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

GDXF Trophy Best DXpedition of the year 2022

After a two-year break the election for the Trophy Best DXPedition 2022 is open again during the month of April.

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 2021. 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.

Annual general meeting of the GDXF 2023 and minutes meeting 2022

The next general meeting of the GDXF will take place again at the HAM Radio Friedrichshafen 2023 on Saturday, June 24th 11:00 am in hall A2 room number 1. Invitation will follow. You can find the minutes of the 2022 general meeting here (sorry, available only in German language).

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

3B7M
3B7M Team on Saint Brandon 2023
3Y0J
3Y0J Team on Bouvet February 2023
TN8K
TN8K Congo January 2023
3D2AG/P
3D2AD/P Rotuma December 2022
S21DX
S21DX Bangladesh DXpedition AS-140 - Khulna/Barisal - December 2022
A35GC
A35GC Tonga by LZ1GC & LZ1PM - November 2022
P29RO
P29RO Papua New Guinea DXpedition by German Team - October 2022

GDXF

Activities

QSL Service

Status QSL Service for Note from to Deadline
ongoing MM0UKI   Isle of Rockall - IOTA EU-189   27.05.2023   03.06.2023   18.06.2023
planned TX5S   Clipperton Isl. by Perseverance DX Group   17.01.2024   02.02.2024   11.02.2024

Waiting for QSL cards delivery:

QSL Service for Note from to
CY0S Sable Island 20.03.2023 31.03.2023
E6AF Niue DXpedition by SP9FIH & SP6CIK 26.03.2023 09.04.2023
E6CI Niue DXpedition by SP6CIK & SP9FIH 26.03.2023 09.04.2023
E51CIK Rarotonga DXpedition by SP6CIK & SP9FIH 13.04.2023 28.04.2023
E51WEG Rarotonga DXpedition by SP9FIH & SP6CIK 13.04.2023 28.04.2023
VU7W Lakshadweep Islands by YL2GM 15.04.2023 29.04.2023
DX0NE Gil, 4F2KWT from Kalayaan, Spratly Isl., AS-051 30.04.2023 07.05.2023
3D2LYC Yanuca Atoll OC-189 by Cezar, VE3LYC 01.05.2023 07.05.2023

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