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Mega DXpeditions World Records

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This page shows all Mega DXpedition World Records by total number of QSOs and number of unique stations worked, and records by band, mode and continent. The number of digital QSOs includes all QSOs made in RTTY but it might also include all QSOs made in PSK or FT8 if any.

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World Record Callsign DXCC Entity Year Days OPs QSOs
Total QSOs T32C Eastern Kiribati 2011 30 41 213,022
Unique stations wkd T32C Eastern Kiribati 2011 30 41 48,966
QSOs per day TX5K Clipperton Island 2013 8 24 14,628
Single-Op QSOs ZD9W Tristan da Cunha & Gough Islands 2023 23 1 70,112
CW QSOs T32C Eastern Kiribati 2011 30 41 102,156
Phone QSOs HK0NA Malpelo Island 2012 37 20 91,914
Digital QSOs T32TT (***) Eastern Kiribati 2023 32 2 197,942
160m QSOs 5A7A Libya 2006 14 29 7,653
80m QSOs VP6DX Ducie Island 2008 16 13 18,337
40m QSOs VP6DX Ducie Island 2008 16 13 29,413
30m QSOs T32TT (***) Eastern Kiribati 2023 32 2 16,951
20m QSOs 4O3T Montenegro 2006 25 60 41,256
17m QSOs VP6DX Ducie Island 2008 16 13 31,467
15m QSOs T32C Eastern Kiribati 2011 30 41 35,467
12m QSOs HK0NA Malpelo Island 2012 37 20 28,173
10m QSOs D68C Comoros 2001 22 26 40,047
6m QSOs E4X Palestine 2010 10 9 6,545
Satellite QSOs TN8K Republic of the Congo 2023 13 8 1,549
Africa FT5ZM Amsterdam & St Paul Islands 2014 17 14 170,110
Asia VU7RG, VU7MY Lakshadweep Islands 2007 15 35 110,130
Europe 4O3T Montenegro 2006 25 60 116,474
North America K1N Navassa Island 2015 14 15 140,011
Oceania T32C Eastern Kiribati 2011 30 41 213,022
South America HK0NA Malpelo Island 2012 37 20 195,331

*** Above-average percentage of duplicate QSOs

Timeline

Timeline of Mega DXpedition World Records
Year Callsign DXCC Entity Days OPs QSOs
1979 8Z4A * Saudi Arabia/Iraq Neut. Zone 12 12 40,800
1981 KP2A/KP5 Desecheo Island 7 18 45,000
1988 3W8CW, 3W8DX Viet Nam 37 4 63,200
1991 ZA1A Albania 22 14 71,000
1992 4J1FS (1992) * Malyj Vysotskij Island 13 22 74,495
1997 VK0IR Heard Island 13 21 80,619
1999 ZL9CI New Zealand Subantarctic Islands 18 11 96,003
2001 D68C Comoros 22 26 168,695
2008 VP6DX Ducie Island 16 13 183,584
2011 T32C Eastern Kiribati 30 41 213,022

* deleted DXCC Entities