EP6T - "What we work for the hardest, is the most precious of all - Paul Greaves W4FC"

Let's look at some statistics.  These are not the final ones ....

Band	PH	CW	RTTY	Total	Total %
AF	171	102	28	301	0.7%
AN	0	1	0	1	0.0%
AS	1900	4771	530	7201	17.5%
EU	12978	14258	2256	29492	71.5%
NA	1641	1559	91	3291	8.0%
OC	267	188	35	490	1.2%
SA	247	201	30	478	1.2%
Totals	17204	21080	2970	41254

North America only collected 8% of the total QSOs and the US less than that as the Canadians must have gotten a portion of it.

Band	160	80	40	30	20	17	15	12	10	Total	Total %
AF	0	1	20	11	101	39	48	33	48	301	0.7%
AN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%
AS	157	573	1126	447	842	661	1352	911	1132	7201	17.5%
EU	716	1615	2885	2813	4951	4373	4380	3801	3958	29492	71.5%
NA	5	183	787	326	821	464	211	277	217	3291	8.0%
OC	0	9	29	11	134	77	142	50	38	490	1.2%
SA	0	2	30	18	259	21	35	24	89	478	1.2%
Totals	878	2383	4877	3626	7109	5635	6168	5096	5482	41254

The most productive band is still 20m with 17m a distant second.  

Needless to say, my peers in the US were happy to pick up even 1 QSO with this radio expedition as trying to make a QSO, with all the lids, jammers, local noise conditions on the island, was difficult at best, impossible for some.  KU4XO worked an entire weekend for a QSO (lots of coffee, Mountain Dew, and little sleep.  WM4AA spent 8 hours of total calling time to get one QSO.  Some, like, ND7J, with sleuth and luck working together, were able to do it with one call.   In my case, it was handed to me like a gift by Dave K4SV.  I went to Dave's station in Tryon and he was working EP6T on 20m CW when I entered his shack.  Within about a minute of my entering the room,Dave worked him and I tail-ended on his TX frequency my call - and he answered TU 599.  I had tried to work EP6T on 30m for several nights without much luck although 30m propagation had been good.  The day after working him, I went to the station of Bob ND7J and we tried to work them on several bands and modes - 17m CW, 15m phone, 12m phone without any luck.  At the time of this writing - only one QSO for me.