ZS6BTE - Personal Information

Updated 18 January 2017

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Currently 40, 50 and 70 MHz

QSL information

Basically, life is too short to fret over QSL cards- LOTW only please
Ian Roberts ZS6BTE
PO Box 825 Randpark Ridge 2156 South Africa

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7m (40.675 MHz) List - 1 and counting

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

Call	Entity	Mode T=TEP, TS=TEP back scatter	Date
ZS6WAB	South Africa	Meteor scatter	16/8/15

6m DXCC List - 111 and counting

Call	Entity	Mode T=TEP, TS=TEP back scatter	Date
3A/OH2BC	Monaco	T	4/7/00
3C5I	Equatorial Guinea	T	7/10/98
3DA0DX	Swaziland	Meteor back scatter	29/7/03
404A	Montenegro	T	22/4/12
4U0ITU	ITU HQ	T	29/3/15
4Z4JA	Israel	T	14/3/98
5B4/EU1AA	Cyprus	T	22/2/98
5N3CPR	Nigeria	T	1/12/99
5R8FU	Madagascar	TS	21/10/00
5X1GS	Uganda	T	14/4/00
7P8MS	Lesotho	Meteor scatter/tropo mixture	14/6/03
7Q7RM (SK)	Malawi	TS	27/10/98
9A3FT	Croatia	T	22/2/98
9H1GB	Malta	T	22/2/98
9J2BO	Zambia	TS	7/4/01
A22BP	Botswana	Meteor scatter/tropo mixture	2/3/04
A45XR	Oman	T	3/4/01
A61AH	United Arab Emir	T	1/3/99
A71EM	Qatar	T	29/10/02
A92GR	Bahrain	T	29/9/11
AP2WAP	Pakistan	F2	28/3/99
C98DC	Mozambique	TS	6/10/01
CN8LI	Morocco	T	4/10/98
CT1DYX	Portugal	T	4/10/98
CT3FT	Madeira Is	T	11/3/99
CU1EZ	Azores	T	17/11/13
DL4MDQ	Germany	F2	23/10/98
EH7KW	Spain	T	12/3/98
EH6ADW	Balearic Is	T	17/3/98
EH8BYR	Canary Is	T	17/3/98
EH9IB	Ceuta and Melilla	T	5/10/98
EI3IO	Ireland	F2	12/10/99
EK6AD (SK)	Armenia	T	18/3/99
ER5GB	Moldova	T	8/3/00
ES1CW	Estonia	T	5/7/99
ET3VSC	Ethiopia	TS	13/10/00
EY8CQ	Tajikistan	F2	13/3/00
F5QT	France	T	29/8/98
FR5DN	Reunion Is	TS	21/10/00
G1YLE	England	F2	4/10/98
GI3PDN	Northern Ireland	F2	16/5/99
GD0TEP	Isle of Man	F2	4/10/98
GJ4ICD	Jersey	F2	21/10/00
GM4TMS	Scotland	F2	16/5/99
GU6AJE	Guernsey	F2	6/5/00
GW3ZTH	Wales	F2	4/10/99
HA8CE	Hungary	T	4/4/11
HB9AOF	Switzerland	T	30/8/99
HV5BUL	Vatican	T	7/11/98
HZ1MD	Saudi Arabia	T	3/4/01
IT9RZR	Italy	T	22/2/98
IS0UPR	Sardinia	T	22/2/98
J28NH	Djibouti	T	7/10/00
JR6GV	Japan	F2	9/4/00
JY4NE	Jordan	T	29/10/98
KH6SX	Hawaii	Equatorial zone propagation	13/4/00
KH7L	Kure Is	Equatorial zone propagation	11/4/00
LA3EQ	Norway	F2	16/5/99
LX2DX	Luxembourg	F2	2/4/00
LY1DL	Lithuania	T	2/9/99
LZ1DP	Bulgaria	T	7/4/98
OD5SK	Lebanon	T	29/8/98
OE3MWS	Austria	T	23/10/98
OH2BC	Finland	F2	10/8/99
OK1DDO	Czech Republic	T	16/5/99
OM3EY	Slovak Republic	T	23/10/99
ON7TN/p	Belgium	F2	16/3/99
OY9JD	Faroe Is	F2	26/5/00
OZ1DJJ	Denmark	F2	16/5/99
PA3HEN	Netherlands	F2	17/3/99
RN6HW	Russia	T	14/3/00
S57AC	Slovenia	T	9/4/98
S9TX	Sao Tome Princ	TS	15/9/02
SM0AJU	Sweden	F2	16/5/99
SP6ASD	Poland	T	6/9/98
SU1SK	Egypt	T	22/9/00
SV2BZG	Greece	T	7/4/98
SV5BYR	Dodecanese	T	29/8/98
SV9ANJ	Crete	T	26/3/99
T6LG	Afghanistan	F2	21/10/12
T72EB/A	San Marino	T	2/11/99
T97V	Bosnia-Herzegov	T	4/4/00
TA1ITU	Turkey	T	26/5/00
TJ3AY	Cameroon	T	22/9/12
TK/DL7HZ	Corsica	T	25/5/00
TL5A	Central Africa	T	27/9/98
TO4E	Mayotte Is	Meteor Scatter	5/12/03
TR8XX	Gabon	T	29/10/98
TS7N	Tunisia	T	15/11/00
TT8DX	Chad	T	5/9/01
TU2MA	Cote d'Ivoire	T	15/10/00
UK6QZ	Uzbekistan	F2	24/2/01
UR5ZEL	Ukraine	T	14/3/99
V51KC	Namibia	TS	29/10/98
VE1YX	Canada	F2	28/10/00
VK4FNQ	Australia	Equatorial zone propagation	13/4/00
VR2XMT	Hong Kong	F2	28/3/02
VU2LO	India	F2	16/3/02
W7GJ	USA	EME – JT44	13/7/02
YI9OM	Iraq	T	4/9/02
YK9A	Syria	T	11/2/01
YL2JN	Latvia	T	6/6/99
YO7VJB	Romania	T	1/9/98
YT1AU	Serbia	T	9/4/98
Z22JE (SK)	Zimbabwe	TS	22/9/02
Z31JA	Macedonia	T	23/10/98
ZA/N7BHC	Albania	T	4/10/99
ZB2EO	Gibraltar	T	16/3/99
ZC4RAF	UK Base Cyprus	T	1/5/00
ZD7MY	St Helena	TS	29/10/02
ZS6WB	South Africa	Local	7/4/98

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

4m DXCC List - 4 and counting

List of stations worked since 2/10/11, the first worked within a call sign area is listed.

Call	Entity	Mode T=TEP, TS=TEP back scatter	Date
ZS2ACP	South Africa	Meteor Scatter	2/10/11
SV2DCD	Greece	T	25/9/12
IZ8DWF	Italy	T	02/10/12
V51PJ	Namibia	Meteor Scatter	23/4/16

2m DXCC List - 1 and counting

List of stations worked, the first worked within a call sign area is listed.

Call	Entity	Mode T=TEP, TS=TEP back scatter	Date
RN6BN	Russia	EME	7/8/05

Satellite DXCC List - 78 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	Entity	Satellite	Date
3A2MD	Monaco	O10	19/8/95
3DA0WC	Swaziland	O40	1/8/03
4X1AF	Israel	O40	11/5/01
5B4AGY	Cyprus	O40	10/10/03
5N0EVR	Nigeria	O40	16/2/03
9H3QH	Malta	O10	2/7/95
A22BP	Botswana	O40	20/7/03
CE3AFC	Chile	O40	19/1/03
CN8HB	Morocco	O13	9/3/96
CT1DMK	Portugal	O13	24/5/95
CT3/CT1EAT	Madeira Is	O40	24/7/03
CX2AAI	Uruguay	O40	11/1/03
D68ZJ	Comoros	O13	17/3/96
DL4DWA	Germany	O10	7/4/95
EA5FKW	Spain	O13	29/7/95
EA6SA	Balearic Is	O10	6/4/95
EA8AHC	Canary Is	O10	18/6/95
EI4CL	Ireland	O13	16/6/95
ES2RJ	Estonia	O10	10/4/95
EX8MLT	Kyrgyzstan	O40	31/1/03
F1LNS	France	O10	16/5/95
FR5DN	Reunion Is	O13	27/5/95
G1OCN	England	O10	13/5/95
GM4JJJ	Scotland	O10	25/11/00
GU6EFB	Guernsey	O40	9/12/01
GW6ZMN	Wales	O10	16/5/95
HA5BWN	Hungary	O40	11/8/03
HB9OBZ	Switzerland	O13	26/5/95
HH2B	Haiti	O13	29/7/95
HL2JFM	Rep of Korea	O40	12/1/03
HP3/KG6UH	Panama	O13	21/4/95
IW8QII	Italy	O10	19/4/95
JA7CIA	Japan	O10	6/5/95
KD3UY	USA	O13	21/4/95
KP4TR	PuertoRico	O13	9/7/95
LC4IBT	Norway	O40	31/1/03
LU9FDG	Argentina	O13	14/5/95
LX2AAI	Luxembourg	O40	6/1/03
LY2BAW	Lithuania	O10	28/5/99
LZ1JH	Bulgaria	O13	16/7/95
NP2L	Virgin Is	O40	31/1/03
OE3JIS	Austria	O13	23/5/95
OH5LK	Finland	O13	25/6/95
OK1DX	Czech Republic	O13	17/11/95
OM9AVK	Slovak Republic	O10	15/12/98
ON4DY	Belgium	O13	16/6/95
OZ2GM	Denmark	O10	20/5/99
PA3DII	Netherlands	O10	15/5/95
PJ2MI	Curacao	O13	26/5/95
PY3BZM	Brazil	O13	21/4/95
S54AA	Slovenia	O13	11/5/95
SM2ELN	Sweden	O10	6/5/95
SP6ASD	Poland	O10	26/11/00
SV1ADG	Greece	O13	29/5/95
SV5BYR	Dodecanese	O40	27/7/03
T72EB	San Marino	O10	16/5/95
TA1D	Turkey	O13	3/8/95
TK5JJ	Corsica	O10	19/8/95
TR8CA	Gabon	O13	4/11/96
UAOAET	Asiatic Russia	O10	21/5/99
UA6JR/3	European Russia	O10	10/6/95
UK8OM	Uzbekistan	O10	2/7/95
UN3G	Kazakhstan	O10	26/4/00
US5WU	Ukraine	O13	18/5/95
V55V	Namibia	O40	26/10/03
VE3DZP	Canada	O13	24/5/95
VK6KCH	Australia	O13	7/5/95
VS96XMT	Hong Kong	O13	5/4/96
VU2DVP	India	O13	19/5/95
XE1MEX	Mexico	O40	11/1/03
YC8CPV	Indonesia	O40	27/12/02
YL2LW	Latvia	O40	24/7/03
YO3AC	Romania	O13	11/5/95
YU2QQ	Serbia	O40	12/1/03
YV1DIG	Venezuela	O40	22/2/03
Z22JE	Zimbabwe	O8	22/6/82
ZL2VBV	New Zealand	O13	19/4/95
ZS4NS	South Africa	RS6 my 1^st sat QSO	3/6/82

Grid Square List – portable operation on 6m DX

This is a list of locations from where CQs were launched on 6m. Some locations yielded no contacts.

Date	Call	Location	Grid Square	QSOs Y/N
15/9/99, 19/4/01	A25/ZS6BTE	Martin’s Drift	KG37	Y
16/9/99	A25/ZS6BTE	Nata	KG39	Y
17/9/99	A25/ZS6BTE	Buffalo Ridge	KH21	Y
23/9/99	Z2/ZS6BTE	Victoria Falls	KH22	Y
27/9/99	Z2/ZS6BTE	Bulawayo	KG49	Y
25/5/00,14/6/03	ZS6BTE/p	Shingwedzi	KG57	Y
2/9/00	ZS6BTE/p	Twee Rivieren	KG03	Y
8/9/00	ZS6BTE/p	Nossob	KG04	Y
12/9/00	ZS6BTE/p	Ben Lavine	KG46	Y
14/9/00	ZS6BTE/p	Tshipise	KG57	Y
21/4/01	A25/ZS6BTE	Maun	KH10	Y
23/4/01	A25/ZS6BTE	Shakawe	KH01	Y
28/4/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Namutoni	JH81	Y
30/4/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Halali	JH80	Y
2/5/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Otjiwarongo	JG89	N
3/5/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Khorixas	JG79	Y
5/5/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Waterberg Park	JG89	N
6/5/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Windhoek	JG87	Y
7/5/01	V5/ZS6BTE	Buitepos	JG97	Y
3/8/02	ZS6BTE/p	Skukuza	KG55	N
8/8/02	ZS6BTE/p	Pretoriuskop	KG54	N
13-16/4/03	ZS6BTE/p	Letaba	KG56	Y
19/4, 30/4-1/5/03	3DA0TE/p	Hlane	KG53	Y
23/4-24/4/03	ZS6BTE/p	Mkuze	KG62	Y
24/4-27/4/03	ZS6BTE/p	Ndomo	KG63	Y
29/4/03	ZS6BTE/p	Sodwana Bay	KG62	Y
14-15/6/03	ZS6BTE/p	Punda Maria	KG57	Y
13-16/5/04	ZS6BTE/p	Letaba	KG57	Y
18/4 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Blydepoort	KG55	Y
22-23/4 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Golden Gate NP	KG41	Y
24-25/4 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Mountain Zebra NP	KF27	Y
26-27/4 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Karoo Nat Park	KF17	Y
28-29/4 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Wilderness NP	KF16	Y
30-31/4 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Storms River	KF15	Y
1/5 /04	ZS6BTE/p	Gariep Dam	KF29	Y
19/9/05	ZS6BTE/p	Marakele Nat Park	KG35	Y
17/9/05	ZS6BTE/p	Ellisras	KG36	Y
22/9/05	ZS6BTE/p	Dongola Ranch	KG47	Y

Mug Shot of ZS6BTE via Oscar 13 in 1995

This mug shot is courtesy of Oscar 13. Satellite was at about 31000 km.

Transmitted and received in JVFAX mode H288 (high resolution B/W facsimile) as follows:

Uplink: PC-AT 16 MHz with JVFAX interface and h/b 22-turn helical, h/b 2 x MRF309 linear for 60 W, IC-490 transceiver.

Downlink: PC-SX 16 MHz with JVFAX interface and h/b 8-turn helical, MM 2m preamp, IC-260a transceiver.
Down the LHS of the picture are 1-minute markers – as can be seen the processing time (key down) was 4 minutes through O13 to turn-around this image. S/N ratio is about 15 dB.

ZS6BTE via O13 in high-resolution fax

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