, so my goal of 100 countries before year’s end has been reached just in time!
UPDATE 16 DEC 2014: QRZ lists this as country #101 because a QSO with Kosovo in my log claimed “Republic of Kosovo” as its DXCC while Kosovo is not recognized as a separate DXCC at this time.