[SEDXC] 5BDXCC!

[Bill Coleman]

Already working on the WARC bands. I have 139 confirmed on 30m, I just need 8 more on 17m, and 22 more on 12m. (I’ve worked 115 on 17m, and 112 on 12m, just have to get the doggone confirmations….) And 160m, I need 57 confirmations. Yeah, that one is going to take a while. 

As for 6m — this is going to take forever… What we need are some sunspots.

> On Jan 25, 2018, at 5:19 PM, Chuck, AE4CW <ae4cw at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Belated congratulations, Bill!  These goals are really healthy incentives to get on the air.  For everyone who has 5-band, there are the WARC bands to keep you busy, and of course, there is 160, my current nemesis!  And, for a real challenge, don't forget 6M and 10-band DXCC!!
> ---
> Chuck, AE4CW
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEDXC [mailto:sedxc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 04:17:PM
> To: Jeffrey Otterson <otterson_nospam at nhrc.net>
> Cc: SEDXC <sedxc at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [SEDXC] 5BDXCC!
> 
> I got 30m last year, but it doesn’t count for 5BDXCC! You have to get DXCC on each of the traditional, harmonically related bands of 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m.
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 1:48 PM, Jeffrey Otterson <otterson_nospam at nhrc.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I just finished mine in December, too.  it was a race to see if 80 or 30 got to 100 first, and both were tough.  I had set DXCC Challenge and  5BDXCC + WARC as a goal for 2017.
>> 
>> Now I find that I am lacking ambition to work the radio as hard as I did last year.  The Grid Chase does not excite me.
>> 
>> Congratulations, Bill.
>> 
>> Jeff n1kdo
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Mike Greenway <K4PI at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Congrats Bill.  It can be a long trail to winding that award up.  GL 73 Mike K4PI
>> 
>> From: Bill Coleman
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:52 PM
>> To: SEDXC
>> Subject: [SEDXC] 5BDXCC!
>> 
>> Well, I messed up my card submission in December, so I left off my application for 80m DXCC, I just had endorsements. No matter, I figured, when it is finished, I’ll just submit an LoTW application for 80m and 5BDXCC.
>> 
>> Turns out, unless you have a confirmation for 80m, you can’t apply for the 80m award on LoTW, even if you already have 100 credits!
>> 
>> So, I had to wait until my J5T confirmations came in. With that done, I applied this morning for 80m DXCC and 5BDXCC (with the 30m endorsement), and it is already approved!
>> 
>> I only started pursuing DXCC back in 2003 when LoTW started up. I remember Jim Streible K4DLI telling me that it took him 30 years to get his 5BDXCC. Didn’t quite take me that long with LoTW.
>> 
>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
>> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
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>>            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901