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.

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

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Logging

Logging

DX Clusters

DX Clusters

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?