Part 1 of this thread highlighted the totals of my first year doing HF as a ham radio operator. The total logged contacts for the year – 7,500 on the nose. This post will discuss the DXCC activity over that first year.

The 7,500 logged contacts are made up of 145 different DXCC entities. I have applied for both mixed DXCC and 20m DXCC and I’m waiting for all the paperwork to be processed. It should be completed by the ARRL in the next 4 weeks.

The Top 6 DXCCs logged from my east coast US station are probably what one would expect.  They are:

Of the 145 logged DXCCs, I have a total of 128 that are confirmed. Those 128 confirmed DXCCs are done with 107 confirmed via Logbook of The World (LoTW) and an additional 21 confirmed via paper QSL cards received mostly direct or via the bureau.

25 of the DXCCs have only 1 contact logged in this past year. 20 of those single contact DXCCs have already been confirmed.

As noted in the previous post, it is very exciting to log a contact with a new DXCC or one with a rarer  entity already in my logbook. I still watch the DX cluster for DXCCs I don’t have logged to see if I am am to copy them and attempt a contact.

The next post will breakdown the logged contacts by mode and band.

73,
K2DSL