KF8EXX Has Achieved DXCC!

[Clark L. Stewart]

Pat, KF8EXX, has been burning up the bands with his Yaesu FT-710, CushCraft R-8, and tribander.  This week he passed the 100 mark on LoTW confirmations and has submitted his DXCC Application.



All of this has been achieved using only CW and SSB modes.  But, on 2026-06-18 I made a trip to his QTH and FINALLY managed to get WSJT-X working on his laptop.  It took purchasing a license for a Virtual Serial Port Emulator from Eterlogic so that the COM port from his radio could be split to work with BOTH Logger32 and WSJT-X at the same time.  JTAlert was also installed so that QSO's from WSJT-X are immediately uploaded to Logger32.  Once all that was working, we made a half dozen QSO's and when I checked PSK Maps the next day, here is were in the world he was heard:




812 reception reports were logged by PSK Maps in his brief operating period (mostly on 15-M) with stations in at least 56 countries including VK6KC in Western Australia (nearly the opposite side of the Earth!) - 11,341 miles away.  Not too shabby for 100-watts to a vertical!!!

Once he starts using FT8, the world will open up for him for certain and his DXCC totals will take off!

As an aside, he received his first SWL card from F-10444 in France reporting on his QSO with a UA6 station on 20-CW.  Pat had never heard of anything like this so this was a learning experience.  We got a QSL sent back to the French SWL station in short order.

Next I configured N1MM+ for him and in a bit he will participate for the first time in the WV QSO Party.  It is so much fun to work with someone with the "Ham Radio FIRE" burning so brightly in him!

He is learning fast too.  He made a QSO with 9K2ES for what (at that time) would have been Country No. 100.  He checked the online log for 9K2ES and saw a QSO for "F8EXX" - it looked like the first letter of his call was missed by the Kuwait.  On his own (at my suggestion) he emailed 9K2ES and a fast response told him the log would be corrected!


73, Clark, W8TN

[Hal Turley]

Congratulations, Pat! Looks like you are off to a great start in your DX career. I look forward to following along with your progress… and perhaps hope to work you someday too from the DX-side of the pileup!

73 es DX de Hal W8HC

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On Jun 20, 2026, at 11:44 AM, Clark L. Stewart <w8...@ntelos.net> wrote:

 Pat, KF8EXX, has been burning up the bands with his Yaesu FT-710, CushCraft R-8, and tribander.  This week he passed the 100 mark on LoTW confirmations and has submitted his DXCC Application.

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All of this has been achieved using only CW and SSB modes.  But, on 2026-06-18 I made a trip to his QTH and FINALLY managed to get WSJT-X working on his laptop.  It took purchasing a license for a Virtual Serial Port Emulator from Eterlogic so that the COM port from his radio could be split to work with BOTH Logger32 and WSJT-X at the same time.  JTAlert was also installed so that QSO's from WSJT-X are immediately uploaded to Logger32.  Once all that was working, we made a half dozen QSO's and when I checked PSK Maps the next day, here is were in the world he was heard:

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812 reception reports were logged by PSK Maps in his brief operating period (mostly on 15-M) with stations in at least 56 countries including VK6KC in Western Australia (nearly the opposite side of the Earth!) - 11,341 miles away.  Not too shabby for 100-watts to a vertical!!!

Once he starts using FT8, the world will open up for him for certain and his DXCC totals will take off!

As an aside, he received his first SWL card from F-10444 in France reporting on his QSO with a UA6 station on 20-CW.  Pat had never heard of anything like this so this was a learning experience.  We got a QSL sent back to the French SWL station in short order.

Next I configured N1MM+ for him and in a bit he will participate for the first time in the WV QSO Party.  It is so much fun to work with someone with the "Ham Radio FIRE" burning so brightly in him!

He is learning fast too.  He made a QSO with 9K2ES for what (at that time) would have been Country No. 100.  He checked the online log for 9K2ES and saw a QSO for "F8EXX" - it looked like the first letter of his call was missed by the Kuwait.  On his own (at my suggestion) he emailed 9K2ES and a fast response told him the log would be corrected!


73, Clark, W8TN

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[David Wiley]

Congratulations, Pat!!

[Larry Fravel]

Congratz Pat!

Larry K8YYY

 Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. 
–Elvis Presley

On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM Clark L. Stewart <w8...@ntelos.net> wrote:

[ALAN CARPENTER]

Congrats, Pat !

Alan R. Carpenter
W8OP

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[Tommy Hodges]

Congratulations!!!! We are /M for the QP today. It’s been slow and rough!

Tommy K8AAT

Aireal W8AAT

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[Bob Anthony]

Congratulations Pat very impressive, and keep after the DX. YOUR in good company will the WVDXA group. 

W8om (Papa November) 

Bob Anthony 

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[N8NN Bert]

Excellent!  All that hard work and fun has paid off with DXCC.  Congratulations!

Bert N8NN

[John Boggess]

Congratulations !  You have motivated me to brush up on my code and get on the air in CW mode. FT8 is a fun mode to explore and a whole new way of chasing DX,  Enjoy !