I'm a minor sort of ham, casual conversation type, but my husband is a die-hard DXer - he's at 335 right now, ARRL having belatedly allowed his Yemen contact. Needs N. Korea (the biggie), Kingman Reef, and Glorioso.
I need to put him to work on figuring out a ringtone.
Woof - I live in Ak and thought getting a confirmed HL9 was a biggie - that and working Jim Smith (VK9NS Norwalk IS) on 10M SSB!
Jim is a SK as of April, so will no longer be able to delight the newer DX hounds.... a shame, one of the last of the real gentlemen of the old school