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Mega DXpedition operators vs. country of origin

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Altogether 4525 but 1895 individual operators from 112 different countries have taken part in 480 Mega DXpeditions.

Note: We count only the local operators but not the remote operators in case of RIB (Rig In a Box) operations such as VP6A Ducie Island.

The following countries have sent the most operators:

All operators vs. countries
Prefix Country OPs
K United States of America 848
DL Federal Republic of Germany 674
I Italy 385
F France 351
UA * Russia 179
SP Poland 159
G England 141
JA Japan 122
VU ** India 107
ON Belgium 106
EA Spain 104
OK Czech Republic 98
OH Finland 84
PA Netherlands 84
EI Ireland 80
VE Canada 75
YU Serbia 72
HB Switzerland 54
Individual operators vs. countries
Prefix Country OPs
K United States of America 353
DL Federal Republic of Germany 189
F France 105
I Italy 94
UA * Russia 81
VU ** India 74
JA Japan 65
G England 60
SP Poland 47
OH Finland 42
PA Netherlands 42
VE Canada 42
YU Serbia 40
EA Spain 39
ON Belgium 36
VK Australia 33
UR Ukraine 30
PY Brazil 27
By continents
Continent OPs
EU 2873
NA 988
AS 388
OC 124
SA 118
AF 33

* UA, UA2 and UA9/0 are summarized as Russia.

** India might look astounding in this list but it includes for example the Andaman Island Hamfest in VU4 (2006) with a high number of VU participants.

The number of Mega DXpeditions grouped by country of origin of the operators:

Prefix Country OPs
K United States of America 171
DL Federal Republic of Germany 155
I Italy 95
F France 75
SP Poland 72
JA Japan 67
UA European Russia 44
G England 41
ON Belgium 41
PA Netherlands 41
VE Canada 38
OK Czech Republic 32
HB Switzerland 30
UA9 Asiatic Russia 30
EA Spain 29

Note: Be careful with these figures because most DXpeditions are multinational. In the list above 171 DXpeditions have had for example US members but mostly also members from other countries.