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DXCC Yearbook
Interesting articles about the year's DXing activities and the Clinton B. DeSoto Cup and DXCC Challenge standings. The publication is free of charge for recent participants in the DXCC program. Others can purchase the Yearbook for $5 by submitting an order form (plain text or PDF form), or contacting the DXCC Branch (dxcc@arrl.org).

Also available: The ARRL DXCC List

48 pages. 2007 edition. © 2008, The American Radio Relay, Inc.

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The complete guide to prefix identification and information.

Ever wondered what that "unusual" call sign was? The fully updated "RSGB Prefix Guide" answers the question.

This comprehensive list of prefixes is revised and improved. Not just a listing of prefixes and their entities, the guide provides a host of useful additional material. References include a prefix's continent, CQ Zone, ITU Zone, Latitude and Longitude and many other details.

This edition includes all the elements that have made the book so popular over the years such as DXCC deleted entities, Russian & CIS entities, the popular DXCC checklist, and details of various award programs: IOTA, CQ WAZ, DXCC, WAS and others. New for this edition is an index of countries and their callsign allocations divided by continent.

Designed with a "lay flat" wire binding for ease of use.

80 pages. Eighth edition, © 2007, published by Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).

Celebrating 45 Years of the IOTA (Islands on the Air)

Special Feature: Take a look back at the last 45 years of IOTA. Plus, everything you need to enjoy collecting or operating from islands for this popular worldwide program!

The 45th Anniversary Edition of the IOTA Directory is your essential guide to participating in the Islands on the Air (IOTA) award program. Fully updated, it provides the complete, official listing of IOTA islands available, with the many recent changes. It includes details of the award rules, the IOTA contest, the IOTA honor roll, and fascinating reports of IOTA operations. A must-have for every island chaser!

128 pages. ©, 2009, published by Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).

More than 40 years of the IOTA (Islands on the Air) are celebrated in the essential guide to participating in the program.

This glossy book contains everything needed to enjoy collecting or operating from islands for this popular worldwide program.

This New Edition builds on the extensive data revision seen in recent years. Fully updated, it provides the only complete, official listing of IOTA islands available, with the many recent changes. The Directory lists all islands that qualify for IOTA, grouped by continent, and indexed by prefix. It also details the award rules, and includes application forms and masses of information and advice for island hunters and intending award applicants and DXpeditioners alike. This edition also contains a special feature covering the new IOTA online software.

© 2007, published by Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).

This is the history of three travelers spanning the birth of YASME--the boat that carried young sailor Danny Weil on his first voyages beginning in 1954--and the lives of famed ham radio DXpeditioners Lloyd and Iris Colvin. The Colvins' worldwide adventures continue to be recounted in ham radio circles, epitomizing the spirit of international friendship through Amateur Radio and their 30-year association with the YASME Foundation.

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Commissioned by The YASME Foundation and published by ARRL.

320 page. © 2003, published by The American Radio Relay League.

by Jeff Briggs, K1ZM.

A fascinating chronicle of what it takes to navigate the 160 meter band. Includes useful operating tips and descriptions for many practical antennas needed to be successful on 160 meters. This book includes an audio CD with some truly exotic and exciting QSOs made from prominent DX stations. Many photos and historical information included, from the early 1930s through present day.

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Book with audio CD. First edition, second printing. © 1997-1998, The American Radio Relay League, Inc.

The official source of DXCC information! Record the DXCC Entities you've worked and QSLed! This new edition includes a complete listing of DX Century Club rules including the latest changes and clarifications. It includes the current entity list, deleted entities, and recent DXCC Entity additions. Also included: a prefix cross-reference, the list of international call sign series, and much more. Descriptions of all DXCC awards are covered, and information about how to get numerous DXCC items, such as pins and plaques. This is a "must have" for every DXer.

May 2009 edition. © 2009, The American Radio Relay League, Inc.

One of the most popular DX books ever written!

Covers nearly every significant aspect of DXing. Learn how to REALLY listen, how to snatch the rare ones out of the pile-ups, the excitement of landing the newone, and the agony of defeat.

Since first publication in 1983, The Complete DX'er has become the guidebook for the rising DX hunter. This third edition fully retains the approach and feel of this all time classic. It is a highly entertaining diary of a serious DX chaser, and at the same time full of lessons for DX'ing success!

223 pages. © 2003, published by Idiom Press.

Shortwave Listeners (SWL-ers) have long enjoyed this most popular guide to World Band Radio! Passport explains it all - how to get started, what to buy, where to tune. There are more than 100 countries reaching out every day with news, music, sports and entertainment. With Passport as your guide, you'll have the world at your fingertips.

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2009 edition. © 2008, published by International Broadcasting Services, Ltd.

With HamCall CD-ROM, you can look up hams by call, name, street address, city, state, postal code, county, and country. View photographs, edit records to change addresses, add new records, delete edited records, add e-mail addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and add your own text notes. US data includes: call sign, class, name, address, license issue date, expiration date, birth date (for the 664,000+ US birth dates still in the database), previous call(s), previous class, grid square, time zone, area code, county, QSL manager, e-mail address, WWW URL and FAX numbers. Displays precise latitude/longitude for almost every US and DX call. Supported by over two dozen logging programs--including Buckmaster’s own HCLog--and packet BBS systems. Calculates beam heading and distance from your home QTH automatically (distance is measured in miles and kilometers).

Now includes a Buckmaster Rotor Control feature which allows automatic rotator control with Hy-Gain/MFJ and Yaesu SDX/DXA control boxes equipped with an Idiom Press Rotor-EZ board. Your purchase gives you FREE full access to the Internet Online HamCall Search Service for a full 6 months, at no additional charge. Enhanced label-printing capabilities for Windows. You can pick the printer and font, and print almost any size labels. Label size, margins, columns, and rows are fully configurable. Requires Windows. Updated regularly.

CD-ROM. © 2003-2008, by Buckmaster.

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Laminated (27 x 39 inches) and shipped in a protective tube.

© 2003-2008, published by American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL).

by Enrico Stumpf-Siering, DL2VFR

Designed to bring various aspects of DX closer to experienced radio amateurs and newcomers, this handy reference will find its place on that mini-expedition and in the shack. Generations of DXers have contributed to it with their experience and expertise. Now, all the relevant knowledge and data a DXer needs is available in one book. It covers:

Shortwave DX Handbook provides an easy way into the fascinating world of DX. This book will become a trusty companion for all radio amateurs interested in DX and enable them to take part in all kinds of DX activities.

419 pages. © 2005, by DARC Verlag GmbH.

These DXpedition video excerpts tell compelling stories of fear, frustration and sheer joy as DX traveler Bob Allphin, K4UEE recounts the highlights (and lowlights) of his most heralded trips, all named "DXpeditions of the Year".

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.

Published since 1920. More than 1,600,000 licensed radio amateurs! Includes United States and International call sign listings covering more than 250 countries, islands and dependencies.

Winter 2010 edition. © 2009, by Radio Amateur Callbook

Published since 1920. More than 1,600,000 licensed radio amateurs! Includes United States and International call sign listings covering more than 250 countries, islands and dependencies.

Summer 2009 edition. © 2009, by Radio Amateur Callbook

The K5D Dxpedition video, entitled, "Desecheo---so near, yet so far" is full of exciting footage of helicopter trips, the island from the air, camp set-up and takedown, pileups, and an inside look into the logistics of a big DXpedition.

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.

Travel along with the team as they move 2,000 pounds of equipment 600 miles overland with two AK-47-toting guards. Watch them put up eight antennas for the CQ World-wide CW contest in November 2000, hear their massive pileups, and more.

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.

Hear the huge pileups as heard from the bottom of the world at the bottom of the sunspot cycle.

Watch the daring rescue of a Team member and 3 ship's crewman as they remove the last gear from the Island.

All this in an hour long drama!

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.

DVD. Produced by Bob Allphin, K4UEE.