August 30, 2025
It took 40 years, but I finally finished WAS on 10m to achieve 5B WAS. Actually, I already had WAS on 30 and 17 so I not have 7B WAS with just North Dakota and Mississippi needed on 12m (assuming I get a QSL on LOTW for an Oklahoma station I worked recently).
The ARRL sent me a nice plaque for achieving 1500 band-countries.
After 2 more months, I have confirmed another 16 countries on 160. I’m not sure if I can going to be able to get to 100 this season. I also added 7 on 30m and none on 12m. With the summer, I should get to 100 on both 30m and 12m. Here’s hoping that a bunch of 160 contacts show up on LOTW.
Winter is a great time to work DX on 160 meters. I have far more activity on 160m and 30m than 12m. Here’s hoping I can finish off the remaining 40 QSLs on 160 this winter…
It has been a good couple of months towards reaching my goal of 5B DXCC. 
I have confirmed several more 80m contacts so now I need 15 confirmed countries for 5BDXCC.