Weekly Update - 4/18/2025

 Here is the take for this week:

DX Marathon
Entities - 108/ Zones - 33= Score 141

DXCC Challenge
Worked - 818 / Confirmed (LoTW) - 712

New Ones Worked 

(*Indicates LoTW confirmed as posting date)

4/11        15m    TG~ Guatemala*

            15m    GJ~Jersey*

            15m    VP2V~British Virgin Is.

            30m    VP2V~British Virgin Is.

            30m    EA~Spain*

            30m    S~Slovenia*

            30m    EA8~Canary Is.*

            30m    PA~Netherlands*

4/13        30m    DL~Germany*

            30m    ZA~Albania      ATNO

            30m    OH~Finland*

4/15        30m    CX~Uruguay

            30m    PY~Brazil

            30m    YO~Romania*

            12m    GU~Gurnsey

            12m    GD~Isle of Man* 

4/16        30m    HC-Ecuador 

            20m    EA9~Ceuta & Melilla

4/17        40m    VP2V~British Virgin Is.

            40m    PZ~Suriname*

            12m    3D2~Fiji

Older New Ones Confirmed

2/7/2025    12m    LA~Norway

2/25/2025   20m    KH0~Mariana Is.  ATNO

3/28/2025   15m    FJ~St. Barthelemy   ATNO

4/2/2025    30m    FJ~St. Barthelemy

WAZ

No Updates

WAS

No Updates

Comments:

I have been really working 30m the past couple of weeks, I was really negligent with that band, due to the lack of a decent antenna.  I currently have the  same issue with 80m.  I should have a lot more entities on that band as well.  It is at the top of my to-do list at the end of summer.  Right now, it would be a waste of time and resources to focus in on it.   It is a wintertime band, So will have that to look forward to this Fall/Winter.

Worked a Russian North Pole Expedition on 17m FT8 (RI42SP).  According to an online tracker for the station, it was located in grid AR05.  Not a counter for DXCC or WAZ, but still an interesting contact and well worth getting the card for it just to display.