With the help of Derek, V51DM in Namibia I reached 100 DXCC on Greencube IO-117 only. I have no homestation, so this was either done fully battery powered from portable or with my 10 ele Alaskan Arrow antenna handheld. I did my first QSO on Greencube in Feb 2023, so it took roughly 15 months to reach this milestone. GreenCube, also known as Italy OSCAR 117, or IO-117 for short, is an Italian technology testing and amateur radio satellite in 3U-CubeSat format. The project is coordinated by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and took advantage of a launch opportunity offered by ESA. At the end of the mission, the satellite was recently taken over by AMSAT Italia.
Worked DXCC until June 2024:
