I never met a pile-up, I didn't like!
After 31 years of running a kilowatt to a variety of beams (quads, triband yagis, and monoband yagis), I found myself living in a neighborhood with very restrictive "anti-antenna" convenants.

What to do? Giving up chasing DX was not an option. I just decided to make it more challenging by continuing to look for "new ones", but this time with only 100 watts and an all-band invisible dipole.

SO, HOW AM I DOING?

My current DXCC totals are:

  • 314 worked
  • 314 confirmed
    • Granted, most of those 314 were worked during my KW era, but I haven't done too badly since dropping the power and the antennas. Here's a sampling of catches made since being limited to 100 watts and a droopy, invisible dipole:
    VK9DWX, Willis Island VP6DI, Ducie Island T2T, Tuvalu
    3B6RF, Agalega Island N8S, Swains Island K1B, Baker and Howland Islands
    4W6MM, East Timor D68C, Comoros Islands R1MVI, Malyj Vysotskij Island
    S05X, Western Sahara H40RW, Temotu Province HK3JJH/HK0M, Malpelo Island
    HERE'S MY WORKED, BUT NOT CONFIRMED LIST:

    Everything's confirmed. Time to work a new one!

    Last Updated: November 10, 2008

    And last, but not least, here's the AE4Y Needed Countries List:
    (1), Spratley Island 3Y, Bouvet
    9U, Burundi BS7, Scarborough Reef BV9P, Pratas
    EK, Armenia FT8W, Crozet Island FT8X, Kerguelen Island
    P5, North Korea S2, Bangladesh TN, Congo
    TX0, Chesterfield Island VK9X, Christmas Island VP8, South Georgia
    VP8, South Sandwich VU, Andaman Islands VU, Laccadive Islands
    XU, Cambodia XZ, Myanmar YA, Afghanistan
    YI, Iraq YV0, Aves Island ZD9, Tristan da Cunha
    ZS8, Prince Edward Island
    Last Updated: November 10, 2008, 2008
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