It is mid-August, so that means the summer doldrums on HF will being ending soon (but not soon enough IMHO). So it is now time to set out my plans and priorities.
First is finishing up my 40m, 30m, 17m, and 12m DXCC awards - all are within reach of completing them. I will need to do a bunch of OQRS ones to get over the top. Right now, it looks like 12m will be the first one completed with 30m not too far behind. 17m and 40m are tied for third, but I think that 17m will complete first. I think I will have to wait for full on winter solstice to get 40m. It is very possible that I will get all four completed by the time spring rolls around. I hope to have 12m and 30m by Thanksgiving as I want to send off a major submission for DXCC then. Add the 12m and 30m ones to get those in the bank as well as everything else that I have credit for on LotW for all of the bands. I should also qualify for the 150-entity endorsement on the Digital DXCC as well.
Second is to work on the rest of the WAS - mainly 80m and 10m. I want that 5BWAS certificate on the wall really, really bad! And it would be even better with three WARC band endorsement stickers on it! So, I have to work on 12m as well. With the yearlong event for the 250th anniversary of the US and the WAS award that will go with it - the first few months should be pretty wild! I need to get a better antenna for 80m, which I plan on doing around the first of December. I want to finish up my Phone WAS as well - I only need AR, MO, and MS. I will prioritize those states during November SS Phone, as eventually I will go after the CW ones for the Triple Play Award.
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