TopBand: The ZL7 DXpedition

[Robert Brown]

Friends in Radio Land,

You probably saw the announcement of the DXpedition by Joerg, DL8WPZX, on 
the Reflector this morning.  The date of the operation is from February 
23 to March 9, 1998.

The point of this message is to call your attention to the fact that this 
will be an UNUSUAL situation as the antipodal point for Chatham Island 
(44S, 178W) is in southern Europe (44N, 2E), southern France to be 
particular.   In that regard, it resembles the VK0IR DXpedition as there 
will be a "dead zone" associated with it, a region where D-region 
absorption will overpower signals from ZL7.  For the VK0IR DXpedition, 
the region was very large, covering more than 5 times the area of Texas.
In the present case, the "dead zone" is a small area in Africa, centered 
on Ghana and Nigeria.  (Check your mapping program for details.)

With the antipodal point in a region of intense Top Band activity, the 
DXpedition promises to produce interesting observations related to 
contacts and SWL reports.  In the most elementary terms, this could 
be an incredible propagation experiment and the participation of all is 
requested.  But be sure to first check times of sunrise and sunset, as 
appropriate, and then be complete in your observations, giving

			Date
			Time
			Antenna
			Direction
			Comments

Please give us the benefit of your observations; it will be important to 
Top Band DXing!  VERY IMPORTANT!!!

Thanks for your kind consideration, all the best and 73,

Bob, NM7M
			

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