[OKDXA] Number One Honor Roll

[JOHN GEIGER]

I never did hear Bouvet here.  Hope to have better luck if someone goes again. I run 100 watts but a legal limit Amp [which I will probably never have] wouldn't have helped on that one 73 John AF5CC Sent using Zoho Mail ---- On Tue,31 Oct 2023 17:40:18 -0500  garylm at kiamichiwb.org  wrote ----    HI ROGER,  hang in there and eventually you will get the ones you need. I had number one dxcc in Alaska with 342 countries included north korea,  I moved stateside and had to start over, now up to 325 countries confirmed.  mostly on wire antennas here in lower 48 states, It just takes good propagation and luck with lots of determination to keep calling and finally the dx will get you. I am using wire at 20ft and ground mounted 43ft vertical here.  Hex-Beam is broken.  been at it for 47yrs and have enjoyed chasing dx and also chatting with other hams around the world for years and meeting new ham friends, Mainly need patience and taking time to listen, most dx-peditioners have a pattern and listening, you can figure it out and be at right place to call. Getting old here too, not sure will make honor roll again, but hope to be in heaven when time comes all else is beside the point hi.good luck on getting the last ones needed 73Gary - WQ5R On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 05:44:27 -0500, Kevin N0CWR <dxblackhole at gmail.com> wrote:“ it seems like the main determinate of working the “hard ones” is not afunction of operator skill or equipment but rather geopolitical realities. “Your right about it not being a function of…..Especially now with FT8 . Where you’ll see a -23 and a + 10 report on thesame report line.If your able to keep calling long enough the lottery will work for you. NoDX skill required.The biggest factor - It’s age.Being alive and an active DXer a long time determines whether you’veworked them all.You will notice All the big DXCC totals belong to the OF’sKeep active and don’t die Roger and Eventually that DX entity you needwill come around again for you.GL es 73KevinN0CWROn Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 11:38 PM JOHN GEIGER via OKDXA <okdxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:> 3Z9DX (Dom) activated North Korea in 2015. Turkmenistan was activated> earlier this year on 10 meters only by a German Op.>>>> 73 John AF5CC>>> Sent using {0}>>>>>>>>> ---- On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:56:28 -0500 Roger Simpson > wrote --->>>> Congrats to W5DX on getting to the magic mark of 100 entities.>> One thing about DXing is that is becomes harder to work new countries> because eventually the countries you need are only rarely one the air.>> My own experience suggests that I’ll never make it to the top of the Honor> Roll. I need Bouvet, Johnston Island, Kerguelen Island, Pratas Island, San> Felix Island, Turkmenistan, and North Korea – DPRK.>> I started chasing DX in 2005 when moving here to Oklahoma City from> Silicon Valley. To my knowledge the only DX that was active since 2005 that> I did not work was the recent Bouvet operation which was greatly shortened> in scope due to the extreme harshness of the environment. I guess the main> reason I have not worked most of the countries I need is not because of> poor propagation or poor antennas. Instead the limiting factor to working> them all seems to be primarily not being able to get permission to get an> amateur license and/or permission to enter the DX entity and setup a> station.>> The only new DX country I have worked in the last 5 years is Crozet.>> While stacked mono-banders on a 100 tower for each band is nice it seems> like the main determinate of working the “hard ones” is not a function of> operator skill or equipment but rather geopolitical realities.>> Like the guys in the NCDXA say “DXing Is”. It is an endeavor where a> random walk is sometimes the only path.>> I wonder when the most recent year was that the “rarest ten” countries> were activated.>> 73 Roger K5RKS>> Sent from Mail for Windows>> ______________________________________________________________> OKDXA mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/okdxa> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:mailto:OKDXA at mailman.qth.net>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> ______________________________________________________________> OKDXA mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/okdxa> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:OKDXA at mailman.qth.net>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html______________________________________________________________OKDXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/okdxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:OKDXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________OKDXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/okdxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:OKDXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html