Why a Dipole? Driven element from a MA5B Yagi Steerable (Armstrong method) Low angle of radiation 3 bands 10/15/20 plus low SWR Robust Small footprint in my tiny garden!
ARRL DXCC (DX Century Club) 100 QSLs required for the basic award Currently 340 DXCC entities (331reqd. for ‘Honour Roll’) No /MM allowed Online logging and verification system using LoTW QSL cards verified by ‘Field Checkers’ All amateur bands allowed (but no repeater QSOs!)
Tools for finding stations Use a Pan Adaptor ‘Search & pounce’ Use of DX Clusters
P3 Panadaptor
DX Clusters DXCLUSTER.CO.UK
Logging
DX Clusters
Tools for working stations CW very effective Use of grey-line Contests Openings on the higher bands Dxpeditions (usually working splits)
QSLing Find station on QRZ.com Establish QSL manager or station address Send 2$ plus SAE OQRS option Don’t bother with the QSL Bureau! No EQSL ✗ LoTW allowed ✓
QSLing
Progress so far 157 DXCCs confirmed out of 165 QSOs Working on QRP DXCC 77 QSOs
Progress so far
Diamond DXCC Challenge Based on 1937 DXCC list of entities (200 odd) No /MM allowed ‘Honour’ system, no QSL cards required Online logging and verification system
What Next?
What next?