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Here we are again. Yet another year has passed. I’ve not written a single post. It’s sad that I never got around to it. Radio activity is very low, as it has been for several years. I’m mostly active during the summer when 6m is open. Last year was no exception, and I managed to work several new ones.

To sum up 2019 quick:

I worked 4 new ones on 6m that year. E3, 9G, UA9 and CY9. The three first, were on FT8. That’s where most of the things happen these days. CY9C was in fact on SSB. I was extremely lucky to catch an opening at the same time as an expedition was there.

Date	Prefix	Country
06/08/2019	CY9	Saint Paul Island
27/07/2019	UA0	Asiatic Russia
24/07/2019	9G	Ghana
26/05/2019	E3	Eritrea

9 new iota’s was worked:

Date	Iota	Name	Prefix
10/11/2019	OC-111	Shepherd Islands	YJ
29/08/2019	NA-210	Nome County Centre group	KL
25/08/2019	EU-112	Shiant Islands	GM,MM
25/07/2019	EU-126	Lappi Province group	OH9
25/07/2019	NA-055	ME State East group	W1
24/07/2019	AS-063	Laptev Sea Coast East group	R0B
23/03/2019	NA-150	Little Diomede Island	KL
22/03/2019	NA-081	NS Province East group	VE1
09/02/2019	EU-192	Kataja	SM,OH

I will be back with a short summary for 2020 as well.

That’s it, happy late new year everyone. May the dx gods be with you.

Happy new DX year everyone. Better late than never they say. I haven’t given up on this site, but life is quite busy, and I rarely find time to sit down and do any stuff here. Radio is likewise. I barely worked any radio last year. I’ll be back with a report from last year.

This was a confirmation I did not see coming. As I have only worked 3 contacts with stations from Minami Torishima, I thought I had to work another station from there to get it on LoTW. To my surprise, I got both my contacts with JG8NQJ/JD1 confirmed on LoTW. That means yet another DXCC confirmed on LoTW only. My total now is #336 confirmed.

As the world is becoming more and more digital, hopefully more and more people will use LoTW. There are still a quite a few expeditions and hams that will not use this system. I need 3 more (SV/A, EZ and VK0M) confirmed on LoTW to have all my DXCC’s worked confirmed on LoTW.

Keep the confirmations coming!

A while back, I got VP6D Ducie Island on LoTW. This was #335 on LoTW, which means that I now have #331 current entities confirmed on LoTW. With that last confirmation, I now qualify for honor roll with confirmations only on LoTW. I have not applied for the diploma, but it is just a matter of doing it, since everything exists online. Thank you to all LoTW users. This makes collection confirmations so much easier, than getting all the paper cards. I still have many paper cards lying around, and I can understand those that prefer them. Speaking for myself, my cards collect dust in boxes 99.9% of the time. I rarely ever look at them, and I can’t remember the last time I showed them to someone.

Happy new DX year everyone.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Life is busy, but I have managed a few contacts during the year. Below is a short summary of the new stuff I worked.

On August 19th, I worked RT65KA on 20M CW from iota AS-065 for a new iota. ZS9V was worked on 17M CW from iota AF-064 for another new iota.

On September 10th, I worked RI0B on 40M CW from AS-121 for a new iota.

On September 15th, I worked RI0B on 20M SSB from AS-054 for a new iota.

On September 16th, I worked RI0B on 40M CW from AS-104 for a new iota.

On September 20th, I worked RI0B on 20M CW from AS-087 for a new iota.

On September 30th, I worked 9X0T on 40M CW for a new one on 40M. 9X0Y was worked on 30M FT8 for a new one on digi. TO6OK was worked on 30M FT8 for another new one on digi.

On October 5th, I worked RI0BC on 40M CW from AS-042 for a new iota. RI0ANL was worked on 30M FT8 and 40M CW.

On October 10th, I worked TT8KO (LA7GIA) on 20M CW. I was very lucky that I managed to work him, as he was shut down quickly after that. He wasn’t allowed to operate any more radio on that trip, and he almost wasn’t allowed to leave the country. Luckily, he got home safely.

On October 20th, I worked ZL7X on 30M FT8 for a new one on digi.

On October 21st, I worked VP6D on 40M CW for a new one on 40M.

On October 25th, I worked KP4/EI9FBB on 20M CW from NA-249 for a new iota.

On Otober 26th, I worked VP6D on 30M FT8 for a new one on 30M and digi.

On October 27th, I worked VP6D on 30M CW.

On November 3rd, I worked YJ0GC on 40M CW for a new one on 40M.

On November 4th, I worked Z23MD on 17M, 20M and 40M CW. That was a new one on 20M.

On November 18th, I worked EP6RRC on 17M CW from AS-189 for a new iota.