With the 183 contacts logged in this past weekends Makrothen RTTY contest I have over 10,000 contacts logged. Ham Radio Deluxe is showing 10,093 contacts covering 151 different DXCC entities with 4,493 distinct stations. My first logged HF contact is on June 15, 2008 so it took just under 16 months to hit 10,000 contacts, many of which were made during contests.

LoTW shows 5,028 confirmed QSLs and eQSL shows 2,610 confirmed. Ham Radio Deluxe shows 297 paper QSL cards received.

Thank you to all those almost 4,500 operators that have made this hobby so much fun. Here’s to the next 10,000 !

73,
K2DSL