marcspaz Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Anyone get involved in the ARRL International SSB DX contest this past weekend? How did you do? I find it amazing that people travel out of country to talk DX back to the US. I spoke to several people who live in nearby towns but were in another country for the contest. I was looking for as many countries as possible. Using 100 watts on an 80m dipole, I spoke to 110 people in 47 countries, plus Alaska and Hawaii, on 80m, 40m, 20m, and 15m! It was a good weekend. I had to stop early, though. This is the list of countries I was able to reach... Antigua & BarbudaArgentinaArubaBahamasBarbadosBelizeBermudaBonaireBosnia-HerzegovinaBrazilCanadaCanary Is.Cape VerdeCayman Is.Costa RicaCroatiaCuracaoDominican RepublicEcuadorEnglandFederal Republic of GermanyFranceFrench GuianaHondurasIrelandItalyLithuaniaLuxembourgMartiniqueMontserratNew ZealandPanamaPolandPortugalPuerto RicoSerbiaSint MaartenSloveniaSpainSt. Kitts & NevisSt. LuciaSt. MartinSwedenTurkeyTurks & Caicos Is.US Virgin Is.Venezuela http://fiveguysracing.com/marc/HAM-GMRS/ARRL_2020_Int_DX_Contest.JPG Elkhunter521 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkhunter521 Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Only one comment. WOW! marcspaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmedic Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 700+ qsos between all 6 bands and 300+ countries in total (around 70+) per band here. marcspaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcspaz Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 700+ qsos between all 6 bands and 300+ countries in total (around 70+) per band here.Outstanding! I have a question, though. As of December 2019, there are only 195 independent nations on the planet... if we include non-sovereign nations, it only goes up to 215. Was the 300+ a typo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmedic Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Negative, DXCC entities and sovereign nations are 2 different lists. Lookup current DXCC Entities for the complete 325 recognized entities. These include islands/territories that are controlled by major nations but are not geographically located in those nations - i.e. - Guam, Samoa, USVI, BVI, Easter Island... My count of 300 is the total combined multipliers from all 6 bands. The main bands averaged 70 mults with 20m having 91. marcspaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcspaz Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Negative, DXCC entities and sovereign nations are 2 different lists. Lookup current DXCC Entities for the complete 325 recognized entities. These include islands/territories that are controlled by major nations but are not geographically located in those nations - i.e. - Guam, Samoa, USVI, BVI, Easter Island... My count of 300 is the total combined multipliers from all 6 bands. The main bands averaged 70 mults with 20m having 91. Got you... now I'm tracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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