August DX Challenge results
There are lots of counties to work on 30, 17 and 12 meters – as the results of the August DX Challenge at Wythall Radio Club show.
Mali (TZ4AM – QSL card left), the Falkland Islands and Trinidad and Tobago were amongst the more exotic countries reached by Club members. For a full list, click here.
Tim M6OTN contacted 95 unique counties (each country counting only once across the three bands) and 152 countries overall (the total of the countries worked on each of the bands). Chris G0EYO had 71 uniques and Neil M0LUH was close behind at 66.
These three station were all using FT8, a digital mode of communication, and modest power with simple wire antennas.
This graphic shows how Club members’ unique countries increased over the month…
FT8 is well suited to poor propogation conditions – which may be why the CW-only stations of Chris G3YHF and John 2E0XET were not as successful.
However it is rumoured that some FT8 ops monitored the bands while they were doing other things – which is harder for CW ops to do!
The September DX Challenge is a FT8/FT4-only event on 40, 20 and 10 meters.
Good luck and we hope for some excellent DX results!