2014 Year in Review

January 4, 2015 - Each year, I enjoy taking time to review my goals and accomplishments as a radio amateur operator. 2014 was an especially fun year during which I accomplished several goals for my primary station located in my station log (Grid: FM19la):

• Surpassed 200 DXCC Entities contacted, 
• Added seventeen new DXCC Entities contacted,
• Confirmed 240+ DXCC Entities, and
• Made significant progress toward accomplishing 5 Band WAS Phone!

I'm especially proud to add seventeen new DXCC Entities to my primary station log (Grid: FM19la):

• V73TM (MARSHALL ISLANDS) 10M SSB,
• 3A2NG (MONACO) 15M SSB,
• A35DX (TONGA) 10M SSB,
• 5Z4FV (KENYA) 20M SSB,
• T6T (AFGHANISTAN) 12M SSB, 
• FT4TA (TROMELIN ISLAND) 17M SSB,
• C91C (MOZAMBIQUE) 15M SSB,
• S79K (SEYCHELLES ISLANDS) 10M SSB, 
• T88HZ (PALAU) 10M SSB, 
• S0S (WESTERN SAHARA) 10M SSB, 
• ZK3E (TOKELAU ISLANDS) 10M SSB, 
• VK9DLX (LORD HOWE ISLAND) 12M SSB, 
• T30D (WESTERN KIRIBATI) 10M SSB, 
• TY2BP (BENIN) 17M SSB, 
• 9M2ESM (WEST MALAYSIA) 15M SSB, 
• CY0/VA1AXC (SABLE ISLAND) 20M SSB, and
• 1A0KM (SOV MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA) 12M SSB. 

The following new QSL's also arrived last year: Tanzania, Vatican, Sardinia, Benin, Macedonia, Madagascar, Tokelau, American Samoa and Afghanistan are just a few "highly desired." In sum, 2014 was a good year for my radio amateur DX activities!

Here's hoping the new year is equally rewarding.