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Sunday, September 9, 2012

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Posted by WC3Q - John at 9/09/2012 02:33:00 PM
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WC3Q - John
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Basic Info
- 49 year-old, married, DX-enthusiast
- Extra Class Radio Amateur
- Licensed 31 years as of February 2015
- First licensed as KA1LKA
- Originally from Middleboro, MA (Plymouth County)

QSL
- Digital QSL methods are preferred
- Log uploaded to ClubLog and LoTW daily
- QRZ.com Log is *not* used
- Contacts are uploaded to eQSL if requested
- New DXCC entities (band / mode specific) are desired
- ClubLog is my primary online QSO / QSL "look-up" resource
- Paper QSL'ing is no longer a preferred method and is only completed as needed

Other Data
- Locator FM19LA65MO
- 8.9 miles North bearing 3° from Washington, D.C.
- 28.9 miles Southwest bearing 231° from Baltimore, MD

Club Log Affiliations
- ARRL, NCDXA, PVRC

Thoughts on DX-pedition QSLing
1. Only use OQRS to request a Bureau/Direct card
2. Never QSL via Bureau as a request
3. QSL Managers should provide a reliable OQRS service
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EchoLink

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Monitor as WC3Q

Bulletin Boards

  • K3UK LoTW Schedule Board

Recent QSO's (SEE BELOW FOR LOTW DXCC QSL's)

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Tweets by @WC3Q

Helpful Links

  • ARRL
  • Club Log
  • DX Code of Conduct
  • DXpedition Ops (Video: Strong views, worth watching)
  • HF Nets
  • Live Sked Request Board

DXCC

AFGHANISTAN ALAND IS. ALASKA ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANGUILLA ANTIGUA and BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA ASCENSION ISLAND AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZORES Al-Dhahrah Island Antarctica Anvers island BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BALEARIC ISLANDS BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BOLIVIA BONAIRE BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BULGARIA CAMEROON CANADA CANARY IS. CAPE VERDE CAYMAN IS. CEUTA AND MELILLA CHAD CHILE CHINA COCOS ISLAND COLOMBIA CORSICA COSTA RICA CRETE CROATIA CUBA CURACAO CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DODECANESE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Dzendzik Island EASTER ISLAND EASTERN KIRIBATI ECUADOR EGYPT ENGLAND ESTONIA EUROPEAN RUSSIA El Salvador FALKLAND ISLANDS FAROE IS. FED REP OF GERMANY FERNANDO DE NORONHA FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNESIA GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GIBRALTAR GREECE GREENLAND GUADELOUPE GUAM GUANTANAMO BAY GUATEMALA GUERNSEY GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA Graham Land West Grenada HAITI HAWAII HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY Hometown ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY ITU HQ JAMAICA JAN MAYEN JAPAN JERSEY JORDAN JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS KALININGRAD KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI KUWAIT LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LORD HOWE ISLAND LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA MADAGASCAR MADEIRA ISLANDS MALAWI MALDIVES MALI MALPELO I. MALTA MARIANA ISLANDS MARKET REEF MARQUESAS ISLANDS MARSHALL IS. MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS ISLAND MAYOTTE MEXICO MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOUNT ATHOS MOZAMBIQUE Middleboro MA Moldova NAMIBIA NAVASSA ISLAND NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NIUE 188 ZK2 NORWAY Namukulu OMAN PALAU PALESTINE PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL Palmer Station Pitcairn Island Puerto Rico QATAR REP. OF CONGO REPUBLIC OF KOREA REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN REUNION ISLAND RODRIGUEZ I. ROMANIA SABA & ST EUSTATIUS SABLE ISLAND SAINT BARTHELEMY SAINT HELENA SAINT KITTS & NEVIS SAINT MARTIN SAN ANDRES ISLAND SAN FRANCISCO SAN MARINO SARDINIA SAUDI ARABIA SCOTLAND SERBIA SEYCHELLES ISLANDS SINGAPORE SINT MAARTEN SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH COOK IS. SOV MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA SPAIN SRI LANKA ST. LUCIA ST. VINCENT SURINAME SVALBARD SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND Senegal Shetland Islands Skyros Is TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA TASMANIA THAILAND TOGO TOKELAU ISLANDS TONGA TRINIDAD TOBAGO TRISTAN DA CUNHA TROMELIN ISLAND TUNISIA TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS Turkey UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA URUGUAY US VIRGIN ISLANDS VANUATU VATICAN CITY VENEZUELA WALES WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS WEST MALAYSIA WESTERN KIRIBATI WESTERN SAHARA WORLD BANK YEMEN Zone 23

DX Cluster

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Propagation


Propagation "Cheat Sheet"

A Index -- LOWER is better


  • 1 to 6 - Desired Number!
  • 7 to 9 - Not Great
  • 11 or more - Yuck!

SFI index -- HIGHER is better

  • 70 - NOT so good
  • 80 - Okay
  • 90 - Better
  • 100 - Awesome 


K index -- LOWER is better

  • 2 - OK
  • 3 - Bad
  • 5 - Very Bad!

DXing Calendar

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DXpeditions

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DXMAPS.COM

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WA7BNM Contest Calendar

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Awaiting QSL's for New DXCC

  • ARMENIA | EK6TA [Phone]
  • CAMEROON | TJ3AY [Phone]
  • DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO | 9Q6CC [Phone]
  • ETHIOPIA | ET3SID [Phone]
  • GIBRALTAR | ZB2JK [Phone] ZB2B [Phone] ZB2JK/P [Phone]
  • HONG KONG | VR2XMT [Phone]
  • JAN MAYEN | JX9JKA [Phone]
  • KYRGYZSTAN | EX2X [Phone]
  • MOUNT ATHOS | SV2ASP/A [Phone]
  • NIGERIA | 5N4EAM [Phone] 5N7M [Phone]
  • PHILIPPINES | DZ1B [Phone]
  • RODRIGUEZ ISLAND | 3B9/OH1LEG [Phone]
  • SAINT HELENA | ZD7VC [Phone] ZD7FT [Phone]
  • SAINT PETER AND PAUL ROCKS | PT0SP [Phone]

Wanted DXCC Entities

  • AGALEGA & ST BRANDON ISLANDS 4 3B7
  • AMSTERDAM & ST PAUL ISLANDS 10 FT5Z
  • ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 11 VU4
  • ANNOBON 195 3C0
  • AUCKLAND & CAMPBELL ISLAND 16 ZL9
  • AUSTRAL ISLANDS 508 FO/A
  • AVES ISLAND 17 YV0
  • AZERBAIJAN 18 4J
  • BAKER HOWLAND ISLANDS 20 KH1
  • BANABA ISLAND 490 T33
  • BANGLADESH 305 S2
  • BHUTAN 306 A5
  • BOUVET ISLAND 24 3Y/B
  • BRUNEI 345 V8
  • BURKINA FASO 480 XT
  • BURUNDI 404 9U
  • CAMBODIA 312 XU
  • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 408 TL
  • CENTRAL KIRIBATI 31 T31
  • CHAGOS ISLANDS 33 VQ9
  • CHATHAM ISLAND 34 ZL7
  • CHESTERFIELD IS. 512 FK/C
  • CHRISTMAS ISLAND 35 VK9X
  • CLIPPERTON ISLAND 36 FO/C
  • COCOS (KEELING) ISLAND 38 VK9C
  • COCOS ISLAND 37 TI9
  • COMOROS 411 D6
  • CONWAY REEF 489 3D2/C
  • CROZET ISLAND 41 FT5W
  • DJIBOUTI 382 J2
  • DPRK (NORTH KOREA) 344 P5
  • DUCIE ISLAND 513 VP6/D
  • EAST MALAYSIA 46 9M6
  • EQUATORIAL GUINEA 49 3C
  • ERITREA 51 E3
  • FIJI ISLANDS 176 3D2
  • FRANZ JOSEF LAND 61 R1F
  • GHANA 424 9G
  • GLORIOSO ISLAND 99 FT/G
  • HEARD ISLAND 111 VK0H
  • IRAN 330 EP
  • JOHNSTON ISLAND 123 KH3
  • JUAN DE NOVA, EUROPA 124 FT/J
  • KERGUELEN ISLAND 131 FT5X
  • KERMADEC ISLAND 133 ZL8
  • KINGMAN REEF 134 KH5K
  • KURE ISLAND 138 KH7K
  • LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS 142 VU7
  • LAOS 143 XW
  • LIBYA 436 5A
  • MACAO 152 XX9
  • MACQUARIE ISLAND 153 VK0M
  • MALAWI 440 7Q
  • MARSHALL ISLANDS 168 V7
  • MAURITIUS ISLAND 165 3B8
  • MELLISH REEF 171 VK9M
  • MICRONESIA 173 V6
  • MIDWAY ISLAND 174 KH4
  • MINAMI TORISHIMA 177 JD/M
  • MYANMAR 309 XZ
  • NAURU 157 C21
  • NAVASSA ISLAND 182 KP1
  • NEPAL 369 9N
  • NEW CALEDONIA 162 FK
  • NORFOLK ISLAND 189 VK9N
  • NORTH COOK ISLANDS 191 E5/N
  • OGASAWARA 192 JD/O
  • PALESTINE 510 E4
  • PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS 197 KH5
  • PETER 1 ISLAND 199 3Y/P
  • PRATAS ISLAND 505 BV9P
  • PRINCE EDWARD & MARION ISLANDS 201 ZS8
  • REPUBLIC OF KOREA 137 HL
  • REVILLAGIGEDO 204 XF4
  • ROTUMA 460 3D2/R
  • RWANDA 454 9X
  • SAN FELIX ISLANDS 217 CE0X
  • SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 219 S9
  • SCARBOROUGH REEF 506 BS7H
  • SOLOMON ISLANDS 185 H4
  • SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND 235 VP8G
  • SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS 238 VP8O
  • SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 240 VP8S
  • SPRATLY ISLANDS 247 1S
  • SRI LANKA 315 4S
  • SWAINS ISLAND 515 KH8/S
  • SYRIA 384 YK
  • TAIWAN 386 BU
  • TEMOTU PROVINCE 507 H40
  • TIMOR-LESTE 511 4W
  • TRINDADE & MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS 273 PY0T
  • TURKMENISTAN 280 EZ
  • UGANDA 286 5X
  • UK BASES ON CYPRUS 283 ZC4
  • UNITED NATIONS HQ 289 4U1UN
  • UZBEKISTAN 292 UJ
  • VANUATU 158 YJ
  • VIET NAM 293 3W
  • WAKE ISLAND 297 KH9
  • WILLIS ISLAND 303 VK9W

CONFIRMED DXCC ENTITIES ("MODE" LABELS ARE INCORRECT; 11/2014)

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