2019 "Summer Challenge" thread

Latest results

Well I'm up to 53 in this years challenge, very happy with that

Oh and in 5th place, the leader having a whopping 82, that's 82 dxcc since April!!!

Oh and in 5th place, the leader having a whopping 82, that's 82 dxcc since April!!!

The OFFICIAL "Summer Challenge"(top ten ) scores from the first of April 2019 on 10m band SSB currently stand at :
1) Tony     - 81
2) Ian       - 69
3) Iain      - 67
=  Kevin    - 67
5) Alan     - 52
6) Steven - 43
7) Dean    - 33
8 ) Tim      - 32
9) Kirron   - 29
10)John     - 27
=  Robert   - 27
=  Dave     - 27            
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A total of 91 DXCC have been worked by the group as awhole with just under six weeks to go.
73

Thanks Kev, +1 for me, Iceland making 53, not uploaded it yet, still enjoying this challenge, but it's a bit addictive lol

Had already added TF when I heard him working you , it was OJ0 that was missing but I have updated now.
73

Aland Islands itl

9H6YB Malta itl

Seperate from the "Challenge" but in the month of July alone ( mainly due to HF World ChamPs ) on 10m SSB I've worked 42 DXCC , 36 Euro and 6 DX = I,ON,G,SP,F,9A,TK,HA,SM,OZ,UT,DL,OK,GM,PA,S5,GI,GW,EA,SV,E7,CT9,OH0,OH,OJ0,T7,CT,YT,LY,1A,TF
HB0,EA6,IS0,OM,9H,W,VE,PJ4,HC,YV & 4X
Suprised me !
ps CT9 not euro but not DX either lol
Edit again missed 7x = 43

Its the First of August and into the last month of the " Challenge ", known scores stand at:
1)   Tony     83
2)   Ian       69
3)   Iain      69
4)   Kevin    69
5)   Alan     55
6)   Steven  49
7)   Dean     37
8.)   Tim       32
9)   Kirron    30
10) Robert   28
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Top ten only shown, good luck to all in the final month.
(edit , on a personal note added UA and OD at end of July to finish month on 45 DXCC worked on 10m SSB in that month alone)

Latest from the " Summer Challenge " with just 24 days left to run:
1)  Tony     86
2)  Ian       72
3)  Kevin    70
4)  Iain      69
5)  Alan      57
6)  Steven  50
7)  Dean     37
8.) Tim      32
9)  Kieron   31
10) Robert  28
=   John     28
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Top ten only.

Hard going now! Final run

Your right there Al , plenty about but finding something new is hard going , latest top ten.
1) Tony     87
2) Ian       72
3) Iain      70
4) Kevin    70
5) Alan     58
6) Steven  50
7) Dean     37
8.) Robert   32
9) Tim       32
10) Kieron   31
28 BAR the rest

62 here, beating last year by 1 atm with just a few days left

A good weekend Al and today has already started well with the band open to the East YO/UA etc. Glad to have added EGYPT to my score , into the final week and the top ten stands as:
1) TONY     88
2) KEVIN    73
3) IAN       72
4) IAIN      70
5) ALAN     62
6) STEVEN  50
7) JOHN     37
=) DEAN     37
9) ROBERT  35
10) TIM      32
=)  DAVE    32
=) KIERON  32
25 BAR

Cant keep up LOL Roberts on 36 and Daves on 33

I'm quite looking forward to next weekend, I can relax then lol

Manic sporadic E propagation since Saturday particulary inter G , great inter G net on the Bank Holiday Monday with many  " Challengers" being worked. Three days to go !
1) Tony     88
2) Ian       73
=) Kevin    73
4) Iain      72
5) Alan     63
6) Steven  50
7) Dean    38
=) John     38
=) Robert  38
10) Dave    34
32 BAR

Game over !
Provisional reults;
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1) Tony      88
2) Ian        74
3) Kevin     73
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4) Iain        72
5) Alan       63
6) Steven   50
7) Robert    39
8.) Dean      38
=) John      38
10)Dave     35
11)Keiron    32
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96 DXCC were worked by the group on 10 metre ssb between 1st April and the 31st of August 2019 !
=) Tim        32
13)Stuart    25
14)Craig      18
15)Terry      06
16)Jason     05

Wow, hard to believe we`re in September already! Great challenge, enjoyed it so much and will be ready and waiting for the next one
Big thanks Kevin for organising the event and keeping the scores and thanks to all the guys that help with spotting stations and great advice
Al MW6RDX, 5th place with 63 dxcc

List of Countries worked on 10m SSB 1st April>31st August by group
List for 2019
ALAND ISLANDS,ALBANIA,ALGERIA,ANDORRA,ARGENTINA,A.RUSSIA,AUSTRIA,AZORES
BALEARIC ISLANDS,BELARUS,BELGIUM,BONAIRE,BOSNIA H.,BRAZIL,BULGARIA,BURKINA FASO
CANADA,CANARY ISLANDS,CEUTA & M.,CHILE,CORSICA,CROATIA,CURACAO,CYPRUS,CZECH.REP.
DENMARK,DODECANESE ISLANDS
E.RUSSIA,ECUADOR,EGYPT,ENGLAND,ERITREA,ESTONIA,
FAROE ISLANDS,FINLAND,FRANCE,FRENCH GUIANA,
GABON,GEORGIA,GERMANY,GIBRALTAR,GREECE,
HUNGARY
ICELAND,IRELAND,ISLE of MAN,ISRAEL,ITALY,
JERSEY,
KALININGRADE,KAZAKHSTAN,KOSOVO,KUWAIT,
LATVIA,LEBANON,LIECHTENSTEIN,LITHUANIA,LUXEMBOURG,
MADEIRA ISLAND,MALTA,MARKET REEF,MARTINIQUE,MAURITANIA,MOLDOVA,MONTENEGRO,MOROCCO,
NETHERLANDS,N.IRELAND,NORWAY,
PARAGUAY,POLAND,PORTUGAL,
ROMANIA,
St.HELENA,SAN MARINO,SARDINIA,SAUDIA ARABIA,SCOTLAND,SERBIA,SLOVAKIA,SLOVENIA
S.M.O.M,SPAIN,SWEDEN,SWITZERLAND,
TAJIKISTAN,TRINIDAD & T.,TURKEY,  
UKRAINE,U.A.E,U.S.A,URUGUAY,
VATICAN,VENEZUELA,
WALES,WESTERN SAHARA.

And a lot of those were happy to have a chat not just 59 report, not a single remark over my M6 call, very happy chappy here, bored now though!