As the year 2016 .... comes to an end

Thanks to all the stations who, for whatever reason, decided to take time to dig my little signal and get me into their logs.  Here are but some of the notables:

1. E51WDC on 17m for a new DXCC for DX Marathon
2. ZL4YL - 15 y.o. young lady Xenia for a new DXCC for DX Marathon 
3. VK2DX - a new DXCC and a new Zone
4. VO2NS - the ever so rare Zone 2 (so close yet so far)
5. TL8AO and TL0A - a very rare DXCC entity - Central African Republic
6. EL2DT - Liberia - favorite frequency is 14.042 - worked him with the K1
7. CY9C - Expedition to Saint Paul Island
8. 3B9FR - Close to being an antipode from where I am at over 10000 miles
9. JM7OLW - Japan - 6713 miles and CQ Zone 25
10. RI1ANR - Antartica -8800 miles and CQ Zone 38
11. 4S7AB - Sri Lanka - 9313 miles on the grey line
12. 3D2AG/P - Rotuma Island - 7736 miles and  1st time into Zone 32