The LARG

2014 DX

Marathon

Contest

by

Gary Quinn
NC4S

The Run 2014

Notes By Norm - AI2C
Last Updated: January 2, 2015 - FINAL

The 2014 edition of the LARG DX Marathon began at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2014
The goal is to work as many countries and CQ zones as possible.

So What Am I Missing: As important it is to track all your new countries and zones - I'm currently over 200 DXCC entities; it is even more important to know what you are missing. So, you can set up to look for the rarer stuff. I use the weekly Ohio-Pennsylvania DX Bulletin listing of countries posted as active. This count is usually around 220 countries each week. Below are my notes on "Missed DX."

MISSED FROM February 14 List: 22 Missed
4U1I, 5A, 5T, 5U, A2, C9, EY, J5, S2, T5, TN, V6, V8, VP2V, XU, XX9, YA, YI, Z2, Z8, ZC4, ZD8

MISSED FROM March 9 List: 24 Missed
3D2, 5A, 5N, 5V, 5X, 9U, ET, EY, EZ, HC8, JX, SV/a, TL, TU, V6, VP6, VQ9, VR, XU, XX9, YA, YI, Z2, ZD9

MISSED FROM March 16 List: 25 Missed
4W, 5A, 5X, 7Q, A2, C2, ET, EZ, J5, S7, SV/a, T2, TL, TN, TU, V6, VK9N, VQ9, XU, XX9, YA, YI, Z8, ZD9, ZL7

MISSED FROM March 23 List: 17 Missed out of 232 reported active
3D2, 5A, 5N, 7Q, A2, ET, EZ, TN, TT, TU, V6, VK9N, XU, YA, YI, YK, ZD9

MISSED FROM March 23 List: 17 Missed out of 230 reported active
5A, 5N, A2, A5, ET, EZ, J5, S2, SV/a, T5, TT, VK9N, VP6, XU, XX9, YI, ZD9

MISSED FROM May 4 List: 15 Missed out of 223 reported active
5A, 5N, 5U, 7Q, A5, C2, ET, S2, SV/a, T5, TL, TU, XU, YI, ZD9

MISSED FROM May 23 List: 13 Missed out of 222 reported active
5N, A5, ET, EZ, KH9, OJ0, TN, XU, XX9, YI, Z2, Z8, ZD9

MISSED FROM June 30 List: 10 Missed out of 200 reported active
4W, A5, E4, E6, EZ, VP6, XU, YI, Z8, ZD9

MISSED FROM July 25 List: 7 Missed out of 206 reported active
5N, ET, EZ, TN, V6, XX9, Z2

MISSED FROM August 4 List: 6 Missed out of 210 reported active
EZ, TN, TT, VQ9, XX9, Z2

MISSED FROM September 15 List: 11 Missed out of 217 reported active
5N, A5, E6, EZ, H4, T5, TT, VP6, VQ9, XU, XX9

MISSED FROM September 22 List: 7 Missed out of 225 reported active
5N, H4, S2, TL, VQ9, XU, XX9

MISSED FROM October 8 List: 8 Missed out of 229 reported active
9U, A5, EZ, T5, TN, TU, YI, ZK3

MISSED FROM October 16 List: 6 Missed out of 236 reported active
5U, A5, EZ, S2, XX9, YI

MISSED FROM November 2 List: 8 Missed out of 239 reported active
E4, E6 (ZK2), EZ, TN, TU, VP8/o, VQ9, Z2

MISSED FROM November 28 List: 4 Missed out of 231 reported active
T2, T5, TN, YI

MISSED FROM December 8 List: 9 Missed out of 236 reported active
A5, E6, J5, S2, T2, T5, VP8/g, YI, Z2

To track myself, I roll these partial lists into a master of stuff missed.

2014 MASTER MISSED LIST AS OF December 31, 2014: 19 Missed This Year:
5U, 9U, A5, E4, E6 (ZK2), EZ, J5, JX, KH9, S2, T2, T5, TL, TN, VP6, VP8/g, VP8/o, YI, Z2


RECENT DX:
#228 - 5V - 11 Mar #229 - EY - 11 Mar #230 - HK0/P - 13 Mar
#231 - C9 - 17 Mar #232 - ZL7 - 17 Mar #234 - FO/A - 20 Mar
#235 - VU4 - 21 Mar #236 - T32 - 22 Mar #237 - 3DA - 25 Mar
#238 - VK9M - 31 Mar #239 - HC8 - 1 Apr #240 - T6 - 1 Apr
#241 - KH8 - 11 Apr #242 - S7 - 13 Apr #243 - 5X - 1 May
#244 - 5A - 10 May #245 - SV/A - 13 May #246 - A2 - 17 May
#247 - 9G - 18 May #248 - 7Q - 22 May #249 - VK9N - 25 May
#250 - IH/G9 - 30 May #251 - OJ0 - 6 June #252 - Z6 - 6 June
#253 - Z8 - 22 July #254 - VK9C - 30 July #255 - C2 - July 31
#256 - 4W - 31 July #257 - ZD9 - 10 Sep #258 - TT - 16 Sep
#259 - E3 - 17 Sep #260 - 3D2/R - 22 Sep #261 - 5N - 25 Sep
#262 - T30 - 3 Oct #263 - XU - 4 Oct #264 - ZK3 - 10 Oct
#265 - V6 - Oct 10 #266 - VK9L - 14 Oct #267 - FO/M - 19 Oct
#268 - XX9 - Oct 23 #269 - FT/T - 01 Nov #270 - TU - 15 Nov
#271 - 7O - 27 Nov #272 - ET - 29 Nov #273 - VQ9 - 10 Dec
     


CURRENT COUNT: 273 DXCC Entities & 40 Zones

So, if you guys and gals hear any of these rarer one, please call me at 540-338-2584 or catch me on the lower end of 20M-CW. Thanks.

I'm sure there were others that I missed but I didn't even hear or read about their activity.

This list hangs in the shack and when I'm chasing DX I refer to the stuff still needed. I hope they are still out there and I can figure out when to work them.

So lots of DX and Gud Luck, Best Regards, Norm - AI2C.