German DX Foundation - GDXF
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The German DX Foundation (GDXF), founded in 1996, was established to support HF DX activities - on all bands or modes - to rare countries all over the world. This support is realized through financial or personal, instrumental and logistical assistance. We offer our members a wide variety of informations and services, for example the GDXF QSL Service.

Why are there DX Foundations? What are the guiding principles of the German DX Foundation? How is the GDXF organized? Why is it worth to join the GDXF? What can the GDXF provide me with services and information? Read more and find out...

Latest News

Annual general meeting of the GDXF 2024

This year's general meeting of the GDXF took place again at the HAM Radio Friedrichshafen 2024 on Saturday June 29th. Please find the minutes here (sorry, available only in German language).

GDXF Trophy Best DXpedition of the year 2023

The election for the Trophy Best DXPedition 2023 took place this year from April 1st to April 30th, 2024.

Most Wanted in DL

The list of the most wanted DXCC entities in DL was continued this year with the results of the annual DARC DXCC scoreboard 2023. As in the last year we are using a different evaluation method in order to achieve a more realistic ranking of the most wanted areas from a German or Central European point of view.

Most Wanted Islands On The Air (IOTA)

With the permission of IOTA Ltd. we now publish the List of the most wanted Island Groups (IOTA) on the GDXF webpage.

Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll

By far the most visited page of the GDXF is the Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll: gdxf.de/megadxpeditions/. After two years of Covid19-related world-wide travel restrictions more and more DXpeditons take place again. It were 18 Mega DXpeditions in 2022 with at least 30,000 QSOs and altogether almost 1.2 million QSOs. The continent of Africa has the largest number of Mega DXpeditions. We have seen a very strong increase in digital QSOs compared to CW and SSB since the introduction of FT8 (Fox/Hound and MSHV).

May 8th, 2022 Franz DJ9ZB SK

Unfortunately, we have to inform you that our honorary president Franz, DJ9ZB, became a silent key yesterday. Franz turned 80 in January. He has participated in many well-known DXpeditions. Thanks for all the years with you!

DXPedition Reports

Please check out our DXPedition Reports page occasionally. New reports are occasionally added.

GDXF Web Shop

We now offer t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other items with the GDXF logo in our GDXF web shop. Just come over some time: GDXF Web Shop

DXpedition Team Photos

C21MM
C21MM Nauru by DL7VEE & Team, October 2024
N5J
N5J Jarvis Island with five local operators, August 2024
FT4GL
FT4GL Glorioso Isl. by Marek, FH4VVK, May 2024
8R7X
8R7X Guyana (DJ4MX, M0SDV, DK6SP, HA8RT) February 2024
T32EU
T32EU Kiritimati OC-024 by German Team, March 2024
FW8GC & TX8GC
Wallis & Futuna FW8GC and TX8GC by LZ1GC & LZ5QZ, February 2024
ZD9W
Yuris, YL2GM as ZD9W. Yuris had six DXpeditions in 2023/2024:
7P8WW, twice VU7W, ZD9W, VK9XY and VK9CY.
AU2RS
AU2RS Nachugunta Island, AS-199, February 2024
TX5S
TX5S Clipperton Island January 2024
E6AM
E6AM Niue by LZ1GC and LZ1ON October 2023
T2C
T2C Tuvalu by DL7VEE & Team Oct 2023
W8S
W8S Swains Isl. by multi-national team Oct 2023
5X3K
5X3K Uganda by Czech DXpedition Team Sept. 2023
MM0UKI
MM0UKI Isle of Rockall EU-189 2023 with Emil, DL8JJ
3B7M
3B7M Team on Saint Brandon 2023
3Y0J
3Y0J Team on Bouvet February 2023
TN8K
TN8K Congo January 2023

GDXF

Activities

QSL Service

Status QSL Service for Note from to Deadline
ongoing E51SGC   S. Cook Isl. by Stan, LZ1GC & Ted, LZ5QZ   07.11.2024   24.11.2024   08.12.2024
ongoing 3D2Y   Rotuma Isl. by Intern. Team   15.11.2024   04.12.2024   15.12.2024
ongoing VP8G   Falkland Isl. by Gerben, PG5M   15.11.2024   25.11.2024   08.12.2024
ongoing A35GC   Tonga by Stan, LZ1GC & Ted, LZ5QZ   25.11.2024   07.12.2024   22.12.2024
ongoing 9L5A   Sierra Leone by F6KOP-Team   27.11.2024   08.12.2024   22.12.2024
planned TX7N   Marquesas Isl. by F6BCW & Int. Team   12.01.2025   27.01.2025   09.02.2025
planned V7   Marshall Isl. by International Youth Team   11.02.2025   23.02.2025   09.03.2025
planned VU4X   Andaman Isl. by ON/PA Team   10.03.2025   21.03.2025   06.04.2025
planned TX9A   Austral Isl. by 9A- Team + DK8ZZ   25.04.2025   07.05.2025   25.05.2025

Waiting for QSL cards delivery:

QSL Service for Note from to
CY9C Saint Paul Isl. by US-Team 26.08.2024 05.09.2024
E6AQ Niue Isl. by SP5EAQ 22.10.2024 09.11.2024
XT2MD Burkina Faso by MDXC 31.10.2024 11.11.2024

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