TopBand: Southern Africa last night

[Chris R. Burger]

Nil at ZS8IR; he could only hear the V5.  He will probably be on 1821 
and listed DOWN 2 in future.

I had a bad night (still continuous thunderstorms).  Sunrise was 
better, with around two dozen stations logged.  Very little in Europe.

The V5 boys seem to be having lots of fun.  When I spoke to George 
this morning, he indicated that they'd made something like 500 QSOs 
on 160.  The best night produced around 275 contacts.  Exact 
statistics are not available, as they're using a combination of paper 
and computer logging.  They are using the inverted V off the 
lighthouse, and now also have a Beverage (I assume it's towards the 
US).  They've worked a number of JA stations, too.

They are now aware of the conflict with the 9X, and will try to avoid 
spilling the pileup onto Marc's frequency.

Chris R. Burger
ZS6EZ

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