I just submitted data for all my radio contacts for 2011 to
CQ DX Marathon. My log program is
UcxLog by DL7UCX and I started by exporting the ADIF-log and then analyzing it with the recommended
analysis program by AD1C.
In the process of doing the conversation I also happened to find the
Contact Map tool from NS6T which generated this map from my 2000+ contacts in 2011. What it shows below it not so surprising - from my location in the south of Norway it is easiest to work Europe, Russia and the East Coast of the US, but it is nice anyway.
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| 2011 contacts from LA3ZA, open in separate window for larger map. |
My CQ DX Marathon result was 167 countries (165 real
DXCC countries), 35 zones giving a total of 202 points which is a result I was very happy with. It was actually my highest country count in a single year since I got my license in 2001. Much of it must be attributed to the renewed activity of the sun last year which gave a lot of new opportunities on the 10 m band. All countries except one are CW (morse) contacts with a 100 W Elecraft K3. Antennas are a 75 m long horizontal loop for the lower bands up to and including 21 MHz, and a 5 m half wave wire vertical for 24 and 28 MHz. The length of the wire loop exceeds that for the Formula Class, so I had to submit my score in the Unlimited Class.
Now I am only looking for a software tool which can analyze my ADIF-file for US states and Russian oblasts, but so far I haven't been able to find any.
