What is DX?
Amateur (Ham) radio operators can be a weird bunch. I can say that because I have been one for 53 years. One of the most popular facets of the hobby is to contact as many distant (DX) stations as possible, specifically countries, or as we refer to them now, entities, as many are not countries but islands usually under the control of another country. There is some sort of criteria, but as of today, there are 340 different entities. A good number of these entities have no permanent population, like Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic ocean, or Clipperton Island in the Pacific. Some may be populated but have no ham radio operators. So ham radio operators will recruit a crew of operators, take equipment food and supplies, and maybe charter a ship to go to them. This is called a "DXpedition". Then over a period of days or weeks, contact as many stations as possible. A valid contact is an exchange of callsigns, and a signal report. B...