German DX Foundation - GDXF
Welcome

Welcome

The GDXF supports DXpeditions - support the GDXF!

German version   German flag

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 2023

This year's general meeting of the GDXF took place again at the HAM Radio Friedrichshafen 2023 on Saturday, June 24th. Please find the minutes of the meeting here (sorry, available only in German language).

GDXF Trophy Best DXpedition of the year 2022

After a two-year break the election for the Trophy Best DXPedition 2022 took place 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.

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

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
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 V62P   Pulap Atoll OC-155 by Cezar, VE3LYC   01.11.2023   30.11.2023   17.12.2023
ongoing TJ9MD   Cameroon by Mediterraneo DX Club   02.11.2023   15.11.2023   03.12.2023
ongoing 7O8AD   Socotra Isl., Yemen, by Ken, LA7GIA   03.11.2023   16.11.2023   03.12.2023
ongoing 7O8AE   Socotra Isl., Yemen, by Shani, HA5DDX   03.11.2023   16.11.2023   03.12.2023
ongoing TX7L   Marquesas Isl. by F6BCW & Group   04.11.2023   19.11.2023   03.12.2023
ongoing V62S   Satawal Atoll OC-299 by Cezar, VE3LYC   09.11.2023   30.11.2023   17.12.2023
ongoing PR0T   Trindade Isl. by Brazilian Team   16.11.2023   20.11.2023   03.12.2023
ongoing XW4DX   Laos by F2DX, F4BKV, F4HAU, F5PTM & F8AVK   16.11.2023   27.11.2023   10.12.2023
planned V6EU   Micronesia by DF4GV, DK2AMM, DL2AMD & DL2AWG   04.12.2023   16.12.2023   31.12.2023
planned TX5S   Clipperton Isl. by Perseverance DX Group   17.01.2024   02.02.2024   11.02.2024
planned CB0ZA   Juan Fernandez Isl. by International Team   13.02.2024   20.02.2024   03.03.2024
planned 8R...   Guyana DXpedition 2024 by DK6SP, DJ4MX, HA8RT & M0SDV   14.02.2024   24.02.2024   10.03.2024

Waiting for QSL cards delivery:

QSL Service for Note from to
ZD9W Tristan du Cunha by Yuris, YL2GM 27.09.2023 22.10.2023
5X3K Uganda by Czech DXpedition Team (QSL-Service) 29.09.2023 07.10.2023
5W0LM Samoa by 9A7Y, 9A2NY, S50B & 9A3MR 01.10.2023 14.10.2023
W8S Swains Isl. by multi-national team 04.10.2023 17.10.2023
E6AM Niue Isl. by LZ1GC & LZ1ON 10.10.2023 23.10.2023
T2C Tuvalu by DL7VEE & Team 10.10.2023 30.10.2023
TO8FH Mayotte Isl. by F6KOP-Team 10.10.2023 22.10.2023
ZL7/SP5EAQ Chatham Island by Jack, SP5EAQ 20.10.2023 03.11.2023

Member Affairs

DXpedition Support

Other