Countries As with all groups, there is a certain competition also within the amateur radio society. The basic idea of the majority of the radio amateurs who are interested in making long distance (DX) contacts, so-called DX-er', is to work as many countries. Countries are not just countries as you know them; to make it more interesting the american radio club decided to create more countries by defining any piece of land to which certain standards apply, to a DXCC-country. DXCC relates to the DX Century Club, and the related DXCC award, which one can apply for if and when he has worked 100 or more countries, on a certain frequency band. The list indicates the countries worked on the 2 meter band from my current home in Austria. The countries worked from my previous homes do not count, unfortunately.... Yellow countries mark the relatively rare countries Red countries mark the first contact on 2 meters from Austria to that specific country

3A Monaco 3Y Peter I I. 4O Montenegro 4U_ITU ITU HQ 5A Libya 5B Cyprus 9A Croatia 9H Malta A6 United Arab Emirates C3 Andorra CT Portugal CU Azores DA-DL Fed. Rep. of Germany E7 Bosnia-Herzegovina EA-EH Spain EA6-EH6 Balearic Is. EA9-EH9 Ceuta & Melilla EI-EJ Ireland ER Moldovia ES Estonia EU, EV, EW Belarus F France FM Martinique FY French Guyana G, GX England GD, GT Isle of Man GI, GN Northern Ireland GJ, GH Jersey GM, GS Scotland GU, GP Guernsey GW, GC Wales HA, HG Hungary HB Switzerland HB0 Liechtenstein I Italy IS, IM Sardinia JA-JS Japan K,W,N, AA-AK U.S.A KL7 Alaska KP4 Puerto Rico LA-LN Norway LO-LW Argentina LX Luxembourg LY Lithuania

LZ Bulgaria OE Austria OF-OI Finland OH0 Aland Is. OJ0 Market Reef OK-OL Czech Republic OM Slovak Republic ON-OT Belgium OZ Denmark PA-PI Netherlands PJ2, 4, 9 Bonaire,Curacao (Old Neth.Antilles) PJ7 St Maarten PP-PY Brazil S5 Slovenia S7 Seychelles SA-SM Sweden SN-SR Poland SV-SZ Greece SV5 Dodecanese SV9 Crete T7 San Marino TA-TC Turkey TF Iceland TK Corsica UA-UI1,3,4,6, European Russia UA-UI8,9,0,RA Asiatic Russia UA2 Kaliningrad UN Kazakstan UR-UZ, EM-EO Ukraine VE, VO, VY Canada VK Australia VK9C Cocos-Keeling Is. VK9X Christmas I. XA-XI Mexico YL Latvia YO-YR Romania YT-YU, YZ Serbia Z3 Macedonia ZA Albania ZL-ZM New Zealand ZR-ZU South Africa TOTAL: 85 DXCC entities

DXCC Award For a VHF enthusiast such as mself it is extremely difficult to work 100 or more countries, althoug as proven by several other station, not completely impossible. Still a number of countries to work, before I can apply for the award. And even though I need to work them, it is not enough; I also need the QSL Card. A list of QSL countries with their confirmation QSL cards can be viewed here

LZ Bulgaria OE Austria OF-OI Finland OH0 Aland Is. OJ0 Market Reef OK-OL Czech Republic OM Slovak Republic ON-OT Belgium OZ Denmark PA-PI Netherlands PJ2, 4, 9 Bonaire,Curacao (Old Neth. Antilles) PJ7 St Maarten (OE first to be confirmed) PP-PY Brazil S5 Slovenia S7 Seychelles SA-SM Sweden SN-SR Poland SV-SZ Greece SV5 Dodecanese SV9 Crete T7 San Marino TA-TC Turkey TF Iceland TK Corsica UA-UI1,3,4,6, European Russia UA-UI8,9,0,RA Asiatic Russia UA2 Kaliningrad UN Kazakstan UR-UZ, EM-EO Ukraine VE, VO, VY Canada VK Australia VK9C Cocos-Keeling Is. VK9X Christmas I. XA-XI Mexico YL Latvia YO-YR Romania YT-YU, YZ Serbia Z3 Macedonia ZA Albania ZL-ZM New Zealand ZR-ZU South Africa TOTAL: 80 DXCC entities

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