E51DXX Rarotonga, Cook Islands DX-Pedition

[AG1LE]

I wrote a short story about the E51DXX  vacation / DX-Pedition to Rarotonga, South Cooks Islands.

http://ag1le.blogspot.com/2013/04/e51dxx-dx-pedition.html

Thanks for all the great tips in this forum that helped me to prepare for this unforgettable vacation trip.

I was blown away how well Elecraft KX3  performed with only 5 Watts and a vertical dipole at beach.  
I would also like to thank all the hams who worked my QRP station.

I have already received a pile of QSL cards - now I need to get my E51DXX card created and printed.
My logs have been uploaded to eQSL  and I will upload to LoTW as soon as I get my LoTW certificate.
 

73
Mauri  E51DXX / AG1LE

[N2RJ]

How many stateside vs other places? I would imagine some places are a chip shot from there but a dipole with QRP is going to be tough to other places.

[AG1LE]

How many stateside vs other places? I would imagine some places are a chip shot from there but a dipole with QRP is going to be tough to other places.

Here is a summary of DXCC countries and number of contacts (sorry for poor table formatting):

ALASKA     1      COLOMBIA   1      HAWAII   11      NETHERLANDS   6      SERBIA           1
ANTARCTICA 1      CROATIA   1      HONDURAS   1      NEW ZEALAND   18      SLOVAK REP.   3
ARGENTINA     2      CZECH REP.3      HUNGARY   1      NORWAY           1      SOUTH KOREA   1
AUSTRALIA   74      DENMARK   3      INDIA    2      PAPUA NEW GUINEA   1   SPAIN          14
AUSTRIA     4      ENGLAND   5      ITALY          18      POLAND           4      SWEDEN           4
AZORES     1      FIJI           2      JAPAN   80      PUERTO RICO   2      SWITZERLAND   3
BELGIUM     2      FINLAND   10      LITHUANIA   3      RUSSIA (ASIATIC) 2      TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   1
BRAZIL    12      FRANCE   9      MADEIRA ISL.   1   RUSSIA (EUROPEAN) 1      UKRAINE            1
CANADA    5      FRENCH POLYNESIA 1   MARTINIQUE   1   SAMOA            2      USA                 171
CANARY ISL. 3      GERMANY   20      MEXICO   2      SCOTLAND            1   


So 171  stateside  of  776 total.


73
Mauri  E51DXX /  AG1LE        

[N2RJ]

Not bad. Looks like you worked a good bit.

[K7KB]

You were not booming in here on the West Coast but you still had a respectable signal for 5W and a vertical on 10 meters Glad I had the chance to get you in the log and hope you had a great time Mauri. Thanks for the quick LOTW confirmation!

John K7KB

[KF7CSO]

Yep, thanks for the LoTW confirmation.  Our QSO kinda piqued my interest in QRP.

[WH7DX]

Thank you Mauri!!  Much appreciated.   Glad you had a great time!!   

Bryan
WH7DX