Eight (8) new DXCC Entites worked in three days

It was a very interesting weekend form Friday, 22.04.2022 to Sunday 24.04.2022.

After returning from Croatia (9A) and getting my QTH gear working again, I have made 61 QSOs on this weekend, eight from those were new DXCC Entities for me:

PrefixCountry (DXCC)Entity CodeITU ZoneCQ ZoneCallModeDateDistance(km)
8PBarbados06211088P6QAFT824.04.20227305
HLRepublic of Korea1374425HL4GAHFT824.04.20228900
OH0Aland Island0051815OH0/SQ3PMXFT424.04.20221588
HPPanama0881107HP1RYFT823.04.20229135
4JAzerbaijan01829214J3DJFT823.04.20223050
EPIran3304021EP2CFT823.04.20223634
5VTogo48346355V7SMFT422.04.20224605
YBIndonesia32751288D143KFT822.04.202211049

After this weekend I now have 104 Countries worked. There is still much to do, to get the rest done, HI…..

All QSOs are FT4 or FT8 mode.
Best DX on this weekend was on 24.04.2022, QSO with YB1HK with 11090 kilometer

9A/OE9IHR/QRP

From 11.04.2022 till 16.04.2022 I was active from Croatia as 9A/OE9IHR/QRP, gridsquare JN86ek.


I was using my YAESU FT-818ND, LDG Z817, YAESU SCU17 and my new vertical and end fed halfwave SOTA antenna on 10 meter HD-Fibreglass telescopic mast. All Activity was on 17, 20, 30 and 40 meter.

Here is the summary of my activity on those six days:

Total time active:08 hours, 29 minutes
Total QSO count:79
Phone QSO count:3
Digital QSO count (FT8, FT4):76
Countries worked:27
Gridfields / Gridsquares worked:19/66
Best DX:9114 km, JR3IIR, PM86TF
QSO Map
DXCC EntityDXCC SuffixTotal QSOPhoneDigital (FT4, FT8)
Croatia9A33
United Arab EmiratesA611
PortugalCT11
DeutschlandDL88
Bosnia and HerzegovinaE711
SpainEA615
BelarusEU22
FranceF33
EnglandG66
GuernseyGU11
WalesGW11
SwitzerlandHB911
ItalyI827
JapanJA11
AustriaOE11
FinlandOH11
BelgiumON22
GreenlandOX11
NetherlandsPA44
SloveniaS511
SwedenSM11
PolandSP22
GreeceSV22
Russia EUUA1717
USAW33
RomaniaYO11
DXCC entities worked

40m19118
30m1616
20m36234
17m88
Bands worked