2025 was a great year to be alive. It was also a great year for amateur radio with excellent sunspot activity and conditions. One of my favorite radio activities is radio fox hunting. I ran several fox hunts in 2025. I really enjoy hiding the transmitter and helping people new to radio fox hunting learn how to use simple techniques and equipment to find it. I love seeing their happy faces when they find it. So much fun!
Here are a few of my radio related statistics as of 12/31/2025. I find it satisfying to review statistics like these to see how I am progressing. The truest contest is not with others, but with your former self, as learning and growth quietly reshapes who you become.
LoTW
- 18,341 QSO records
- 12,434 QSL records
- Award progress
- DXCC Challenge Award = 880 / 1000 = 88%
- WAS FT4 = 50 / 50 = 100% complete
QRZ.com
- Leaderboard
- Most Band-Countries Worked = 893
- Most Countries Worked = 190
- Most Confirmed QSOs = 13,354
- Award progress
- 12 Days of QRZ (2025)
- Completed 40m, 20m, 15m, 12m, 10m
- Grid Squared Award (out of 32,400 possible in the world)
- United States Counties Award - My ultimate goal is to work all 3,143 US Counties (located in the 50 States + DC). I am 70% there. It has become increasingly difficult to collect new counties. The hunt continues.
For 2026, I plan to continue working many more DX band-countries toward my goal to earn the DXCC Challenge Award and confirm contacts with at least 100 new US counties. QRZ has a new award called the '250th Anniversary of the United States of America' that I am looking forward to complete in celebration of the birthday of our great nation. I remember the wonderful 200th Anniversary in 1976 and I am delighted to see the 250th arrive. I am proud to be an American. I have never made a contact with an AF (Armed Forces) station. 2026 is going to be my year to do so. If you are an AF station, lets set up a scheduled contact. I would love to have you in the log on our 250th Anniversary.
My homebrew 80m Skywire antenna was destroyed in a big windstorm that took out a couple of redwoods back in 2023. I have a new replacement 160m Skywire antenna that I plan to hoist up into the trees in 2026. Looking forward to having access to 160m and making contacts. See you on the radio.
Good DX and 73,
NJ2X
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