Ed's Ham Radio Statistics

Ed's Ham Radio Statistics as of October 08,2026

This page contains six types of statistics:


General Statistics

General Ham Radio Statistics
Item WB5RIX N5BK Totals
2025 2025 2026
Unique Call Signs 990 1654 4725 6137
         
Number of QSOs 1092 2022 6243 9357
Number of QSOs Confirmed 955 1764 5049 7768
Number of QSOs Percentages 87.5% 87.2% 80.9% 83.0%
         
Incomplete QSOs 1 19 566 586
Incomplete QSOs Confirmed 0 13 274 287
Incomplete QSOs Percentages 0.0% 68.4% 48.4% 49.0%
         
My CQs (Non-POTA) 4 66 22 92
My CQs (Non-POTA) Confirmed 4 61 19 84
My CQs (Non-POTA) Percentages 100.0% 92.4% 86.4% 91.3%
         
My CQs (POTA) 0 32 110 142
My CQs (POTA) Confirmed 0 29 90 119
My CQs (POTA) Percentages 0.0% 90.6% 81.8% 83.8%
         
Electronic QSLs Received 2 21 80 103
Electronic QSLs Sent 2 21 78 101
         
Physical QSLs Received 0 8 5 13
Physical QSLs Sent 0 8 5 13
         
POTA Activations 0 1 3 4
         
POTA Hunter QSOs 76 98 288 462
POTA Hunter QSOs Confirmed 58 74 210 342
POTA Hunter QSOs Percentages 76.3% 75.5% 72.9% 74.0%

State Statistics

Ham Radio Statistics - State Contacts
State WB5RIX 2025 N5BK 2025 N5BK 2026 Totals Ranks
Contacts Confirmed Contacts Confirmed Contacts Confirmed Contacts Confirmed Contacts Confirmed
AK 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 50 50
AL 25 22 19 15 118 98 162 135 20 20
AR 7 6 8 8 45 35 60 49 34 35
AZ 40 36 35 29 150 120 225 185 13 13
CA 68 54 141 121 396 317 605 492 2 2
CO 20 19 27 24 101 70 148 113 21 23
CT 8 8 30 27 42 38 80 73 32 31
DC -> MD 0 0 1 0 4 3 5 3 0 0
DE 3 3 7 5 18 18 28 26 47 47
FL 80 64 139 120 465 362 684 546 1 1
GA 32 26 45 39 194 160 271 225 9 9
HI 2 2 2 2 8 8 12 12 49 49
IA 11 9 18 16 66 49 95 74 29 30
ID 13 13 27 26 33 27 73 66 33 32
IL 32 31 51 42 201 161 284 234 7 8
IN 34 27 53 45 169 139 256 211 10 10
KS 11 10 15 11 59 43 85 64 31 33
KY 20 17 29 28 126 112 175 157 18 16
LA 9 9 7 5 18 16 34 30 44 44
MA 13 13 43 39 63 47 119 99 25 25
MD 19 15 56 51 63 53 138 119 22 21
ME 7 7 11 11 21 18 39 36 42 41
MI 25 22 75 66 193 155 293 243 6 6
MN 12 11 25 24 100 79 137 114 23 22
MO 20 18 26 26 84 63 130 107 24 24
MS 6 5 8 6 29 24 43 35 39 42
MT 4 3 10 10 31 26 45 39 38 37
NC 42 39 83 71 255 220 380 330 4 4
ND 8 7 20 18 24 20 52 45 36 36
NE 8 8 7 5 44 38 59 51 35 34
NH 4 4 14 11 28 23 46 38 37 40
NJ 17 17 50 47 104 85 171 149 19 18
NM 8 7 5 5 18 15 31 27 46 46
NV 13 11 33 27 61 54 107 92 26 26
NY 36 30 77 67 136 111 249 208 11 11
OH 63 57 115 97 331 270 509 424 3 3
OK 12 10 9 6 16 12 37 28 43 45
OR 11 6 16 14 80 61 107 81 27 29
PA 36 30 114 101 215 166 365 297 5 5
RI 2 2 12 11 19 17 33 30 45 43
SC 22 20 38 35 115 93 175 148 17 19
SD 8 8 13 11 21 20 42 39 40 39
TN 40 38 49 41 157 126 246 205 12 12
TX 38 33 35 35 122 104 195 172 15 15
UT 7 7 22 19 76 64 105 90 28 27
VA 33 30 80 72 159 138 272 240 8 7
VT 5 4 7 4 11 9 23 17 48 48
WA 19 19 34 30 135 105 188 154 16 17
WI 23 19 37 31 151 124 211 174 14 14
WV 8 8 22 20 60 54 90 82 30 28
WY 6 6 11 11 23 22 40 39 41 38
Total WAS States: 49 49 49 49 50 50

State Rankings

Ham Radio Statistics - State Rankings
State Rank Conf State Rank Conf State Rank Conf State Rank Conf State Rank Conf
FL 1 1 NY 11 11 CO 21 23 KS 31 33 WY 41 38
CA 2 2 TN 12 12 MD 22 21 CT 32 31 ME 42 41
OH 3 3 AZ 13 13 MN 23 22 ID 33 32 OK 43 45
NC 4 4 WI 14 14 MO 24 24 AR 34 35 LA 44 44
PA 5 5 TX 15 15 MA 25 25 NE 35 34 RI 45 43
MI 6 6 WA 16 17 NV 26 26 ND 36 36 NM 46 46
IL 7 8 SC 17 19 OR 27 29 NH 37 40 DE 47 47
VA 8 7 KY 18 16 UT 28 27 MT 38 37 VT 48 48
GA 9 9 NJ 19 18 IA 29 30 MS 39 42 HI 49 49
IN 10 10 AL 20 20 WV 30 28 SD 40 39 AK 50 50

Country and Continent Statistics

Green table cells are continents. The countries in each continent are listed in alphabetical order below the continent.

Red table cells are countries which have not confirmed my contact.

DXCC entries must be confirmed via LoTW. The confirmed countries which are not DXCC were confirmed with QRZ only.

Ham Radio Statistics - Country and Continent Contacts
Continent, Country Contacts Confirmed DXCC # Countries Countries Confirmed
Africa (AF) 21 15 4 6 5
Cameroon 1 0  
Canary Islands 7 4 EA8W
Kenya 2 2 5Z4VJ
Malawi 1 1  
Morocco 2 1 CN8AM
South Africa 8 7 ZS5KT
Asia (AS) 116 90 5 8 6
Asiatic Russia 1 0  
Indonesia 2 2 YE4FNN
Japan 103 82 JR1BAS
Lebanon 1 1 OD5KU
Russia 6 3 R5DT
Saudi Arabia 1 1  
South Korea 1 0  
Turkey 1 1 TA1RJV
Europe (EU) 164 131 26 35 30
Angola 7 7  
Austria 2 2  
Azores 5 3 CS8ABF
Belgium 4 4 ON4AOI
Bosnia And Herzegovina 1 0  
Crete 1 1  
Croatia 6 4 9A5E
Czech Republic 3 3 OK1ALX
Denmark 2 2 OZ0QF
England 13 10 2E0FHM
Estonia 1 0  
Finland 2 1 OH2ZZ
France 18 16 F4FTV
Germany 8 4 DL2MIJ
Greece 2 2 SV3CKF
Guernsey 1 1 GU0SUP
Hungary 2 1 HA3MQ
Ireland 2 2 EI9FVB
Italy 21 16 IZ8VYU
Jersey 1 0  
Lithuania 1 0  
Madeira Islands 0 0 CQ35MD
Netherlands 7 6 PD8RUK
Northern Ireland 5 5 GI5CEO
Norway 1 1 LAOHY
Poland 3 1  
Portugal 7 5 CT7AUT
Romania 3 3 YO4NF
Scotland 1 1  
Serbia 1 1 YU1JW
Spain 25 22 EA1A
Sweden 1 1 SM2LIY
Switzerland 5 4 HB9TIH
Ukraine 1 1 UT7HA
Wales 1 1 MW0CRI
North America (NA) 8647 7183 22 25 23
Anguilla 1 1 VP2EAD
Bahamas 2 2 C6APS
Barbados 7 4 8P6PE
Belize 6 5 V31DL
Canada 359 271 VA3I TA
Cayman Islands 1 1 ZF2OO
Costa Rica 16 14 TI5RTZ
Cuba 58 38 CO2JL
Dominican Republic 51 47 HI3A
El Salvador 2 2 YS1GMV
Greenland 1 1 OX3H I
Grenada 1 1 J38LD
Guadeloupe 3 2 FG1AG
Haiti 2 0  
Honduras 4 4 HR1R
Martinique 1 1 FM4LV
Mexico 33 28 4A7V
Montserrat 4 0  
Nicaragua 1 1 YN1Y
Panama 10 8 HP1CDW
Puerto Rico 3 3 NP3KW
St Kitts And Nevis 1 1 V47JA
St Vincent 3 3 J88IH
United States 8076 6744 K7CTV
Virgin Islands 1 1  
Oceania (OC) 26 20 4 6 4
Australia 9 8 VK8NSB
Central Kiribati 2 0  
Fiji 2 0  
New Caledonia 2 2 FK8HM
New Zealand 10 9 ZL1HX
Samoa 1 1 5W1SA
South America (SA) 374 322 11 13 11
Argentina 42 37 LU1VDF
Aruba 1 1 P4/WE9V
Brazil 186 165 PY2DCA
Chile 58 47 CE4WT
Colombia 31 28 HK3C
Curacao 3 3 PJ2CF
Ecuador 16 11 HC1MD/2
Peru 4 4 OA2DG
San Andres And Providencia 1 1 5KOUA
Suriname 1 0  
Trinidad And Tobago 2 0  
Uruguay 8 5 CX6TU
Venezuela 21 20 YV4KWT
Additional DXCC Credits     2
Alaska     KD4HOU
Hawaii     KH7EH
Total number of countries is 74 93 79

Stations with Multiple QSOs

1 Station with 24 Contacts
KF9UG
1 Station with 11 Contacts
KO4YIN
2 Stations with 9 Contacts
AG6X KA9FOX
14 Stations with 8 Contacts
CO8LY K1SM KA1MXL KE8UOH KG4OJT KQ4JSA KR4EOD N4NJJ N8RAF NF3R NP3DM W0OVX
W2CG WB2UBW
21 Stations with 7 Contacts
AA4NP AA4SS AC9XW D2UY K3ZK K4YT KA3FMO KB8OTK KD0XD KK6KC KR0P KX8X
N6AJR N7NHS N8UW W3YNI W9DHI WA3JAT WA4ZD WB8JUI WC1J
42 Stations with 6 Contacts
AB4BC AD9DU AE6CH K0PT K4TMR K5LD K7IOC K8BL KA6VKP KB1EFS KB2OBF KB9ELS
KD3GC KE9END KF0UR KF9JF KO3F KO6IHJ KW9U KY6AA KZ7Y N0VTY N3GHO N5VAN
N8PFK NA6JD NC7I NK4L VA5KEN W2BCC W4MAA W4PSK W4UTZ W5GFM W7WHO W7WKR
WA4HR WA4TED WB2BIN WB9HLA WD4AGF WS7M
87 Stations with 5 Contacts
AA1SU AA6JP AB0EZ AB6G AD6DL AD8IF AD9GE AK6MH CE3TSK HI3A K0DTM K0YL
K3WHD K4ACJ K4NCC K4SYT K4ZH K5EK K5KIP K6EGG K7EDM K7JUS KB3Z KC1OWN
KC2NJ KC3KMZ KC8GCR KC9DK KD2RUY KD3AN KD3BAT KD4EBL KD4YDD KE4YOG KE8ESJ KF2OG
KF6JXM KF8BRC KF8DZL KG8FM KI0E KP4QVQ KR4DWD KS0CW KT3S KW7E LU1VDF N0MGB
N0URB N1SK N2BJ N2LEE N2NT N2XSG N3YPL N4HAC N4MRM N4UCU N5TTT N6BCC
N6YYZ N7DNF N7TND N8HRZ N8KWC N8TEE ND9M NM3B NU1T PP5HR V31DL VA3KGB
VE2CKW VE2LBI W0PE W2GLH W3SW W4ZDP W5XO W6OHV W9MDM WA2HIP WA6GXQ WD8OQS
WM2V WY0V XQ3SK
166 Stations with 4 Contacts
8P6GE AA1SL AA4RF AC4ZH AC8RJ AD8J AG7TH CO8ZZ HI3QMT HI3RRR HI8RMQ HP1RY
IK4LZH K0HKL K1BMW K1JAK K1RH K1RZ K1UHF K2AK K4KWZ K4TXX K4UWC K4XN
K6GBZ K6LCN K6ND K6WRJ K7FD K7FR K8DID K8GIB K8NWN K9TC K9ZW KA3UJE
KA5PUD KA7RIC KB3OAD KB4KC KC0VTJ KC1OXG KC1UVP KC2OUV KC4DPT KC4SWL KC8ZKS KC9RAX
KC9YTT KD2WRM KD2YCK KD2YQS KD3BMM KD7SV KD8OBA KE0SOR KE2UK KE4QAY KE7AGC KE8USW
KE9AYZ KF0QIS KF2T KF4AAF KF4YHC KG4IIC KI7SKT KJ4KFJ KJ5DZV KJ5HBU KJ7BFE KM4SXE
KM7BQB KN4RNO KO4FQW KO4PDI KP4PI KQ4YOL KR4CCY KR4DFW KR4IRP KS4S KT8Q KU4A
KY4WI N0BTN N0NWY N1API N1DRS N1MIE N2CCG N2FBV N2LQH N3DAW N3DDD N3FMC
N3GTY N3QXC N3TBB N3TFX N4DWD N4NDR N4PGW N4RAF N4RTB N4YSA N6ZDH N7LD
N7XAK N8CWU N8NVI N8UVM N9BD N9HUG NA6MG NA9I NG2O NI6BB NL7D NO0X
NP3XF NS0Q NV1U PI4DX PW8BR VA2HMD VA2PM VA3BS VA3DAC VE2GCE VE2OPR VE3ARF
VE3ELL VE3INB VE6NS VE6ZMZ VE9LS VP2MAA W0ERB W0PU W3WIV W4IDX W4JHV W4SH
W6ACT W6AER W6GRE W6TOX W7DK W7GKB W7WRO W9AV W9CSO W9NT WA3MH WA5RIP
WB3JUV WB4ROX WB9JOX WD4OBP WD5GIE WD8CZG WI9HRO WS4ASE WX4DAT WY5L

Distance Statistics

This table shows the number of contacts at various distances (miles).

Longest QSO was 10173 miles to Sumatera Island, Indonesia, Asia on 40m.

Ham Radio Statistics - Distances on Bands
Distance Ranges 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m 6m 2m 70cm
0-499 mi 131 122 23 14 18
500-999 mi 305 1863 281 153 116
1000-1999 mi 397 2641 1231 1052 144
2000-2999 mi 12 55 75 79 2
3000-3999 mi 10 17 15
4000-4999 mi 1 22 48 109
5000-5999 mi 2 32 72 149
6000-6999 mi 10 67 42
7000-7999 mi 5 8 12
8000-8999 mi 1 7 2
>= 9000 mi 2 2 8

POTA Statistics

This table shows information about my POTA activations.

POTA information can be found at pota.app.

Ham Radio Statistics - My POTA Activations
Date Park Reference QSOs Confirmed Successful Start Time End Time Duration QSOs/Hour Comments
11/13/2025 Pedernales Falls State Park (TX) US-3048 32 28 Yes 15:23:15 17:15:11 1.9 17.2
04/23/2026 McKinney Falls State Park (TX) US-3038 81 67 Yes 14:13:26 18:19:26 4.1 19.8
08/25/2026 Lincoln National Forest (NM) US-4516 5 1 No 11:34:45 11:50:30 0.3 19.0 Trestle Depot Recreation Area; Radio malfunctioned because of bad ground
08/26/2026 Lincoln National Forest (NM) US-4516 24 19 Yes 10:26:30 11:35:15 1.1 20.9 Cathey Vista Trailhead