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N0UN

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Re: DXCC Bandfill Chart?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2023, 09:12:55 PM »

Wayne I thought you used HRD?
It does display all the worked bands and confirmed bands for an entity.

It's kind of strange that you bought this up today.  I was just discussing with another Ham how all of these Bandfills and modes are really starting to turn me off.   It's fine when the Dx is just a casual contact and I log them on a new band, but when I see the amount of DQRM and crap you have to go through just to get a single contact on some of theses DXpeditions it kind of makes me wonder why so many of us try for numerous bands and modes.

 If it is 5 band DXCC one seeks then it's not all that hard to casually make it in just over a decade or so of casual DXing if you have a good antenna and a decent Dipole for 80m. 
IMHO HR mixed is about the only realistic goal for most people.  Only those that are truly on the top of the Food chain or are fossils can even dream of HR for specific modes.
Anyway I guess some people love to chase things like the Challenge point etc.

I do. And Ham Radio Deluxe does a great job of tallying my Awards Tracking and lays out a nice Matrix, but I run my sheets to keep up with current DXpeditions.  Sometimes even 2 sheets for up to 12 DXpeditions.

I always thought it was odd that some folks feel if you work and confirm some Entity that you shouldn't make future Q's that could stiff some little pistol out of their Q.  Well, guess what - I work everyone I want just so some undeserving schmuck doesn't get my Q, bwahahahahaha!  More for me and crumbs for them.  Why in the world do we acquire some knowledge, pay our dues, build a station, raise towers & antennas, etc. - just to NOT use it?  Bullshit.  No way.

If I ever get to 340, I'll probably just start again. My funky little DXpedition Bandfill sheets and all!

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N4UFO

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Re: DXCC Bandfill Chart?
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2023, 11:04:47 PM »

IMHO HR mixed is about the only realistic goal for most people.


So while you think Honor Roll is a realistic goal for most...

LoL no, i don't think Mixed HR is a reasonable goal!

Realistic... reasonable... kinda the same thing, aren't they? I was quoting you, though...  ;)

But I agree with your re-thought... no, HR is not a reasonable (or realistic) goal for me. Which is why I chase the DXCC Challenge. Or when you said 'Challenge points', did you mean that yearly thing? If you meant that, then I agree with you... I'm not quite up to chasing that yet either. I still have enough HF band fills and re-working my 6m grids (QTH change) with my little 100 watts and low antennas (30' above ground max) to keep me busy.  :)
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Re: DXCC Bandfill Chart?
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2023, 11:36:32 PM »

IMHO HR mixed is about the only realistic goal for most people.


So while you think Honor Roll is a realistic goal for most...

LoL no, i don't think Mixed HR is a reasonable goal!

Realistic... reasonable... kinda the same thing, aren't they? I was quoting you, though...  ;)

But I agree with your re-thought... no, HR is not a reasonable (or realistic) goal for me. Which is why I chase the DXCC Challenge. Or when you said 'Challenge points', did you mean that yearly thing? If you meant that, then I agree with you... I'm not quite up to chasing that yet either. I still have enough HF band fills and re-working my 6m grids (QTH change) with my little 100 watts and low antennas (30' above ground max) to keep me busy.  :)

The way things are today, no. Honor Roll is no longer a reasonable goal for anybody just getting in within the last 5-10 years, at least as it exists under the rules at the moment. I got really lucky and started down my path in 2001, and if I'd been more attentive and a bit luckier I'd be at the top of the Honor Roll at the moment, but I let three get away. I'm at 337 Mixed HR, 337 Phone HR, and 333 CW HR. I'm two back of Digital HR now, but I have my doubts I'll ever get the last two I need, barring a miracle.

The Marathon is something I enjoy every year. I've never competed for the actual award, but I use the process to see how many I can bag mixed high power every year. 2016 was the best-ever, with 268 DXCC and WAE entities worked, plus all 40 zones. I doubt we'll ever match or better that.

5 Band DXCC is something that can be done in a couple of contest weekends if you get lucky. My best-ever was 4 bands (10-40), and 77 on 80m in CQWW a few years back, and that's with one modest antenna per band, 1500W and a tower up to 62 feet. I use DX Labs for award and band-mode tracking. You can enable the "Leaderboard" function in Spot Collector to alert you when each piggyslot comes up on the cluster.
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Re: DXCC Bandfill Chart?
« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2023, 12:34:44 PM »


I use an Excel (LibreOffice) workbook with 6 sheets all tied together.
 1)  DXCC Summery
 2)  DXCC QSL Card Tracking
 3)  DXCC Tracking by Mode
 4)  DXCC LoTW Callenge Tracking
 5)  DXCC Want List
 6)  QSL Card-LoTW Work Sheet (Compare Sheet)

I can copy-and-paste from LoTW, too.  Works great until LoTW updates the entity list, then I have to go into the spreadsheet and modify it.

I got bored several years ago and built it over a couple weekends. 
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