DXCC using LotW

Although I was not a strong believer of the Logbook of the World at the time of introduction, I upgraded my DXCC awards (Mixed, CW and 6m) last week via LotW. In the past I already integrated my current, paper QSL checked awards into LotW, which is a fairly easy procedure.

First I tried it with my QSO with 7O1YGF (free of charge). It was accepted and added to my awards within one day. I then applied my pending LotW credits for the awards and, again within one day, all were accepted. This sets my standings at:

Current DXCC countries for Mixed / CW / 6m : 334 / 321 / 192

(My actual standing is 335/ 331 / 203 due to QSOs confirmed per paper card only or QSLs not received yet)

All in all I have the feeling the LotW service has matured considerably over the last period and I hope many more hams – in particular DXpeditions – will enter their QSO records into LotW. Of course a real paper QSL of  a DXpedition is a meaningful collector’s item, but the DXCC award crediting is much easier and reliable using the LotW system.

Poll: Needed Caribbean countries

Now that the Es season is more or less over, it is maybe nice to inventorize your score of the last couple of months. Every year there are people going on DXpedition in order to give us a new one. In particular the Caribbean is a popular destination among the DXpeditioners. Some of us, who have quite a few years of activity behind them including many Es seasons and maybe one or two solar peaks with good F2 propagation, have most – if not all – of the island countries in the log. But those of you who who started on 6m more recently might still be in need of a few relatively “easy” ones.

So, fill in the poll in the right pane and let’s see what the result will be. I will leave the poll on at least until Christmas in order to give everyone the opportunity to vote. Please vote only once. Thanks !!

(KP1/5 and YV0 have been left out because everyone will need those …)