50 MHz in 2026

Well, today is the equinox, which marks the beginning of fall, so I can assume that the 6-meter season is over. Here are a few results from the season.

I made 180 QSOs on 50 MHz in 2026. In 2025, I made 269 QSOs. That’s a significant difference that I’m only now noticing as I’m tallying up the year’s results. I made my first two QSOs of the 6-meter season on April 19. Both were with stations from DL. I made my last QSOs of 2026 on August 19. After that, even though I continued to monitor the 6-meter band, I didn’t hear any more stations.

As you can see from the QSO map, I made most of my QSOs within Europe. Only a few were outside Europe—specifically to the Canary Islands, North Africa, and a few to Asia.

In total, I worked 45 DXCC countries on 50 MHz in 2026. The distribution of the countries can be seen on the QSO map.

In 2025, I had worked 47 DXCC countries.
Unfortunately, operating on 4 meters was not permitted in DL in 2026.

Here is the QSO map:

 

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.