ZS6BTE – Personal Information

Updated 28 September 2005

QSL information. 1

6m DXCC List – 103 and counting. 2

Satellite DXCC List – 80 and counting. 4

Some ZS6BTE milestones and achievements

Grid Square List – portable operation on 6m DX.. 5

Particular fields of interest 6

Background: answers the question “Why measure TV carrier frequencies?”. 6

Professional Experience. 7

Other interests. 8

Mug Shot of ZS6BTE via Oscar 13 in 1995. 9

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QSL information

Life is too short to fret over QSL cards

ZS6BTE is not a member of a QSL bureau – QSLs direct please to:

Ian Roberts ZS6BTE

PO Box 825 Randpark Ridge 2156 South Africa

All requests for QSL cards are answered provided an addressed envelope and IRC or $1 note accompanies them and the entry is found in the log.

For several years no requests for QSL cards have been sent out.
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6m DXCC List – 103 and counting

List of stations worked since 22/2/1998, the first worked within a call sign area is listed.

Call
Mode T=TEP, TS=TEP back scatter

Date

3A/OH2BC

T

4/7/00

3C5I

T

7/10/98

3DA0DX

Meteor back scatter

29/7/03

4Z4JA

T

14/3/98

5B4/EU1AA

T

22/2/98

5N3CPR

T

1/12/99

5R8FU

TS

21/10/00

5X1GS

T

14/4/00

7P8MS

Meteor scatter/tropo mixture

14/6/03

7Q7RM

TS

27/10/98

9A3FT

T

22/2/98

9H1GB

T

22/2/98

9J2BO

TS

7/4/01

A45XR

T

3/4/01

A22BP

Meteor scatter/tropo mixture

2/3/04

A61AH

T

1/3/99

A71EM

T

29/10/02

AP2WAP

F2

28/3/99

C98DC

TS

6/10/01

CN8LI

T

4/10/98

CT1DYX

T

4/10/98

CT3FT

T

11/3/99

DL4MDQ

F2

23/10/98

EH7KW

T

12/3/98

EH6ADW

T

17/3/98

EH8BYR

T

17/3/98

EH9IB

T

5/10/98

EI3IO

F2

12/10/99

EK6AD

T

18/3/99

ER5GB

T

8/3/00

ES1CW

T

5/7/99

ET3VSC

TS

13/10/00

EY8CQ

F2

13/3/00

F5QT

T

29/8/98

FR5DN

TS

21/10/00

G1YLE

F2

4/10/98

GD0TEP

F2

4/10/98

GJ4ICD

F2

21/10/00

GI3PDN

F2

16/5/99

GM4TMS

F2

16/5/99

GU6AJE

F2

6/5/00

GW3ZTH

F2

4/10/99

HB9AOF

T

30/8/99

HV5PUL

T

7/11/98

HZ1MD

T

3/4/01

IT9RZR

T

22/2/98

IS0UPR

T

22/2/98

J28NH

T

7/10/00

JR6GV

F2

9/4/00

JY4NE

T

29/10/98

KH7L

Equatorial zone propagation

11/4/00

LA3EQ

F2

16/5/99

LX2DX

F2

2/4/00

LY1DL

T

2/9/99

LZ1DP

T

7/4/98

OD5SK

T

29/8/98

OE3MWS

T

23/10/98

OH2BC

F2

10/8/99

OK1DDO

T

16/5/99

OM3EY

T

23/10/99

ON7TN/p

F2

16/3/99

OY9JD

F2

26/5/00

OZ1DJJ

F2

16/5/99

PA3HEN

F2

17/3/99

RN6HW

T

14/3/00

S57AC

T

9/4/98

S9TX

TS

15/9/02

SM0AJU

F2

16/5/99

SP6ASD

T

6/9/98

SU1SK

T

22/9/00

SV2BZG

T

7/4/98

SV5BYR

T

29/8/98

SV9ANJ

T

26/3/99

T72EB/A

T

2/11/99

T97V

T

4/4/00

TA1ITU

T

26/5/00

TK/DL7HZ

T

25/5/00

TL5A

T

27/9/98

TO4E

Meteor Scatter

5/12/2003

TR8XX

T

29/10/98

TS7N

T

15/11/00

TT8DX

T

5/9/01

TU2MA

T

15/10/00

UK6QZ

F2

24/2/01

UR5ZEL

T

14/3/99

V51KC

TS

29/10/98

VE1YX

F2

28/10/00

VK4FNQ

Equatorial zone propagation

13/4/00

VR2XMT

F2

28/3/02

VU2LO

F2

16/3/01

W7GJ

EME – JT44

13/7/02

YI9OM

T

4/9/02

YK9A

T

11/2/01

YL2JN

T

6/6/99

YO7VJB

T

1/9/98

YT1AU

T

9/4/98

Z22JE

TS

22/9/02

Z31JA

T

23/10/98

ZA/N7BHC

T

4/10/99

ZB2EO

T

16/3/99

ZC4RAF

T

1/5/00

ZD7MY

TS

29/10/02

ZS6WB

Local

7/4/98

Most difficult QSOs (weak or noisy signals): VR2XMT, Z22JE, C98DC, 9J2BO

Satellite DXCC List – 80 and counting

List of stations worked over the last 20 years (very ad hoc operation), the first worked within a call sign area is listed.

Call

Satellite

Date

3A2MD

O10

19/8/95

3DA0WC

O40

1/8/03

4X1AF

O40

11/5/01

5B4AGY