New DXCC ST0R, Southern Sudan

[Paul VanOveren-2]

As of this morning, they have made 117,094 Qso’s, worked 174 countries and all 40 DX Zones, and 3 of the 5 stations are using K3’s of course, pretty impressive.

NF8J
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[Tony Estep]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Paul VanOveren <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ... all 40 DX Zones...

========
 It took them a long time to finally get their 40th zone, which ironically
was Zone 34, the zone in which they are located. The regulars in that zone
are ST2AR and SU9VB, but for whatever reason neither one has worked ST0R.
They have a single call in the log from 34, SU1SK.

In the most recent QST, the editorial was devoted to trying to figure out
how many hams there are in the world. The figures are soft, because not all
countries furnish data, but their estimate was that there may be about 2
million licensed stations, with a somewhat larger number of individual hams.
Of these, a substantial number are VHF-only licenses. As of this morning,
ST0R has worked 27,000+ different calls. This may provide a rough count of
the number of hams who care about DX, since it's a new one for everybody.
Comparing this to the total, one might conclude that fewer than 2% of hams
are DX chasers. Note that the number of QSOs is 6.5x the number of calls
worked! Guys are working them on many bands/modes.


Tony KT0NY
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can't work em if you can't hear them!

GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan

On 8/9/2011 10:22 AM, Tony Estep wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Paul VanOveren<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
>> ... all 40 DX Zones...
>
> ========
>   It took them a long time to finally get their 40th zone, which ironically
> was Zone 34, the zone in which they are located. The regulars in that zone
> are ST2AR and SU9VB, but for whatever reason neither one has worked ST0R.
> They have a single call in the log from 34, SU1SK.
>
> In the most recent QST, the editorial was devoted to trying to figure out
> how many hams there are in the world. The figures are soft, because not all
> countries furnish data, but their estimate was that there may be about 2
> million licensed stations, with a somewhat larger number of individual hams.
> Of these, a substantial number are VHF-only licenses. As of this morning,
> ST0R has worked 27,000+ different calls. This may provide a rough count of
> the number of hams who care about DX, since it's a new one for everybody.
> Comparing this to the total, one might conclude that fewer than 2% of hams
> are DX chasers. Note that the number of QSOs is 6.5x the number of calls
> worked! Guys are working them on many bands/modes.
>
>
> Tony KT0NY

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[wb6rse1]

Elecraft is also an advertised favorite of next February's HKØNA DXpedition to Malpelo.

HKØNA Malpelo DXpedition 2012

equipped with K3s and KPA500s:

Equipments & Frequencies « HKØNA Malpelo DXpedition 2012

73 - Steve WB6RSE
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[wb6rse1]

Elecraft is also an advertised favorite of next February's HKØNA DXpedition to Malpelo.

http://hk0na.com/

equipped with K3s and KPA500s:

http://hk0na.com/frecuencies-2/

73 - Steve WB6RSE
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[Tony Estep]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:08 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Elecraft is also an advertised favorite of next February's HKØNA DXpedition
> to Malpelo....
>
> =========
On a similar note, TY1KS is currently on the air from Benin with 2 K3s and 1
K2, plus amps.

http://www.dxcoffee.com/ty1ks/

They are not as omnipresent, nor as easy to hear and work as ST0R, but
they're trying hard, especially on 17M SSB.

Tony KT0NY
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