QRP
THE ------- COLUMN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2004.
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by Dave Gemmell ZS6AAW
and the Low Power Bunch!

ZS6UT OBTAINS 160 m DXCC CERTIFICATE.

Since starting on his quest for DXCC on the Top Band in May 1995, it has taken Ed Willers, ZS6UT, 8 years to get the much sought after DXCC No. 1024 which was issued on 24th July 2003. Congratulations to Ed and well done!

QRP category. Rudi ZS6DX took the top spot in the world. Rudi made 1,440,318 points from 1,043 QSOs and 471 prefixes on all bands.

Single Operator. Two call signs are listed. Dave ZS6HO made 1,364 points with 22 QSOs and 22 prefixes as an All band high power station. Rae ZS6RAE took part as an All band low power station (100 watts and less) and made 48,236 points from 139 QSOs and 124 prefixes.

Multi-operator Single Transmitter. ZS0M with 3,730,510 points from 1,838 QSOs and 685 prefixes.

Well done to Rudi with his top QRP spot in the world. Also congratulations to Dave, Rae and ZS0M.

SARL KIDS’ DAY.

The 14th of February is an important day! No! Not because its Valentine’s Day but because it is SARL Kid’s Day! Don’t forget, if you would like to your children to speak on the air or to send messages using morse code on your equipment please remember to register your callsign with SARL HQ (if you did’nt do it in June 2003!!!) THEN fill in and FAX the Notification Form to SARL HQ at least SEVEN days before 14/2/2004.

This Column is a bit short this month due to a lack of input from you readers! Please help!!

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