[SEDXC] 5BDXCC!

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> As for 6m — this is going to take forever… What we need are some
> sunspots.
Not necessarily.  There are several propagation modes that can provide
QSOs using FT8, JT65 or JT9.  There are easily 50 or more countries in
North/Central America and the norther tier of South America that are
workable using Sporadic-E in the spring/summer regardless of the sunspot
number.  There are another dozen countries further south in South
America that are workable using TEP (trans equatorial propagation) most
years.  In addition, there are two to three dozen countries in Western
Europe and northern/western Africa to make 100 if one is diligent.

I have 76 with nothing more than 100W and a dipole or vertical.  With a
modest yagi that number would be a lot higher.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 1/26/2018 1:28 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
> 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
>>> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>>>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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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
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