Last updated: 2006-08-12
Notice: © 1994 to 2006, Chris R. Burger. This document may be reproduced as required for personal use, and may be freely referenced from other Web sites. However, publication elsewhere requires express prior written permission from the author.
This listing shows the number of current DXCC countries (or "entities") worked on each frequency band by southern African stations. To level the playing field to the greatest extent possible, the listed scores do not include deleted countries. The total number of possible countries for this list is 335.
Apart from single band totals, we also list a five band total and a ten band total. The five band totals are for 28, 21, 14, 7 and 3,5 MHz. These are the bands that are valid for the major five-band awards like 5BWAC, 5BDXCC, 5BWAZ and 5BWAS. From the tables, it's obvious that the level of competition is much higher on these bands than on the remaining five.
The ten band totals also include 50, 25, 18, 10 and 1,8 MHz.
This listing is updated regularly as often as justified by inputs. Please keep me up to date with your progress, so that your scores can be kept current. A monthly update would be ideal. Revisit this URL regularly, to see what the denizens of the ether have been up to!
Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ
Box 4485
Pretoria
0001 South Africa
Email: chris@zs6ez.za.org
| 50 MHz 135 ZS6WB 130 ZS6AXT 123 ZS6NK 107 ZS6EZ 100 ZS6BTE 98 Z22JE |
21 MHz 317 ZS6EZ 297 ZS6WB 296 ZS4TX 294 ZS6YQ 283 ZS6KR 275 ZS6AOO |
10,1 MHz 238 ZS6EZ 216 ZS6UT 215 ZS5LB 186 ZS1EL 171 ZS6WB 154 3DA0CA |
1,8 MHz 179 ZS4TX 179 ZS5LB 127 ZS6EZ 108 ZS6UT 76 ZS5K 67 ZS6WB |
| 28 MHz 304 ZS6EZ 281 ZS4TX 274 ZS6WB 272 ZS6P 269 ZS6AOO 259 ZS5LB |
18,1 MHz 279 ZS6EZ 263 ZS6AVM 238 ZS6AJD 232 ZS6WB 190 ZS5LB 185 ZS6IR |
7 MHz 321 ZS4TX 303 ZS6EZ 249 ZS6KR 247 ZS6P 240 ZS6WB 237 ZS5LB |
5 Band 1478 ZS6EZ 1469 ZS4TX 1321 ZS5LB 1246 ZS6WB 1237 ZS6KR 1211 ZS6P |
| 24,9 MHz 269 ZS6EZ 262 ZS6AVM 225 ZS6AJD 200 ZS6WB 184 ZS5LB 167 ZS6IR |
14 MHz 333 ZS6YQ 320 ZS6EZ 312 ZS6AJD 310 ZS6AOO 303 ZS4TX 300 ZS5LB |
3,5 MHz 268 ZS4TX 254 ZS5LB 234 ZS6EZ 164 ZS6KR 161 ZS6WB 132 ZS6P |
10 Band 2498 ZS6EZ 2093 ZS5LB 2051 ZS6WB 1943 ZS4TX 1693 ZS6AJD 1433 ZS6IR |
Past records
Several older versions of this document can be found on this Web site:
These tables make good reading for those who think that the current totals are out of reach. The leading scores were not all that spectacular five years ago! You could make the list on one band with 27 countries, and there were four bands with entry levels of less than 60. The leading 10 band score was less than 2000. Only three stations had single band scores over 300, and they were all on 14 MHz. The leading station on 50 MHz had 92 countries. In fact, there are two bands on which five of the top six scores would not have survived to the present day! Bottom line: Most of the leading scores on today's table were made in this solar cycle. You can do it too!
There is also a comparable survey from Britain on this Site. Look at it, and see what you think. We have a long way to go!
Rating your progress
I've written a short piece, describing how one can assess DX achievement a little more accurately than just comparing the numbers. For example, how much better is 280 than 240? How much effort is required to get onto the DXCC Honour Roll once you've passed the 300 mark? How much effort does it take to catch the remaining nine countries once you're on the Honour Roll? How does your score on a specific band really stack up? The answers may astound you.
An offshore comparison
In these pages, I've often mentioned that I felt that ZS DXers were under-achieving. To impart a notion of why I feel this way, I've included results from a comparable survey in Britain on this Site. Look at them, and see what you think!
Those callsigns listed in the tables
The tables can be very impersonal. I've therefore written a short profile on each of the operators. The intention is not only to put some "faces" to the callsigns, but also to give the reader an indication of how active each of these operators is. Clearly, while a few are retired and have enough time to play radio, the majority hold down jobs, raise families and generally spend time pursuing other interests. The odd spell of DXing certainly doesn't preclude balance!
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