DXpeditions are funded in many different ways.
- Sometimes the operators will fund themselves entirely bearing all personal travel and equipment transportation costs.
- Sometimes a DXpedition will be funded by a group or organisation who’s members have an interest in that DXCC entity being activated.
- Some DXpeditions might be sponsored by equipment manufacturers.
- Some DXpeditions may be sponsored by the individual donations of many hams around the world in support of a rare entity being activated (often one that they personally need).
- DXpeditions can also be funded by any combination of the above methods and of course other methods not listed here.
The crux of all of this is that there is often a degree of ‘obligation’ to make sure that those sponsoring the DXpedition get a fair chance at working them. This is where it can get a bit tricky.
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Dean Amateur Radio, Life... 3C0C, ARRL, DXCC, dxpedition
First things first - I’m not by nature an award chaser. However, entry to the DX Century Club (DXCC) is something I’ve had in mind ever since I was first licensed. It’s the award that most hams will identify with as being the one to work toward.
There are various DXCC awards for the common modes of operation and for stations contacted on any of the individual amateur bands but the most basic of all is the ‘mixed’ award for confirmed contacts with 100 stations across all bands and all modes.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, a few days ago I applied for the DXCC mixed award and the DXCC 20m award…through the ARRL Logbook of The World. I’ve been a LoTW user for about 4 years now and I used only LoTW confirmations when applying for the awards. This is a lot easier than submitting precious QSL cards for checking. Payment is all done online and I hope to receive the certificates before too long.
All being well I’ll soon be in a position to apply for my DXCC RTTY (currently 84 confirmed on LoTW) but beyond that I need to work hard at increasing my CW and SSB totals (currently 80 and 65 respectively). Time to hit the bands and make some contacts! CQ de G0RIF…
Dean Amateur Radio ARRL, CW, DXCC, LoTW, QSL, RTTY, SSB