Weekly Update - 4/26/2025

 Here is the take for this week:

DX Marathon
Entities - 112 / Zones - 34= Score 146

+4 Entities / +1 Zone From Last Week

DXCC Challenge
Worked - 833 / Confirmed (LoTW) - 725

+15 Worked / +12 Confirmed From Last Week

New Ones Worked 

(*Indicates LoTW confirmed as posting date)

4/18    40m    FK8    New Caledonia*

        30m    J6    St. Lucia

        17m    5W    Samoa*

4/20    20m    TG    Guatemala

4/23    30m    LX    Luxembourg

4/24    17m    GD    Isle of Man*

        N/A    HC8   Galapagos (ATNO for Digital)

        17m    LA    Norway*

        17m    DL    Germany

4/25    20m    HL    South Korea (Plus ATNO for Digital)*

        17m    TF    Iceland (Plus ATNO for Digital)*

        17m    OE    Austria (Plus ATNO for Digital)*

        17m    S5    Slovenia

        17m    SP    Poland*

WAZ

No Updates

WAS

No Updates

Comments:

I am starting to like 17m more and more - this week 8 of the 15 new ones were on 17m, so those numbers really shot up on the scoreboard.  The bands weren't all that good at the beginning this week - a bit on the soft side IMHO.  But they did improve towards the end of the week giving me 4 new Digital All Time New Ones.

Still waiting for my latest DXCC submission to be worked.  From what I have been reading, it is about a two week wait.  Just lacking 3 confirmations now for the 12m DXCC.  I hope that by the end of the year, I will have the 12m and hopefully either or both of the 17m and 30m DXCC's on the wall.  I don't think it will be a stretch for having 12m up there by the end of the summer.

Closing in on 150 for the DX Marathon - I am frankly surprised at this, as I really didn't expect to get more than 135 or 140 points for it over the entire year.

Will start posting this on Sunday mornings local, as that is my normal "down time" on the radio.