February 2015

DX - Some great operations graced the bands in February and I had a fair amount of luck working most of them, including nine all-time new ones.

• K1N Navassa Island: ATNO #207. Possibly the biggest operation that we'll see in 2015. Worked on 80/40/30/20/17/15m CW and 20/15m SSB. My Navassa exploits are documented here. The K1N guys made 140,000 Qs with 30,000+ unique stations. All QSOs matched on ClubLog. More on K1N: NavassaDX.com and DX-World.
• S79AC and S79CO Seychelles Is.: ATNO #208 - First S79AC on 30m CW, then S79CO on 15m 10 days later. The 30m QSO has been matched on ClubLog.
• TJ3SN Cameroon: ATNO #209. Worked on 10m only, ClubLog match and LOTW QSL the next day! Good sigs with some QSB.
• 5T0JL Mauritania: ATNO #210. Worked on 12m CW, no ClubLog or LOTW. An email exchange with op Jean confirms the contact for me, so I will send a QSL when I get mine printed. Great CW op! More on 5T0JL here.
• 5Z4/DF3FS Kenya: ATNO #211. Worked 12m CW, no ClubLog or LOTW, but I am confident this was not a blown Q. Ops Bertrand DF3FS and Oli DL9OLI are scheduled to be QRV until March 8.
• TI9/3Z9DX Cocos Island: ATNO #212. Worked 17, CW, matched on ClubLog. This was a difficult one to work because of pileup bedlam and a general lidfest on the DX frequency throughout the operation. I was originally critical of the way 3Z9DX handled things at his end but I've become more understanding and sympathetic since learning of the difficulties he and his team endured. More on DX-World and AmateurRadioDX.com.
• UA2F Kaliningrad: ATNO #213. Worked 15/10m CW during the ARRL International DX Contest. Matched on ClubLog.
• Z81X Southern Sudan: ATNO#214. Caught this one by surprise during the ARRL contest on 20m CW. ClubLog not updated since 2013, hoping they upload soon. LOTW shows an upload on 3/1 but so far no QSL. Hoping this one wasn't blown; it seemed like a clean contact at the time.
• VK9LC Lord Howe Island: ATNO#215. Worked on 12/10m CW. No ClubLog or LOTW log data at this time. More: DX-World.
• KG4HI and KG4HF Guantanamo Bay: Two different operations, with KG4HI worked on 30m CW and KG4HF on 20/17/12m CW. Only the 30m, 20m and 17m contacts have been matched in ClubLog and confirmed on LOTW so I assume the 12m contact was busted.
• C5DX The Gambia: Another C5 expedition following C5X. Worked 40m CW only, matched on ClubLog. Good sigs into FL but I didn't chase them since I have C5X verified on 40/30/20/15/12/10m. Didn't hear them on 80/17m anyway. 
• 3G0ZC Juan Fernandez Islands: Worked 30/20/15/12/10m. Already have Juan Fernandez verified on 40m CW (the XR0ZR operation in 2013) so I'm just filling in missing bands. QRV until 3/4 so maybe there's still time for 80/17m. No ClubLog or LOTW yet. More on 3G0ZC: JuanFernandez2015.com  & AmateurRadioDX.com.
• 7Q7GIA Malawi: Worked 12m CW, matched on ClubLog and verified on LOTW (DXCC Mixed #175 and CW #160). Already have a 30m CW QSO with 7QNL from June 2014 matched on ClubLog. More on 7Q7GIA: DX-World.

That's 13 out of 131 DXCC worked in February, a good number of those worked during the ARRL Int. DX CW test. Funny how I was trying for 100 countries in January and fell short, then the following month worked well over 100 without noticing until the month was over. One good contest makes all the difference.

A total of 403 QSOs added 53 YTD new DXCC and bringing the YTD total countries worked to 151. Adding 31 zones worked YTD puts my 2015 CQ Marathon score at 182 through the end of February. I even made 9 phone QSOs! As I write this (3/1), 51 productive QSLs received last month (i.e., new country/mode/band slots verified) have my DXCC Challenge count sitting at 601.

More boring stats:

DXCC Totals
2/28/2015
	Cfd	Wkd		Cfd	Wkd		Cfd	Wkd
Mixed	175	215	80m	12	29	17m	67	100
CW	160	203	40m	122	146	15m	116	160
SSB	105	134	30m	64	102	12m	43	93
Digital	60	82	20m	134	175	10m	66	99

Last 10 New DXCC Worked
215	LORD HOWE ISLAND	VK9LC	2/25/2015
214	REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN	Z81X	2/22/2015
213	KALININGRAD	UA2F	2/22/2015
212	COCOS IS.	TI9/3Z9DX	2/19/2015
211	KENYA	5Z4/DF3FS	2/19/2015
210	MAURITANIA	5T0JL	2/13/2015
209	CAMEROON	TK3SN	2/11/2015
208	SEYCHELLES	S79AC	2/9/2015
207	NAVASSA IS.	K1N	2/1/2015
206	JORDAN	JY9FC	1/31/2015

WPX (Confirmed LOTW)
Award	Total	Award	Total	Award	Total
Mixed	627	80M	23	17M	73
CW	467	40M	276	15M	250
Phone	211	30M	75	12M	43
Digital	136	20M	334	10M	134