25 Taiwanese Stations Award

 Another level to an award reached, worked 25 stations from Taiwan. From the FT8DMC club.

Lebanon Award

After working OD5ZZ on 17m FT8 mode, had qualified for an award for contacting 2 stations from Lebanon. From the European Ros Club.

DXCC on 30m confirmed

On 30m this morning managed to work a new country for me on this band, United Arab Emirates. 

Confirmed on QRZ logbook, giving me 100 countries on 30m. Got a gold star endorsement.

 Next to get probably 10m with 93 countries so far.

25 Mexican stations Award

 Another award from the European Ros Club, for contacting 25 Mexican stations.

800 European Stations Award

Another award from the FT8DMC, for contacting 800 stations in Europe.

1400 VKFF Hunter Honour Roll Award

 Award for working 1400 different VKFF parks. Thanks Park activators.

5 Azores Island Award

Another award from the European Ros Club, for contacting 5 stations from the Azores island. Mostly made on 30m. The Azores are practically on the opposite side of the earth to me.

Worked all Continents on FT4 mode

Managed to contact South America on 10m, FT4 mode, completing Worked All Continents on FT4 mode. Award from the FT4 Digital Mode Club.

 

10 Hong Kong Stations Award

An award for working 10 stations from Hong Kong, from the European Ros Club. Most on 17m.

2 Kazakhstan stations award

An award from the FT8DMC club, for working 2 Kazakhstan stations. Made on 10m and 17m.

 

Qatar 2 stations award

Award for working 2 stations in Qatar, from the European Ros Club. Both worked on 30m in the mornings here.

YB Call Area 8 30 Stations Silver Award

Another award for working 30 YB 8 stations. From the YB6_DXC club.

QSO statistics up to 2023

With a rainy day decided to extract some statistics from my logbook, I like stats...

Countries worked per band. Note I just got to DXCC, 100 countries on 17m and 30m. 10m will be next with 90 countries. I get very few new countries on 12m, 15m, 40m and 80m, mainly due to just dipoles on these bands.

WAS per band. 10m and 10m are on 50 US States, 17m only have a couple more to go with 48 States.

QSOs per band. See 40m is the most popular, mainly from park and SOTA chasing and activating. 10m is next, my favourite band.

QSOs per continent. Not surprisingly OC, Oceania where I live most popular, followed by NA, North America, following the seasons. Asia is always easy to work. Europe rather seasonal. Africa and South America are rare for me.

Total QSOs per month. A big spike in October/November last year. Sort of seasonal as bands pick up in the equinoxes, also depends on what else I do other than make QSOs.