After 7 years of being licensed, I’ve finally come of age and worked 100 countries (and had them confirmed on Log Book of the World!). I knew I was close, having worked a string of all time new ones (St Lucia, South Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya) due to a recent station upgrade.
DXCC Achieved in LoTW!
Why so long? Well, I’m not exactly an HF DXer, my interests are broad and breaking pileups was neither something I had an inclination to do or the ability to do! I’ve spent a lot of time in the hobby on SOTA, VHF and Worked All Britain (WAB). I also joined the hobby at the height of the sunspot cycle, but I also didn’t really have a home station for a few years. I’ve made up for it since and FT8 was a boon, during the recent sunspot minima.
If any of you have used Log Book of the World, then you’ll know that sometimes you’ll need to work a country many times before just one person confirms the contact. Kazakhstan was one of those countries for me, I must have worked it 10+ times, but it only got confirmed in the last few weeks.
Here are my confirmed DXCC entities worked on LoTW:
| DXCC Entity | Mixed |
| ALAND ISLANDS | OG0Z |
| ALGERIA | 7X3WPL |
| ANDORRA | C37URA |
| ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | V26B |
| ARGENTINA | LU3MAM |
| ARUBA | P40AA |
| ASIATIC RUSSIA | UC0A |
| AUSTRALIA | VK7AC |
| AUSTRIA | OE2GEN |
| AZORES | CU5AQ |
| BALEARIC ISLANDS | AM70URE/6 |
| BELARUS | EW4AA |
| BELGIUM | ON6NL |
| BONAIRE | PJ4DX |
| BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA | E75C |
| BRAZIL | PY2TWI |
| BULGARIA | LZ8E |
| CANADA | N2WQ/VE3 |
| CANARY ISLANDS | EA8CYQ |
| CEUTA & MELILLA | EA9ACD |
| CHINA | BH4IGO |
| CRETE | SV9FBG |
| CROATIA | 9A1A |
| CURACAO | PJ2T |
| CYPRUS | 5B4ALX |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | OK/G4OBK/P |
| DENMARK | OZ5AGJ |
| DODECANESE | SV5DKL |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HI3CC |
| ENGLAND | 2E0HEF |
| ESTONIA | ES5RW |
| EUROPEAN RUSSIA | RK4FF |
| FAROE ISLANDS | OY1OF |
| FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY | DL2LDE |
| FINLAND | OH2MQ |
| FRANCE | F5NMK |
| FRENCH GUIANA | FY5KE |
| GEORGIA | 4L8A |
| GREECE | SZ1A |
| GREENLAND | OX3DB |
| GUADELOUPE | FG1PP |
| GUERNSEY | GU0UVH |
| HUNGARY | HA5KN |
| ICELAND | TF2MSN |
| INDONESIA | YB1HK |
| IRELAND | EI3GC |
| ISLE OF MAN | GD0TEP |
| ISRAEL | 4Z5JJ |
| ITALY | IT9BLB |
| JAPAN | JA1CLW |
| JERSEY | GJ2A |
| KALININGRAD | UA2FT |
| KAZAKHSTAN | UN9LBB |
| KENYA | 5Z4/G3AB |
| KUWAIT | 9K2HN |
| LATVIA | YL2CI |
| LEBANON | OD5KU |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | HB0/ON4ANN |
| LITHUANIA | LY9Y |
| LUXEMBOURG | LX7X |
| MADEIRA ISLANDS | CT3DZ |
| MALTA | 9H3SQ |
| MARTINIQUE | TO4FM |
| MAURITANIA | 5T5PA |
| MOLDOVA | ER5LL |
| MONTENEGRO | 4O7CC |
| NETHERLANDS | PA6NB |
| NEW ZEALAND | ZL3IO |
| NORTH MACEDONIA | Z37M |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | GI7AXB |
| NORWAY | LA2VRA |
| OMAN | A41ZZ |
| POLAND | SP9KR |
| PORTUGAL | CT1EHK |
| PUERTO RICO | KP4JRS |
| REPUBLIC OF KOREA | DS4NPL |
| REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | ZR6CV |
| ROMANIA | YO6HSU |
| SAINT LUCIA | J69DS |
| SAN MARINO | T77C |
| SARDINIA | IS0BSR/P |
| SAUDI ARABIA | HZ1SK |
| SCOTLAND | GM0AXY |
| SERBIA | YT2U |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | OM8LA |
| SLOVENIA | S57ZT |
| SPAIN | EA3AYQ |
| SURINAME | PZ5K |
| SVALBARD | JW7QIA |
| SWEDEN | SM0LPO |
| SWITZERLAND | HB9CRV |
| TAIWAN | BV1EK |
| THAILAND | HS0ZIV |
| TURKEY | TA4ED |
| UKRAINE | UT4NY |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | A61EK |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | W4PKU |
| VENEZUELA | YY5FRD |
| WALES | GW4BVE |
| WESTERN SAHARA | S01WS |
Will I apply for my ARRL DXCC certificate? I looked at it, and saw the cost and that made the decision for me. $51 for a paper certificate (including fees and shipping) is a bit steep! To this end one of my Twitter followers (Simon G7SOZ) made me a counterfeit one:
Fake DXCC Certificate, thanks Simon @G7SOZ!
That’ll do! Here’s to the next 100 DXCC!
Well Done!!! Congratulations!!!
I didn’t think about DXCC up until this year as I was a QRP station only (and yes, FT8 and JS8Call are definitely boons at this stage in the solar cycle)
I’m not a DX’er myself, and will get there one of these days, but not as high on my list as it is on some folks’.
More interested in learning CW and getting on the air with that mode, and building antennas for now…DXCC will get to me when it does – still working on WAS (I think folks in SD only use paper logs if they log at all hi hi)
VY 73
Bill de K0AN