May 2015 Operation from Washington Island WI-001L – Trying for DXCC in one session

For a good part of last week I was on Washington Island, Wisconsin – US Island WI-001L – operating from my friend George W9EVT’s shack.

I had informally set myself a DXCC in a visit goal.  Despite poor weather I didn’t come too far short.

The first 16 QSOs I used George W9EVT’s Icom IC-7800 and then for the remaining 174 QSOs moved over to the Hilberling PT-8000A Transceiver.

Here is the country list for the visit:

1. Aruba
2. Andorra
3. Austria
4. Azores
5. Argentina
6. Algeria
7. Balearic Islands
8. Bahamas
9. Bahrain
10. Bonaire
11. Brazil
12. Belarus
13. Belgium
14. Bulgaria
15. Bosnia-Herzegovina
16. Croatia
17. Chile
18. Cuba
19. Canada
20. Canary Islands
21. Cayman Islands
22. Crete
23. Denmark
24. England
25. Estonia
26. Falkland Islands
27. France
28. Georgia
29. Greece
30. Germany
31. Guinea
32. Guayana
33. Grenada
34. Hawaii
35. Hungary
36. India
37. Iceland
38. Israel
39. Ireland
40. Italy
41. Kyrgyzstan
42. Kuwait
43. Kenya
44. Latvia
45. Liberia
46. Lithuania
47. Lebanon
48. Luxembourg
49. Macedonia
50. Malta
51. Netherlands
52. New Zealand
53. Norway
54. Northern Ireland
55. Oman
56. Portugal
57. Panama
58. Paraguay
59. Philippines
60. Poland
61. Qatar
62. Romania
63. Russia – Asiatic
64. Russia – European
65. Sardinia
66. Saudi Arabia
67. Spain
68. South Cook Islands
69. St. Martin
70. St. Barthelemy
71. St. Lucia
72. San Marino
73. Slovenia
74. Slovak Republic
75. Switzerland
76. Svalbard
77. Scotland
78. Sweden
79. Turkey
80. United Arab Emirates
81. Uruguay
82. Ukraine
83. USA
84. Wales

I’m rather sure that without the storms and lightening, that 100 DXCC entities wouldn’t have been much more work.

In addition to the DX, I also worked a “Clean Sweep” on the Ham Nation special event and a handful of special event stations that caught my interest.

I did fudge and organize one sked – I had called and arranged to work my good friend Paul AE5JU as my final QSO for the visit.  Nothing finer to “close the logs” with working a good friend about 1000 miles away!

While I only added two DXCC entities to my all time list, the exercise was a lot of fun for both myself and George W9EVT.

73

Steve
K9ZW