Chris had his best opening yet this morning. He worked something
like 35 North Americans. Now if only he could have heard the OX
calling him (or if only I could have worked the OX!).
Looking at the list for the day, it looks like Chris could have
checked into the W4 Pig Farmers' Net!
He is in high spirits about 160, after the ongoing antenna battles of
the last few months. I think he'll probably remain fairly active
over the next few weeks.
This morning was amazing; while Chris had his best ever conditions at
his sunrise, I had virtually nothing. I could hear a UA6 calling CQ
for about an hour, but almost nothing else on the band. I called CQ
for 75 minutes, and worked only a 7Q, W1 and G3. The G3 was armchair
copy, but not another European in sight.
Chris has now become aware of 9X4WW's situation. To the guy that
implied that there was some kind of a personal vendetta going on, I
can only say: You've obviously not operated Top Band from
southern Africa in summer. I can hear dozens of signals calling
me, but only one or two, at best, might be copiable. The static
level is almost never below S9. I'm 2000 km closer to Marc than
Chris is, and I sometimes have trouble identifying Marc's signal.
Maybe the remark says more about the author than about the
situation...
Chris R. Burger
ZS6EZ
ZS8IR Dupe Sheet (After sunrise 10 Feb, 148 Stations)
* indicates new additions (since 8 Feb)
If you're on this list, you will receive a QSL. PLEASE do not work
him again! He only has two months left on the island.
3C5Z
4N7Z
9A2TW
9Q5MRC
9X4WW
A71CW
AA1K
AA4R
AB0X*
C91CO
DF0RX
DJ2YA
DJ6RX
DJ7AA
DJ8WL
DL1AUZ
DL3DX
DL3DXX
DL3KDV*
EM1KA
FT5WF
G3FPQ
G3KMA
G3PQA
G3RPB
G3SNN
G4BWP
GI0KOW
GI3OQR
GW3LDH
GW4VEQ
HA0DU
IV3PRK*
JA4CQS
JA4LXY
JA4MRL
K1MEM
K1UO
K1ZM
K2BU
K2WK
K3ANS
K3UL
K4ODL*
K4PB*
K4PI*
K4QL*
K4SO*
K4TEA*
K4YYL*
K4ZW
K6EID*
K8MFO
K9YY*
KG4W
KG6I
KJ1C
N0TB
N0XAT*
N2QT*
N4CC*
N4CFL
N4JJ
N4JJ*
N4RJ*
N4RV
N4SU
N4VZ
N4WW*
NN4T*
NR0X*
NU4D*
NX0I*
OH1XX
OH2BU
OH3ES
OH3LYG
OH3YI
OH8KN
OH9RJ
OK1DOT
OK1DQ
OK1DQT
OM2TAW
OM2XW
OM5XX
ON4UN
OZ1ING
OZ1LO
OZ1PZ
OZ7YY
OZ8ABE
S79MX
SM3EVR
SM3YIJ
SM4CAN
SM4HCM
SM5BFJ
SM5EDX
SM5JE
SM6CTQ
SM6CVX
SM6MCW
SP3IOE
SP5CTY
SP5EWY
SP5GRM
TO0R
VE1ZZ
VE3DO*
VE9AA*
VK0IR
VO1NA
W1JR
W1JZ
W1OO
W1ZK*
W2OKM
W2VO*
W3GH*
W3LPL
W3UM*
W3UR
W3VGN
W4DR
W4MYA
W4NT*
W4OWJ*
W4PK*
W4PY*
W4TO*
W4YV
W4ZV
W8WA
W9ZR
WA2UUK
WB2P
WB9Z
WT3Q
WW1O
WW3Y
YU7BW
ZS4TX
ZS5LB
ZS5NK
ZS6EZ
ZS6P
ZS6UT
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