TopBand: The Latest from Luderitz, Namibia: V51Z, V5/ZS6YG & V5/W8UVZ

[George Guerin]

     Hi Gang:  
     
     I got the following from Charlie and George on 40 phone last night 
     about 0520.
     
     The totals on 160 are 991 contacts plus 78 in the contest for a total 
     of 1069 contacts.  About 100 are with Japanese amateurs.  This is the 
     first V5-JA operation ever!  They will try for more JA's and all other 
     callers this evening.  They will be QRV from after dinner their time 
     through 0500 when the sun takes out 160 meter signals.  
     
     The high inverted V and two beverages will be taken down Tuesday 
     morning, 18 Feb 1997, then they depart for South Africa.
     
     The gang will take down their tribander and K9AY 80 meter antenna 
     today.  This will leave an antenna on 40 and maybe a wire dipole 
     somewhere else.
     
     After the contest they got as far west as KH6AT and a number of US 
     sixes and sevens.
     
     
     For the contesters and Jimmy Floyd:  The totals, very raw, are 3300 
     contacts and 255 multipliers for a score around 2.55 million in the 
     multi-operator 2 transmitter category.  Band by band breakdowns:
     
     Band:      10      Number of contacts      100+/-  Atlantic to Ohio
                15                              900+/-
                20                              900+
                40                              800+
                80                              500+/-
               160                               78 
     
     Other goodies worked on 160 include 9M2AX, YE0AX, VK6HD, VK6VZ, lots 
     of middle east and over 60 countries on top band.
     
     QSL V5/W8UVZ via W8UVZ.  QSL others via KY0A, now W0YG.
     
     
     73 and good luck           George          K8GG
     
     
     PS for Jimmy Floyd:  pls send what scores you have to me at 
     george.guerin@kellogg.com this afternoon.   Thank you.

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