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Vertical Antenna for 3.5/7/10 MHz	Spiderbeam for 14/18.1/21/24.9/28 MHz

After we moved to our new home in autumn 1995, I started again DXing on shortwave in summer 1998.
Starting with some indoor-dipoles and since the end of 1998 with a homemade vertical antenna mounted along a 14 m fiberglass-mast, a dozen of elevated radials I work from 80m to 10m. Since autumn 2001 I have also a 3 element monoband Yagi for 10m. With an ICOM IC-735 Transceiver I am active mostly in CW. This is the mode I absolutely prefer, the base for a serious DX-work.

Equipment for Shortwave:

Transceiver	Amplifier	Antenna
2 x Icom IC735	GS35b / 750 W output	Homemade Vertical 3.5...30 MHz Spiderbeam 14..30 MHz (since 29.10.06)
Status: Active

With this equipment I worked the following number of DXCC - Entities (= Countries) per band:
(Counting started Nov. 1998 for CW/SSB and June 2001 for RTTY/SSTV)

DXCC Total	DXCC by Modes				Bandpoints
(max. 341)	CW	SSB	RTTY	SSTV	9 - Band	5 - Band	WARC
334	327	294	230	57	2.095	2.015	841

Number of DXCC - Countries worked on different Bands
160 m	80 m	40 m	30 m	20 m	17 m	15 m	12 m	10 m
39	110	240	300	311	288	284	253	270

The last new Countries I worked were ... (click on pics to enlarge, last worked on bottom)

- FO0 (Clipperton Isl.) 30m

- FO/A (Austral Isl.) 40m / 30m / 20m

- TX0 (Chesterfield Reefs) 30m / 17m / 15m

- 4W (East Timor) 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m

- BQ9 (Pratas Isl.) 30m / 20m / 17m

- 7O (Yemen) 17m / 15m

- A5 (Bhutan) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 10m

- FW (Wallis & Futuna Isl.) 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- FR/G (Glorioso Isl.) 10m

- FR/T (Tromelin Isl.) 15m / 10m

- E3 (Eritrea) 30m / 17m / 15m / 10m

- KH5K (Kingman Reef) 30m

- D6 (Comoros Isl.) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- PY0S (St. Peter & Pauls Rock) 10m

- 3D2/C (Conway Reef) 30m

- 3Y (Bouvet Isl.) 17m

- H40 (Temotu / Santa Cruz Isl.) 20m / 15m / 10m

- HK0M (Malpelo Isl.) 30m / 20m / 12m / 10m

- 3B6 (Agalega & St. Brandon Isl.) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- T5 (Somalia) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- ZL7 (Chatham Isl.) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- VP8 (South Sandwich Isl.) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 10m

- 3C (Equatorial Guinea) 30m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- VP8 (South Georgia Isl.) 30m / 20m / 17m / 12m

- S0 (Western Sahara) 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- TI9 (Cocos Isl.) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- CE0 (San Felix & San Ambrosio Isl.) 30m / 17m / 12 / 10m

- VP6 (Ducie Isl.) 15m

- VK9M (Mellish Reef) 30m

- KH1 (Baker & Howland Isl.) 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m

- TN (Congo) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- P5 (North Korea) (YEEEEP !!!) 15m

- ST (Sudan) 40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

- FO/M (Marquesas Isl.) 30m

- 3Y (Peter Isl.) 30m

- VU4 (Andaman & Nicobar Isl.)

30m / 20m / 17m

CW / RTTY

- YV0 (Aves Isl.)

30m / 20m / 17m

CW

- VU7 (Laccadive Isl.)

40m / 30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m / 10m

CW / SSB / RTTY / SSTV / PSK31

- KH8/S (Swains Isl.)

20m / 17m

CW / SSB / RTTY

- BS7 (Scarborough Reef)

30m / 20m / 17m

CW / SSB

- VK9W (Wilis Isl.)

20m

CW

- TO5RZ (St. Barthelmis Isl.)

20m / 17m

SSB

- KP5 (Desecheo Isl.)

20m / 17m

CW / SSB

- ZL8 (Kermadec Isl.)

30m / 20m / 17m

CW / SSB

- ZS8 (Prince Edward & Marion Isl.)

15m

SSB

- VP8O (South Orkney Isl.)

30m / 20m / 17m / 15m / 12m

CW / SSB / RTTY

- ST0 (South Sudan)

40m / 20m

CW

But there ist still some work to do...
This is the rest of my "Most wanted" to complete all 341 entities...

# 335 FT_W - Crozet Isl. Africa

# 336 KH3 - Johnston Isl. Oceania

# 337 KH5 - Palmyra & Jarvis Isl. Oceania

# 338 KH7 - Kure Isl. Oceania

# 339 KH9 - Wake Isl. Oceania

# 340 KP1 - Navassa Isl. North America

# 341 VK0 - Heard Isl. Africa

That's all folks! Hopefully I can complete before I retire...!

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