Last updated: 2012-01-10
Notice: © 1994 to 2012, 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 341. The latest country included is South Sudan ST0.
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
| 50 MHz 135 ZS6WB 129 ZS6AXT 128 ZS6NK 110 ZS6EZ 105 ZS6BTE 98 Z22JE ++ |
21 MHz 330 ZS6EZ 307 ZS6KR 305 ZS4TX 304 ZS6WB 292 ZS6YQ ++ 273 ZS6AOO == |
10,1 MHz 261 ZS6EZ 237 ZS6UT 222 ZS2DL 213 ZS5LB == 212 ZS6WB 197 ZS1EL |
1,8 MHz 184 ZS4TX 177 ZS5LB == 137 ZS6EZ 124 ZS1REC 107 ZS6UT 76 ZS5K == |
| 28 MHz 316 ZS6EZ 291 ZS4TX 282 ZS6WB 277 ZS6P 267 ZS6AOO == 262 ZS6KR |
18,1 MHz 300 ZS6EZ 261 ZS6AVM ++ 259 ZS2EZ 253 ZS2DL 248 ZS6AJD == 241 ZS6WB |
7 MHz 327 ZS4TX 313 ZS6EZ 281 ZS6KR 265 ZS6P 244 ZS2DL 243 ZS6WB |
5 Band 1529 ZS6EZ 1513 ZS4TX 1365 ZS6KR 1311 ZS5LB == 1282 ZS6WB 1264 ZS6P |
| 24,9 MHz 282 ZS6EZ 260 ZS6AVM ++ 244 ZS2EZ 226 ZS6AJD == 220 ZS2DL 217 ZS6NJ, ZS6WB |
14 MHz 331 ZS6EZ 331 ZS6YQ ++ 316 ZS6KR 313 ZS6AJD == 312 ZS6P 311 ZS4TX |
3,5 MHz 279 ZS4TX 252 ZS5LB == 239 ZS6EZ 200 ZS6KR 168 ZS6WB 141 ZS6P |
10 Band 2619 ZS6EZ 2161 ZS6WB 2075 ZS5LB == 1997 ZS4TX 1857 ZS2DL 1721 ZS2EZ |
Key: "++" indicates Silent Key (ZS6AVM, ZS6YQ). "==" indicates inactive operators whose totals are unlikely to change. Some do not have access to antennas (ZS5LB, ZS6AJD). Some have emigrated (ZS5K, ZS6AOO, ZS6IR).
Whenever you feel like it, you can send me your new totals. Whenever I feel like it, I'll publish an updated list. Fortunately, I normally do feel like it whenever I receive new information...
Basic policy: I want current, worked DXCC scores by band. All bands from 1,8 to 54 MHz are included.
To expand on this policy:
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 when this list was first published. 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 the past solar cycle. You can do it too!
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.
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!
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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