January 3, 2024

2023 - My amateur radio year in review

Each year, I like to take a look at my progress toward my amateur radio related goals. The New Year is a perfect time for reflection and evaluation. Here are a few statistics I collected related to my amateur radio operations for 2023 as of January 1, 2024.  It was a very good year for radio thanks to the abundance of sunspots.  Looking forward to even better conditions 2024 as the 11 year sunspot cycle peaks.


Logbook of the World
  • Total QSO records = 16,788 (3360 added in 2023)
  • Total QSL records = 11,141 (2,315 added in 2023)
  • DXCC unique countries = 177 (20 added in 2023)
  • DXCC Challenge progress = 827/1000 = 66% (171 added in 2023)
  • DXCC 80m = 46
  • DXCC 40m = 100 
  • DXCC 30m = 107 
  • DXCC 20m = 123 
  • DXCC 17m = 117 
  • DXCC 15m = 123 
  • DXCC 12m = 87
  • DXCC 10m = 117 
  • DXCC 6m = 5
  • WAS from Santa Cruz, County California
    • WAS 12m completed in 2023
    • WAS 12m digital completed in 2023
    • WAS band awards: 80m, 40m,30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m
    • WAS 6m = 22 states
    • WAS FT4 = 48 states

QRZ.com
  • Number of grid squares confirmed = 1216 (144 added in 2023)
  • Number of US Counties confirmed = 2098 (463 added in 2023)
  • Number of bands with confirmed continents award = 8 (0 added in 2023) 
  • Number of bands with all 50 states confirmed = 8 (1 added in 2023)
  • Leaderboard:
    • Most Confirmed QSOs = #6,748 (11,816 QSOs)
    • Most Countries Worked = #10,170 (180 QSOs)
    • Most Band-Countries Worked = #7,492 (847 QSOs)


Good DX and 73, NJ2X

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