With such a small, humble home station, how can I manage to work much DX? Time and location diversity! I’ve been licensed since 1985. So I’ve seen more than one solar cycle and made the most of them (mostly) to work DX.
I also utilize remote stations where needed to work a new one. Although I would prefer to work everything from my home QTH, I have to be realistic. I would NEVER have broken through to Bouvet Island from home. My general philosophy is work them however possible first. I can try from home later.
Nevertheless, I still have managed to work enough countries from home alone to obtain DXCC.
A large collection of QSL cards from the W5 QSL Bureau started to arrive this month. There are lots more to come later. I let my account lapse a bit and things piled up. Hopefully, I’ll keep a closer eye on things going forward. I worked ZL7/LZ1GC during his DXpedition to Chatham Island in 2025. […]
I just discovered recently that I had 75 cards at the W5 incoming QSL bureau and no envelopes on file! I’ve sent a payment in for more envelopes and anxiously await what they will bring in the future. For now, here are a few cards that have trickled in over the last couple of months. […]
A recent QSL Bureau shipment included a good number of interesting QSL cards. I worked A61ZX in the United Arab Emirates on 17M using FT8. It’s just my second card from the UAE. Although I’d worked Christmas Island once before, I was happy to get this card for a VK9XU QSO. Contact was made on […]
It had been a quiet couple of months of incoming QSL cards. But a couple of QSL Bureau envelopes came in with some interesting cards including one for a brand new country. I worked TO4A on the island of Martinique on 10M, 15M and 20M using CW during the ARRL DX Contest. All contacts were […]
Here are few QSL Cards from contacts made with “countries” that no longer exist (deleted DXCC entities). It’s not as though they were erased from the map. Rather, they no longer count for a separate DXCC credit as they once did. The Abu Ail lighthouse in the Red Sea had been under French or British […]
Here are some of the more interesting QSL Cards that I’ve received in my Inbox over the last couple of months through November 2024. I’ve only worked two Andorran stations the entire time I’ve been licensed. So I was happy to receive this QSL Card from C31CA for a contact on 20M using FT8. This […]
