| DXCC
Countries worked with QRP and simple wire antennas. |
| My
operating
interests have changed and I don't
"chase" DX much anymore but I've left this page to show an
example of what can be done with low
power and the simple wire antennas that
most of
us use. And with fair to good solar conditions. These contacts were all
made during the rise, peak, and decline of this last solar cycle and I
wouldn't have had the same success today at the bottom of the cycle.
Generally, if I could hear'em I could usually work'em. Now, the problem
is hearing them in the first place. Even at the bottom of the cycle
though, if I can hear'em I can usually still work'em with low power and
it's still a real kick. |
|
| Date
UTC |
Station | Country | Band | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-26 20:15 | OH0B | Aland Is. | 15M | CW |
| 2001-12-08 20:19 | AL7FS | Alaska | 10M | CW |
| 2003-04-29 03:09 | ZA1B | Albania | 20M | CW |
| 1999-07-15 23:25 | 7X4AN | Algeria | 20M | CW |
| 2003-04-19 23:18 | D2CR | Angola | 15M | CW |
| 1999-07-08 11:55 | VP2EREM | Anguilla | 20M | CW |
| 2002-01-22 00:14 | EM1HO | Antarctica | 17M | CW |
| 2004-11-25 18:39 | V26K | Antigua & Barbuda | 20M | CW |
| 2002-10-01 23:08 | LU1EHR | Argentina | 10M | CW |
| 1999-07-16 13:51 | P4OK | Aruba | 15M | CW |
| 2004-02-16 00:45 | ZD8A | Ascension I. | 30M | CW |
| 1999-06-13 04:00 | RU9CI | Asiatic Russia | 17M | CW |
| 2003-10-03 09:01 | FO/DL3GA | Austral I. | 40M | CW |
| 2001-05-25 11:32 | VK4DX | Australia | 20M | CW |
| 1999-06-04 05:16 | OE5AEL | Austria | 20M | CW |
| 2002-09-24 12:09 | 4K5CW | Azerbaijan | 15M | CW |
| 2002-11-24 19:41 | CU/DJ9RR | Azores | 15M | CW |
| 2002-06-12 02:56 | C6AIE | Bahamas | 30M | CW |
| 2002-07-04 04:28 | A92ZE | Bahrain | 15M | CW |
| 2002-05-06 23:37 | KH1/KB1 | Baker & Howland Is. | 15M | CW |
| 2002-11-23 16:07 | EA6NB | Balearic Is. | 15M | CW |
| 2003-10-18 18:20 | 8P6AZ | Barbados | 15M | CW |
| 2001-05-23 23:39 | EU2MM | Belarus | 20M | CW |
| 2002-05-18 15:25 | OR4UN | Belgium | 15M | CW |
| 2003-09-05 22:08 | V31LZ | Belize | 15M | CW |
| 1999-07-19 14:38 | VP9/N0ED | Bermuda | 17M | CW |
| 2003-10-22 22:07 | PJ2/DL1CW | Bonaire, Curacao (Neth. Antilles) | 17M | CW |
| 2003-10-10 02:15 | T97M | Bosnia-Herzegovinia | 30M | CW |
| 1999-06-03 02:02 | PY4AH | Brazil | 20M | CW |
| 2002-10-07 03:56 | VP2VE | British Virgin Is. | 40M | CW |
| 2001-05-25 21:48 | LZ3ND | Bulgaria | 15M | CW |
| 2003-02-11 23:43 | XT2WP | Burkina Faso | 15M | CW |
| 2004-01-06 03:03 | VE3SMA | Canada | 80M | CW |
| 2002-10-05 18:43 | EA8/DL5JAN | Canary Is. | 15M | CW |
| 2003-01-30 00:58 | D44TT | Cape Verde | 30M | CW |
| 2001-06-08 10:57 | ZF2MU | Cayman Islands | 40M | CW |
| 2002-06-15 23:38 | EA9AI | Ceuta & Melilla | 17M | CW |
| 2002-10-24 03:52 | ZL7C | Chatham Is. | 17M | CW |
| 2001-05-23 23:25 | XQ1IDM | Chile | 15M | CW |
| 2002-02-28 19:50 | TI9M | Cocos I. | 12M | CW |
| 2002-10-06 23:51 | HK3CQ | Colombia | 17M | CW |
| 2002-10-11 19:23 | TK/SM0JHF | Corsica | 15M | CW |
| 2001-05-25 04:58 | TI5/N0KE | Costa Rica | 40M | CW |
| 2004-04-23 23:07 | F5LPY/TU8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20M | CW |
| 2002-06-08 02:36 | SV9/SM2EKM | Crete | 17M | CW |
| 1999-06-02 04:40 | 9A2TO | Croatia | 20M | CW |
| 2003-10-16 19:35 | CM2OQ | Cuba | 15M | CW |
| 2001-05-24 23:31 | 5B4/RW9UP | Cyprus | 20M | CW |
| 1999-06-01 03:40 | OK2SG | Czech Republic | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:20 | OZ1LO | Denmark | 15M | CW |
| 2002-05-18 23:49 | SV5/SM8C | Dodecanese | 20M | CW |
| 2004-02-23 23:58 | J79Z | Dominica | 30M | CW |
| 2004-03-20 23:36 | HI8/DF8AN | Dominican Republic | 30M | CW |
| 2003-03-12 00:38 | VP6DIA | Ducie I. | 17M | CW |
| 2001-06-03 11:35 | T32CG | E. Kiribati (Line Is.) | 30M | CW |
| 2001-05-27 14:41 | 9M6BG | East Malaysia | 15M | CW |
| 2003-10-20 23:15 | CE0Y/SP9EVP | Easter I. | 17M | CW |
| 2003-01-26 03:50 | HC4/NP3D | Ecuador | 40M | CW |
| 2001-07-11 03:54 | SU9ZZ | Egypt | 20M | CW |
| 2002-06-07 02:39 | YS1/AC4LN | El Salvador | 15M | CW |
| 1999-06-02 03:45 | G3HZL | England | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-27 23:15 | ES5Q | Estonia | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-25 21:53 | RZ3QU | European Russia | 15M | CW |
| 1999-06-04 04:25 | DL2XR | Fed. Rep. of Germany | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-27 20:01 | PV0F | Fernando de Noronha | 15M | CW |
| 2001-04-28 11:02 | 3D2AG | Fiji | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 19:15 | OH7M | Finland | 15M | CW |
| 1999-06-07 04:20 | F8BPN | France | 20M | CW |
| 2002-04-20 23:40 | FY5YE | French Guiana | 30M | CW |
| 2002-10-17 03:33 | FO0PT | French Polynesia | 30M | CW |
| 2001-05-25 03:46 | HC8N | Galapagos Is. | 40M | CW |
| 2002-09-24 23:43 | 4L1MA | Georgia | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-16 23:08 | 9G0ARS | Ghana | 15M | CW |
| 2002-06-06 23:38 | ZB2/G3SQX | Gibraltar | 17M | CW |
| 2002-06-16 02:48 | SV1CQN | Greece | 17M | CW |
| 2002-02-13 00:47 | J37BO | Grenada | 17M | CW |
| 2002-06-22 18:53 | FG/F5CW | Guadeloupe | 10M | CW |
| 2003-02-02 01:00 | KG4MO | Guantanamo Bay | 40M | CW |
| 2005-01-20 12:23 | TG9/N0AT | Guatemala | 30M | CW |
| 2002-02-16 20:25 | MU2K | Guernsey | 15M | CW |
| 1999-06-28 10:49 | 8R1J | Guyana | 20M | CW |
| 2003-02-06 04:02 | HH6/DL7CM | Haiti | 30M | CW |
| 1999-07-25 07:40 | AH6LV | Hawaii | 20M | CW |
| 2002-06-12 23:32 | HR2/AC4LN | Honduras | 17M | CW |
| 2001-12-28 05:21 | HA2SX | Hungary | 40M | CW |
| 2002-02-17 23:22 | 4U1ITU | ITU HQ | 40M | CW |
| 2002-06-29 19:28 | EI6GB | Ireland | 15M | CW |
| 2002-02-12 00:58 | MD/DL5AXX | Isle of Man | 30M | CW |
| 2002-05-15 03:09 | 4Z4DX | Israel | 20M | CW |
| 1999-06-02 05:52 | I3KAN | Italy | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-24 19:36 | N6XG/6Y5 | Jamaica | 15M | CW |
| 1999-06-21 07:49 | JA0QRO | Japan | 20M | CW |
| 2002-06-05 23:20 | MJ/DF4OR | Jersey | 20M | CW |
| 2001-12-28 05:34 | JY9NX | Jordan | 40M | CW |
| 2001-11-25 23:33 | RW2F | Kaliningrad | 20M | CW |
| 2002-09-24 04:07 | 5Z4DZ | Kenya | 20M | CW |
| 2005-03-29 04:33 | FT5XO | Kerguelen Is. | 30M | CW |
| 2002-09-24 00:08 | 9K2MU | Kuwait | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:38 | YL8M | Latvia | 15M | CW |
| 2002-12-22 01:01 | OD5/OK1MU | Lebanon | 30M | CW |
| 2001-11-17 20:27 | 5A1A | Libya | 20M | CW |
| 1999-06-29 23:10 | HB0/DL9YAJ | Liechtenstein | 20M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:04 | LY2FY | Lithuania | 15M | CW |
| 2002-06-16 23:50 | LX/DK1WV | Luxembourg | 30M | CW |
| 1999-06-13 04:33 | Z31FK | Macedonia | 20M | CW |
| 2004-11-27 18:31 | CT9L | Madeira Is. | 10M | CW |
| 2002-07-31 23:38 | 8Q7ZZ | Maldives | 17M | CW |
| 2001-07-08 04:16 | 9H30 | Malta | 20M | CW |
| 2002-05-29 23:36 | R1MVI | Malyj Vysotskij I. | 17M | CW |
| 2002-06-08 03:13 | OJ0U | Market Reef | 17M | CW |
| 2003-12-05 10:08 | F0/AC4LN/M | Marquesas Is. | 40M | CW |
| 2002-01-06 00:32 | V73GJ | Marshall Is. | 15M | CW |
| 2003-11-25 10:35 | FM5BH | Martinique | 40M | CW |
| 2002-02-14 23:56 | 5T5PBV | Mauritania | 20M | CW |
| 2002-04-27 03:25 | 3B8CF | Mauritius | 20M | CW |
| 2003-09-06 04:24 | XF1K | Mexico | 30M | CW |
| 1999-06-07 04:50 | ER1OA | Moldavia | 20M | CW |
| 2003-11-28 00:15 | JT1CO | Mongolia | 20M | CW |
| 2002-10-24 03:34 | VP2MWP | Montserrat | 40M | CW |
| 2002-05-22 23:43 | CN8YR | Morocco | 20M | CW |
| 2003-11-14 09:39 | ZK1/AC4LN | N. Cook Is. | 40M | CW |
| 2001-12-27 03:34 | V51AS | Namibia | 20M | CW |
| 2002-02-17 20:31 | PI4TUE | Netherlands | 15M | CW |
| 2002-04-10 03:14 | ZL2BLQ | New Zealand | 15M | CW |
| 2002-09-28 03:55 | YN4SU | Nicaragua | 30M | CW |
| 2002-02-14 00:44 | 5U1A | Niger | 30M | CW |
| 2002-10-08 23:44 | ZK2MO | Niue | 10M | CW |
| 2001-12-25 00:18 | VK9AA/P | Norfolk I. | 12M | CW |
| 2002-05-29 23:52 | GI0KOW | Northern Ireland | 15M | CW |
| 1999-07-20 05:00 | LA6FJA | Norway | 17M | CW |
| 2002-09-24 22:52 | H8A | Panama | 15M | CW |
| 2002-06-14 23:11 | ZP6CW | Paraguay | 15M | CW |
| 2002-01-03 05:01 | 4T4V | Peru | 20M | CW |
| 2002-06-13 23:59 | DU3NXE | Philippines | 15M | CW |
| 2001-05-27 20:03 | SN2B | Poland | 15M | CW |
| 2002-05-22 23:34 | CT/DS1TW | Portugal | 20M | CW |
| 2001-12-24 00:57 | WP4F | Puerto Rico | 17M | CW |
| 2002-08-01 11:57 | FR/W8MV | Reunion I. | 20M | CW |
| 2004-03-27 19:40 | 3B9C | Rodrigues I. | 15M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:29 | YP3A | Romania | 15M | CW |
| 2001-12-22 00:49 | 3D2AG/P | Rotuma I. | 10M | CW |
| 2002-10-09 12:00 | ZK1EQL | S. Cook Is. | 40M | CW |
| 2002-11-20 00:56 | CY0MM | Sable I. | 20M | CW |
| 2003-01-16 04:56 | FS/AK7G | Saint Martin | 30M | CW |
| 2001-12-08 00:35 | 5W0VF | Samoa | 12M | CW |
| 2003-01-21 20:11 | HK0VGJ | San Andres & Providencia | 15M | CW |
| 2002-03-23 20:29 | XR0X | San Felix & San Ambrosio | 12M | CW |
| 2002-10-14 19:47 | T77C | San Marino | 17M | CW |
| 2002-01-16 00:25 | S92JHF | Sao Tome & Principe | 17M | CW |
| 2002-05-22 03:53 | IS0/DL2SBY | Sardinia | 17M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:36 | HZ1AB | Saudi Arabia | 15M | CW |
| 2002-02-16 16:53 | GM7W | Scotland | 10M | CW |
| 2002-11-29 07:48 | 6W6/K3IPK | Senegal | 40M | CW |
| 2002-05-11 03:52 | YU0/DF2UU | Serbia and Montenegro | 20M | CW |
| 2002-11-08 23:55 | 9L1AB | Sierra Leone | 20M | CW |
| 2002-02-16 20:32 | OM5M | Slovak Republic | 15M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:05 | S57IIO | Slovenia | 15M | CW |
| 2002-02-12 04:00 | ZS1/EA6ACC | South Africa | 30M | CW |
| 2001-12-11 00:49 | LZ0A | South Shetland Is. | 17M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 23:07 | EC7TK | Spain | 15M | CW |
| 2001-12-07 00:14 | V44KJ | St. Kitts & Nevis | 20M | CW |
| 2002-11-20 00:47 | J67RN | St. Lucia | 30M | CW |
| 2003-01-15 01:01 | PJ5/K3RGD | St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius | 30M | CW |
| 1999-07-22 14:45 | CY9CWI | St. Paul I. | 20M | CW |
| 2001-08-12 12:31 | J88DR | St. Vincent | 17M | CW |
| 2002-06-14 03:01 | PZ1DV | Suriname | 30M | CW |
| 2001-06-03 23:02 | JW0PK | Svalbard | 17M | CW |
| 2001-05-26 19:18 | SK3Y | Sweden | 15M | CW |
| 1999-06-05 05:12 | HB9US | Switzerland | 20M | CW |
| 2001-12-12 03:19 | 5H3RK | Tanzania | 20M | CW |
| 2003-10-16 19:49 | C5WW | The Gambia | 15M | CW |
| 2001-07-10 11:42 | 4W6MM | Timor - Leste | 20M | CW |
| 2004-02-21 04:56 | ZK3SB | Tokelau Is. | 30M | CW |
| 2002-01-09 00:46 | A35VK | Tonga | 12M | CW |
| 2003-09-09 23:02 | 9Y4/DL1MGB | Trinidad & Tobago | 30M | CW |
| 2002-05-26 03:50 | TA0/Z37M | Turkey | 20M | CW |
| 2003-09-13 05:01 | VP5/K7DV | Turks & Caicos Is. | 40M | CW |
| 2003-06-19 06:21 | T21MY | Tuvalu | 30M | CW |
| 2002-06-07 23:44 | ZC4OVG | UK Sov. Base Areas on Cyprus | 17M | CW |
| 2003-01-10 00:30 | UW0ZZ | Ukraine | 40M | CW |
| 2002-05-26 04:27 | A61AJ | United Arab Emirates | 15M | CW |
| 2005-05-03 02:31 | K7RE | United States of America | 40M | CW |
| 2003-01-15 00:51 | CV1F | Uruguay | 17M | CW |
| 2002-10-10 23:28 | YV1DIG | Venezuela | 30M | CW |
| 2004-11-25 04:16 | KP2/K3TEJ | Virgin Is. | 40M | CW |
| 1999-07-15 14:25 | 2C3LAI | Wales | 17M | CW |
| 2001-12-25 05:00 | 9J2BO | Zambia | 20M | CW |