This Week in DX - 05/23/2026

This Week in DX - 05/23/2026

From The DX Mentor by Bill Salyers

May 23, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the recent DXpedition awards and notable operations in the DX community.

Hello and Welcome to the DX Corner for yourweekly Dose of DX. I’m Bill, AJ8B. The Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA)announced its 2025/26 DXpeditioner of the Year Award at the SWODXA DX DinnerFriday night of Hamvention, recognizing an operator who made an exceptionalcontribution to the DX community. The award was given to YL2GM, YurisPetersons, for his solo ZS8W operation from Marion Island. His expeditionlogged 31,672 QSOs and helped activate an entity that moved from #11 to #25 inranking. SWODXA praised the effort as well-organized and successfully carriedout under very challenging conditions. SWODXA alsoannounced the 2025/26 DXpedition of the Year Award honoring excellence inplanning and execution from Most Wanted entities. The award went to the RussianDXpedition Team for their 9U1RU expedition to Burundi, which logged 179,831QSOs and moved the entity from #60 to #106 in ranking. SWODXA recognized theteam for a well-organized operation carried out in a challenging environment. The following DX informationcomes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How’s DXcolumn in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your onlysource of…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Salyers

Topics covered

  • DX community
  • DXpedition awards
  • amateur radio
  • operating conditions
  • real-time DX information

Keywords

  • DXpedition
  • amateur radio
  • Hamvention
  • QSOs
  • DX information

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southwest Ohio DX Association, Russian DXpedition Team

Places: Marion Island, Burundi, Cyprus

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