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Mega DXpedition operators vs. country of origin

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Altogether 4601 but 1911 individual operators from 115 different countries have taken part in 489 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 843
DL Federal Republic of Germany 691
I Italy 399
F France 350
UA * Russia 193
SP Poland 160
G England 142
JA Japan 122
ON Belgium 115
EA Spain 107
VU ** India 107
OK Czech Republic 106
PA Netherlands 85
OH Finland 84
EI Ireland 80
VE Canada 75
YU Serbia 72
HB Switzerland 55
Individual operators vs. countries
Prefix Country OPs
K United States of America 351
DL Federal Republic of Germany 189
F France 105
I Italy 96
UA * Russia 87
VU ** India 74
JA Japan 65
G England 61
SP Poland 47
OH Finland 42
PA Netherlands 42
VE Canada 42
EA Spain 41
YU Serbia 40
ON Belgium 37
VK Australia 33
UR Ukraine 30
PY Brazil 27
By continents
Continent OPs
EU 2947
NA 983
AS 392
OC 123
SA 118
AF 37

* 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 many VU participants.

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

Prefix Country OPs
K United States of America 170
DL Federal Republic of Germany 159
I Italy 97
F France 74
SP Poland 73
JA Japan 67
UA European Russia 47
G England 42
ON Belgium 42
PA Netherlands 42
VE Canada 38
OK Czech Republic 33
UA9 Asiatic Russia 32
EA Spain 31
HB Switzerland 31

Note: Be careful with these figures because most DXpeditions are multinational. In the list above 170 DXpeditions have had for example US members but also members from other countries.