DX
My main radio focus is collecting band-countries for the DXCC and the DXCC Challenge. The DXCC Challenge Award is given for working and confirming at least 1,000 DXCC band-entities on any Amateur bands, 160 through 6 meters except 60 meters (deleted entities do not count for this award).
On Oct 27, 2009, DF3CB reached 3100 entities and the Top Ten of the DXCC Challenge. This an average of 310 entities of the 340 current entities on each of the bands 160m through 6m.
I now need only one more entity on 40m, 17m and 15m, two on 30m, four on 10m and seven on 12m:
  160m 80m 40m 30m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m 6m
wkd 281 322 340 339 341 340 340 334 337 194
needed 60 19 1 2 0 1 1 7 4 147
  ... ... P5 KH5   P5 KH8S BS7H BS7H ...
        P5       KH4 KH8S  
                KH5 VKØ-H  
                KH7K VKØ-M  
                KH8S    
                KH9    
                P5    
My most needed ones on 160m through 10m are:
6 bands P5    
5 bands KH8S    
4 bands KH5    
3 bands BS7H KH9 VK0-M
How it all began  

 

I began DXing on HF one year after I got my license in 1977 at age 15. My first station was an used FT-DX 500 and two low dipoles, one for 80 meters and one for 20 meters which were matched for 40, 15 and 10. DX attracted me and immediately brought me the idea to set my first goal: 5 Band DXCC! It took a few years but I made it with 100 watts and achieved it in Jan 1987. When that goal was reached, I built my first amplifier with a 3-500Z tube and replaced the radio with a Drake B-line. What a difference that made. My first QSO with the new amp was KP1 on 80m.

  
DXCC Honor Roll

 
  Mixed CW SSB RTTY
wkd 340 339 340 336
needed 0 1 0 4
    P5   3Y-B
        BS7H
        KH3
        KP1
 

After achieving 5-Band DXCC I thought: "I should be happy and proud now". But I wasn’t. When I had worked 3Y1EE - the first Peter I DXpedition - with my 20m dipole in January 1987, I set my next goal: DXCC Honor Roll. We moved to a new place and I could upgrade my station with my first tribander.

All in all it took 16 years to get to the top of the Honor Roll. My last entity was Clipperton in 1992. In 1994 I was even on the top of the top of the DXCC Honor Roll. After a few more years I also reached top positon of the Phone and CW DXCC Honor Roll. I now need only P5 on CW as my last CW entity as well as 4 more entities on RTTY.
 
The Challenge continues
Now being on the top I was again not really satisfied. Is that all I can do? No, let’s make it a little more difficult and let’s work all countries on each of the nine HF bands. I had found a real challenge that fascinated me. Until 1995 I had reached 108 entities on 160m, 216 on 80m, 303 on 40m and 314 on 10m when I set up the station I am using now.
In 1998 I got interested in Six Meters. I have now reached 182 DXCC entities and 34 WAZ zones. See my Six Meters Page for more details.
In 2005 I could work my last zone on 160m to complete 160m WAZ and WAZ on 9 bands, I reached RTTY DXCC Honor Roll, worked my 300th entity on 80m, my last entity on 15m (until KH8S) and reached the magic number 3000 in DXCC Challenge.
Now you might ask yourself, why is this guy having such a high score? What is his real secret? Here is the answer!
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