[ADXA] Todays DX 15 meters

[EJ Jones]

Great progress, Randy! Keep up the good work.  I found getting organized really helped me increase my totals on each band.   I keep a "need" list for each band   After all, it's hard to remember if you have North Cook and need South Cook on 30 m or if  have South Cook and need North Cook on 40 m.  Combining that with some of the tools like HamAlert really increases efficiency in racking up band counters.
One idea:   creating a need list and posting it on our website or sharing it with members.

EJ

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Subject: [ADXA] Todays DX 15 meters

Over the past few years, I would set "radio goals", and try to accomplish them. The first was WAS...and I didn't stutter....intentionaly.  I would pretty much select a band and hang out there until the goal on that band was completed. It is not a very efficient way to operate, but does work. At the end of the day (aka a few years) I completed WAS on 6-160.

I then set a goal of 100 countries on each band, and used the same process...pick a band, stay there until 100 was reached. Do whatever I needed to get to 100 on that band. It often involved making an antenna change from the wire I normally use. It would be pretty easy to get around 90, then new ones got harder to find. I would then build a yagi, or a different wire antenna to see if that would help, and it always did. I also found out to get LOTW confirmations, you had to work about 110 entities to get 100.

My goal has been partially accomplished with DXCC on 10-80 minus 60meters, however the total DXCC count was fairly low. Maybe 150ish total new entities. Then a huge shift came along. ADXA, which I was not interested in at all ( I thought), came along. After attending a meeting with Mike, as a non-member, at Joel's place, my view changed. I became interested in becoming an ADXA member not because of the DX but because of the amazing people that I've met. After becoming a member of ADXA about 2 years ago, my approach to DX changed. Now it has become get a spot on a new DX station and go fight with the world until they are worked. This has resulted in the totals below, with a total number of entities at 283.

80M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-80>  129     0       0       129     129
40M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-40>  183     0       2       185     185
30M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-30>  160     0       1       161     161
20M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-20>  177     0       5       182     182
17M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-17>  174     0       2       176     176
15M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-15>  192     0       4       196     195
12M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-12>  157     0       0       157     157
10M<https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/accountcredits?awg_id=DXCC&ac_acct=1&aw_id=DXCC-10>  175     0       8       183     181


While I am really pleased with these numbers which I thought would never be reachable pre-ADXA, I do have one regret. I'm sure that you all see my regret in the above stats. I have no bands showing DXCC plus 3db, (aka 200).

The last couple of days, I have semi-quenched my appetite for new entities to attempt DXCC +3db on 15 meters. I am pretty sure I will get a confirmation from CY0s and S21WB ( counting chickens before they hatch). This should give me 198. The past couple days, I have camped on 15 and wished for the 5 element monobander that is laying on the ground.  I did work a few new ones such as 4K6SA Azerbaijan, JY5IB Jordon, Ty5AD Benin, and 3 stations in Kaliningrad. Now we play the LOTW confirmation waiting game while to try to pick off a few more.

It is all fun, and I celebrate the accomplishments of ADXA and its amazing members, and their stations. With the limited abilities of my station, I do feel like the ugly girl at the prom "just glad to be here".

Everyone have a great day and good DXing!
Randy/W5ZJ
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