Monday, December 5, 2011

QRP DXCC and Pedestrian Mobile HF

One of my major operating goals after getting my station set up here in my apartment was to work QRP DXCC. I accomplished this goal in under a year. My first QSO was in the ARRL 10m Contest on December 11, 2010 with Fred, K3ZO, just 14 miles away in Temple Hills, MD for QRP DXCC #1. On November 26, 2011, during the CQ WW CW Contest, I worked ES7GM in Estonia for QRP DXCC #100.

The ARRL sponsors the QRP DXCC award, which only requires submitting an application and log extracts. No QSL cards are required.

The QRP DXCC Award Certificate
As soon as the contest was over, I submitted my application to the ARRL. I have made eligible contacts with 103 DXCC entities. The following is the list of entities I have worked in order of date first worked (from Club Log). All entities have been worked with 5 watts and my AlexLoop Walkham Portable Magnetic Loop Antenna.

EntityFirst Worked
ALAND IS.2011-11-27
MONTSERRAT2011-11-27
CEUTA AND MELILLA2011-11-27
GAMBIA2011-11-26
ESTONIA2011-11-26
LITHUANIA2011-11-13
ASCENSION I.2011-11-13
BERMUDA2011-10-30
PERU2011-10-30
SOUTH AFRICA2011-10-09
LUXEMBOURG2011-09-25
SENEGAL2011-09-25
JAMAICA2011-09-19
BALEARIC IS.2011-07-31
SWEDEN2011-06-30
SWITZERLAND2011-06-30
ARMENIA2011-06-26
NEW ZEALAND2011-06-04
ECUADOR2011-05-19
SAINT BARTHELEMY2011-05-14
SARDINIA2011-05-08
BRITISH VIRGIN IS.2011-05-02
FRENCH GUIANA2011-04-23
EUROPEAN RUSSIA2011-04-23
ICELAND2011-04-18
BELGIUM2011-04-13
GREECE2011-04-10
SERBIA2011-04-10
ST. LUCIA2011-04-07
CANARY IS.2011-04-03
ROMANIA2011-04-03
PANAMA2011-03-30
MADEIRA IS.2011-03-27
MOROCCO2011-03-27
NORWAY2011-03-26
NICARAGUA2011-03-26
IRELAND2011-03-22
UKRAINE2011-03-20
BELARUS2011-03-20
POLAND2011-03-20
FINLAND2011-03-20
ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON2011-03-20
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA2011-03-19
LATVIA2011-03-19
NETHERLANDS2011-03-19
DENMARK2011-03-19
GREENLAND2011-03-13
ITALY2011-03-13
WALES2011-03-13
FRANCE2011-03-13
CZECH REPUBLIC2011-03-06
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA2011-03-06
DOMINICA2011-03-06
VENEZUELA2011-03-06
ALASKA2011-03-06
ANGUILLA2011-03-06
SINT MAARTEN2011-03-06
PARAGUAY2011-03-06
SCOTLAND2011-03-05
SPAIN2011-03-05
SLOVAK REPUBLIC2011-03-05
HAITI2011-03-05
PORTUGAL2011-03-05
MARTINIQUE2011-03-05
CROATIA2011-03-05
VIRGIN IS.2011-02-27
GUANTANAMO BAY2011-02-26
GUATEMALA2011-02-24
BARBADOS2011-02-20
FED REP OF GERMANY2011-02-20
SLOVENIA2011-02-20
TURKS & CAICOS2011-02-20
URUGUAY2011-02-20
CAYMAN IS.2011-02-20
AZORES2011-02-20
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC2011-02-20
ST. EUSTATIUS & SABA2011-02-20
ARGENTINA2011-02-20
BONAIRE2011-02-20
HONDURAS2011-02-20
BAHAMAS2011-02-20
HUNGARY2011-02-19
BELIZE2011-02-19
ST. VINCENT2011-02-19
ST. KITTS & NEVIS2011-02-19
AUSTRIA2011-02-19
COSTA RICA2011-02-19
BRAZIL2011-02-19
CHILE2011-02-19
COLOMBIA2011-02-19
ENGLAND2011-02-19
CURACAO2011-02-15
GRENADA2011-02-13
CUBA2011-02-12
CAPE VERDE2011-02-12
GUADELOUPE2011-02-05
MEXICO2011-02-05
CANADA2011-01-22
SURINAME2011-01-09
ARUBA2011-01-09
PUERTO RICO2011-01-09
UNITED STATES2010-12-11

I only upload QSOs from my home QTH into Club Log, so this list does not include my pedestrian mobile QSO with NH6I in Hawaii on 17m SSB while I was overlooking the Pacific Ocean south of Seaside, OR. He only gave me a 2x2 report. I used the same Yaesu FT-817ND and Alexloop antenna for pedestrian mobile operation.

The view of the ocean from the scenic overlook south of Seaside, OR
As I was traveling with non-ham friends, I didn't have too much time to operate. The QSO with Norm, NH6I, would be the only QSO I would make on the trip and it is still my only pedestrian mobile HF QSO.

Working NH6I on 17m SSB as KD8BEO looks on.

My pedestrian mobile setup.
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