Good morning. Here in the US, it’s a National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter, the first former president to live to 100. That means things won’t fully operate as normal today, and flags will fly at half-staff for the next 30 days.

NCDXF is pleased to announce its financial support for the February 2026 3Y0K Bouvet DXpedition. There will be two grants totaling up to $200,000. The first will be a downpayment of $100,000. The second will be a dollar for dollar match up to $100,000. The match will be a challenge to the clubs and hams that donate prior to the DXpedition.

The latest edition of the NCDXF newsletter (Winter 2024) is available for download and includes articles about: CY9C (St. Paul Is.); FT4GL (Glorioso Is.); XT2MD (Burkina Faso); 6O7T (Somaliland); A8OK (Liberia); “Better Low Band Reception” (AA7JV); and Cycle 25 Fund & Cycle 25 Society.

2,025,799,595 QSO records have been entered into the LoTW system.