Lots of DX in Wythall’s Annual DXCC Challenge
Over 100 countries worked by Wythall Radio Club’s operators in the annual DXCC Challenge 2021!
Tim M0URX came top in the ‘full licence’ section with 148 countries – all on SSB – just ahead of Chris G0EYO, Mike G4VPD and Ian M0LQY with 141, 139 1n 135 countries, all using FT8.
On the left is the map of Tim’s contacts.
So on this occasion, snappy SSB operation got the better of FT8’s weak signal advantages!
There were impressive results in the intermediate and foundation licence sections.
Kev 2E0NCO caught 72 countries using FT8.
Meanwhile, confirmed QRP and CW op. John M6KET worked 76 countries on the key with a maximum 10 watts to a doublet. Nice work!
Leading scores this year were lower than in 2020. Then, the top ‘full licence’ section score was 160 and both foundation and intermediate top scores were 100 or more.
The difference seems to be that in 2020 leading scorers were often using multiple modes, while in 2021 they stuck to one mode.
With conditions on the higher HF bands improving, lets see what the 2022 challenge can achieve!
