Overall a pretty slow year for ham radio for me. There weren’t many DXpeditions, I enjoy chasing them. I did complete my DXCC for CW so now I have all 3. I also completed the Worked All States Triple Play. I made 10 or more contacts in 132 Wednesday CWT mini contests, which will earn me a Gold participation medal, which was 1672 contacts, I have to work most of the time on Wednesday’s so I usually just get around 10 or so can get back to work. Here’s my Logbook of the World totals:
- 9,324 Confirmed QSOs
- 176 DXCC mixed
- 103 DXCC CW (+6)
- 113 DXCC Phone (+1)
- 147 DXCC Digital (+6)
- 7 POTA activations and 9 hunted parks(not counting park-to-park, probably had more of those lol)
- Total QSOs 2021: 4,123, (-137)
- Lifetime total QSOs: 14,599
QSO Breakdowns:
| Mode |
Count |
| CW |
3065 |
| RTTY |
817 |
| SSB |
150 |
| FT8 |
80 |
| USB |
10 |
| LSB |
1 |
| Band | Count |
| 20m |
2036 |
| 40m |
1226 |
| 80m |
399 |
| 15m |
345 |
| 10m |
60 |
| 6m |
29 |
| 17m |
11 |
| 12m |
9 |
| 30m |
6 |
| 60m |
2 |
| Call sign |
Count |
| K3WW |
50 |
| AA3B |
48 |
| N5RZ |
37 |
| W8FJ |
35 |
| N3RD |
30 |
| W5TM |
26 |
| KR2Q |
26 |
| NT6Q |
23 |
| VE3NNT |
23 |
| State |
Count |
| PA |
326 |
| CA |
258 |
| TX |
248 |
| IL |
133 |
| TN |
125 |
| VA |
116 |
| NY |
115 |
| NJ |
111 |
| NC |
108 |
| Country |
Count |
| Canada |
195 |
| Fed. Republic of Germany |
76 |
| Italy |
51 |
| Czech Republic |
49 |
| Spain |
39 |
| Hungary |
39 |
| France |
30 |
| Slovak Republic |
27 |
| Sweden |
26 |
| Portugal |
25 |
| Call sign |
Distance |
Country |
Band |
Mode |
| 3B8M |
15922 |
Mauritius |
20m |
CW |
| VK2LX |
15018 |
Australia |
20m |
FT8 |
| VK2AAH |
14873 |
Australia |
15m |
FT8 |
| VK4CAG |
14540 |
Australia |
12m |
FT8 |
| C92RU |
13666 |
Mozambique |
40m |
FT8 |
| ZL4AS |
13453 |
New Zealand |
12m |
FT8 |
| A25RU |
13010 |
Botswana |
17m |
FT8 |
| A25RU |
13010 |
Botswana |
30m |
FT8 |
| A25RU |
12990 |
Botswana |
17m |
CW |
| ZM1M |
12985 |
New Zealand |
20m |
CW |
Looking at last year’s review I didn’t accomplish any of my goals so I’ll just continue those goals for 2022:
- Design new QSL card
- Make a satellite QSO with my D72
- Get the club tower sorted out
- Improve enough at CW to operate a contest Run station
- Activate the POTA park closest to my house (requires a boat)
- New goal: Setup a full time CW skimmer
