Shortwave Logbook

Jerry Johnston · Lexington, Kentucky · Logging since 1976
1,974Entries
707Stations
211Countries
231QSL Stations
141QSL Countries
BandsALLLWMW120m90m75m60m49m41m31m25m22m19m16m13m11m

Station totals — 1976 to 2026

Last entry: 31-Oct-2026

1,974Logbook entries
707Stations heard
211Countries heard
526Recordings taped
291QSLs received
231QSL new stations
141QSL new countries
73%QSL response rate

Entries per year

1976: 4 entries1977: 6 entries1978: 45 entries1979: 109 entries1980: 101 entries19801981: 168 entries1982: 93 entries1983: 50 entries1984: 16 entries19851988: 27 entries1989: 111 entries1990: 213 entries19901991: 116 entries1992: 18 entries1993: 128 entries1994: 81 entries1995: 21 entries19951996: 21 entries1997: 12 entries1998: 25 entries1999: 31 entries2000: 36 entries20002001: 54 entries2002: 67 entries2003: 32 entries2004: 51 entries2005: 40 entries20052006: 56 entries2007: 56 entries2008: 14 entries2009: 16 entries2010: 10 entries20102011: 1 entries2012: 8 entries2013: 6 entries2014: 3 entries2015: 8 entries20152016: 1 entries2017: 14 entries2019: 8 entries2020: 6 entries20202021: 7 entries2022: 23 entries2023: 19 entries2024: 12 entries2025: 5 entries20252026: 25 entries

Verifications by continent

ContinentLogsStations CountriesQSLs
Europe 32143 3656
Africa 33433 2950
Asia 35740 3345
Oceania 15922 1322
North/Central America 46063 1683
South America 30629 1334
Antarctica 81 11
(unassigned) 290 00
TOTALS 1974 231 141 291

Logs by band

BandLogs
LW6
MW14
120m19
90m74
75m17
60m340
49m239
41m242
31m292
25m236
22m27
19m183
16m62
13m30
11m7

Most-logged countries

CountryLogs
United States 254
Brazil 88
Australia 49
Colombia 47
Canada 46
Ecuador 37
China 37
Papua New Guinea 33
Peru 33
Indonesia 32
Venezuela 31
Russia 30

Most-logged stations

StationLogs
Voice of America (VOA) 49
BBC 39
Unidentified 32
Radio Moscow 22
All India Radio (AIR) 22
Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) 21
Radio Australia 20
Deutsche Welle 19
Radio RSA 13
Kol Israel 13
Trans World Radio 13
Vatican Radio 13

On this day — November 7

YearStationkHzCountry
2004 Mystery Radio(?) (Europirate) 6220 Italy
2020 Ballsmacker Radio (Pirate) 3480 United States
2021 TWR India 12075 Armenia

QSL reports awaiting reply (109)

SentStationkHzCountry
17-Oct-2026 77LJS (Pirate) 6930 USB United States
16-Sep-2026 CNR1 - Voice of China 9885 China
16-Sep-2026 Mix Radio International (Pirate) 6950 USB United States
12-Sep-2026 Mizzima Radio (Clandestine) 11830 Uzbekistan
12-Sep-2026 WDOG (Pirate) 6950 USB United States
12-Sep-2026 WDDR (Pirate) 6980 USB United States
27-Aug-2026 77LJS (Pirate) 3375 USB United States
27-Aug-2026 KEVL Radio (Pirate) 4770 USB United States
26-Aug-2026 Sternradio (Pirate) 6923 United States
26-Aug-2024 Radio Romania International 11620 Romania
12-Nov-2023 Ifrikya FM 13790 Algeria
03-Nov-2019 Captain Morgan Shortwave (Pirate) 6924.19 United States
21-May-2019 WTWW 5085 United States
15-Sep-2006 Take It Easy Radio (Pirate) 6925 USB United States
07-May-2005 Derby Shortwave (Pirate) 6925 USB United States
04-Oct-2004 Voice International 13685 Australia
23-Dec-2002 Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 9770 Sri Lanka
10-Dec-2002 Voice of America (VOA) 6035 Sao Tome
22-Oct-2001 Lao National Radio 6130 Laos
11-Jul-2001 Radio Madagasikara 5009.6 Madagascar
20-Jan-2001 Voice of America (VOA) 13745 Northern Mariana Islands
16-Jan-2001 American Forces Network (AFN) 12579 USB Diego Garcia
30-May-2000 Radio Mayak 15410 Russia
06-Jan-1995 Radio Frecuencia 5700 Peru
06-Jan-1995 Radio Myanmar 5990 Myanmar

See all 109 pending reports »