[UK-CONTEST] Great Circle DX Map

[Clive Whelan]

I am of a certain age and am looking at my SWM map on the shack wall 
right now :-)

Actually this copy is dated August 1982, and was my second copy. It was 
drawn by A.J.Nicholls with DX information by the legendary Geoff Watts. 
I may take this to the Antiques Road Show when it's next in town! The 
first was from 1959 and was decorated with a border of QSLs from the 
likes of ZD8J, and ZA2RPS from an era when ZA was as rare as P5 is 
today. Sadly it did not survive the rigours  of sunlight through the 
shack window. Yes we used to get sunshine in those days, and Oxo cubes 
used to come in a nice little tin which you could recycle as a small 
chassis, or keep your BA nuts and bolts in. The downside was that we 
actually had to pass examinations to get a licence ;-)

Despite the gathering of aficionados here, my best guess is that today 
there would  be insufficient market for a print run. I'd like to think 
I'm wrong, as the 1982 version still lists San Marino as 9A and M1. My 
how times change !


73


Clive
GW3NJW


On 20/10/2010 10:56, Steve GW4BLE wrote:


> Best great circle map ever was the Short Wave Magazine one from the '70s. Those of a certain age  will no doubt remember...
>
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> Steve
> GW4BLE
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 20 Oct 2010, at 10:07, "Robin Thompson"<robin at g3tkf.co.uk>  wrote:
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>> I have a feeling this was discussed in front of the RSGB stand at the
>> convention !
>> But has anyone found a supply of the maps !... mine got thrown out a couple
>> of years ago and was very useful for covering up patches on the wall ! ;-)
>>
>> Robin
>> G3TKF
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:uk-contest-
>>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sergeant
>>> Sent: 06 October 2010 07:00
>>> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Great Circle DX Map
>>>
>>> On 5 Oct 2010 at 20:35, G4FNL wrote:
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>>>        
>>>> Sorry for the slightly off topic query - but does anyone know where one
>>>> can buy a large printed (A1 or A2) sized Great Circle DX Map, centred on
>>>> the UK?
>>>>
>>>> 73 Graham G4FNL
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Don't RSGB still sell their wall chart one? Mine has been on the wall
>>> for donkey's years, all the prefixes on it are long out of date and it
>>> has HQ in Doughty Street, but it does the job.
>>>
>>> 73 Dave G3YMC
>>>
>>> http://www.davesergeant.com
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