Weeks 20-21 | US STATE CHALLENGE
After a long 1000+ Mile Challenge and a week off, it is time to bring things back closer to home.
We are bringing back the popular US State Challenge. We premiered this challenge last season and several DXers were able to add new states to their logbook!
Our rules are simple….log as many US States as you can! We are using the same rules for this challenge that we used for the Country Challenge earlier this year. Your first log of a US State gives you 5 points. Your second log gives you 10. The points cap off at 2 logs/10 points per state. You are more than welcome to log more than that from a state, but only the first two logs/10 points count for the scoreboard.
The challenge begins at 0200 UTC on Saturday, February 21, 2026 and runs through 0200 UTC on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
Only receptions made during this timeframe will count towards the challenge.
The entire mediumwave band is available to DXers to complete this challenge from 530 to 1710 kHz. Only licensed broadcast stations from the US will be counted: normal radio stations, TIS/HAR stations all count but no pirates, no images/spurs/harmonics, etc.
Portable operations are encouraged, within 25 miles of your home location.
Receptions must be reported through the entry form at dxchallenges.com. Users must be registered to submit logs (registration is free and is just in place so you don’t have to enter your name and location with each log).
You are trying to enter a logging, but need to first login or register as a DXer. Please click on "Login / Register" at the top of the page to proceed. If you are seeing this message after logging in, a 'refresh' of the page should allow you to submit entries (stupid cookies).
INTRODUCING OUR NEW DATA ANALYSIS DASHBOARD!
HOW TO USE THIS DASHBOARD: The five filters at the top will filter all tables and maps on this dashboard. To clear a filter, just delete your text and hit enter, this will refresh all data to remove all filtering. All tables and maps are exportable to a PDF, Google Sheets spreadsheet, or CSV, as needed. For some filters such as DXer name, station and country, partial matches will still yield results. Frequency and State/Prov (two-letter abbreviation) must be exact.