CONTEST CT1BOH

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I consider myself a DXer as much as a contester.

I started DXing right away the day I received my license, with 15 years of age: the 31st of August 1981, and in the first day as an amateur radio operator I worked my first DX - Rwanda 9X5MH on 15 meters SSB. Eleven years and five months later, on the 26th of January of 1993 I worked AH1A and reached DXCC #1 - All entities worked.

Those were the DXing days. Without Internet/packet I had to search up and down the bands looking for new ones.

Being a DX'er is a great asset for a contester, particularly for SO2R operators. All the experience gathered throughout the years is a great tool to know what to do with the second radio and keep those juicy multipliers coming.

Although I had already worked all current entities I never bother to send my cards to the DXCC Desk. First I decided to send my cards only upon reaching Honor Roll. When that target was achieved I decided to submit my cards only upon working all entities, and when I reached that I started to be scared about sending the QSL cards via the mail. I couldn't imagine loosing all the cards in the mail.Only thirteen years later In February 2006 I finally decided to send all my cards via UPS and got all my entities awarded - from zero to DXCC #1 (335 current entities at the time).

Check here ARRL DX Century Club Award Listings
Click here to view the list of current entities

DXCC STATUS FOR CT1BOH
Mode	DXCC	Confirmed Entities (total 338)	Missing Current Entities
MIXED		338	None
CW		337	P5 - North Korea
SSB		337	FR/G- Glorioso Island

On CW I missed P5 - North Korea just like almost everybody else.
On SSB I missed FR/G. I worked FH4ED/FR/G many years ago but it does not count for DXCC.