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[Pirate] ZD9KN – Gough Island, Tristan da CunhaMonday Aug 20, 2012
UPDATE III: Incidentally, the listing on QRZ.com for T77KN is also a PIRATE – avoid.
UPDATE II: DXers worldwide have been duped – ZD9KN is a PIRATE.
By maintaining regular contact with “Paul ZD9KN” via his listed email address on QRZ.com, at first it appeared he was legit. I asked a few questions regarding his “activity” on Gough island with initial replies suggesting he was indeed radio/electronics technician, based at the weather station.
Eventually, some things did not add up. His choice of QSL manager was strange. His regularly updated QRZ profile was not written by a person who claimed to be from England and hold the callsign 2E0TJF. On air he did not sound either South African or English. He appeared to have excellent internet coverage from remote Gough, too!
I began to challenge “Paul” if he actually was on Gough. He repeated he was and sent me an image purportedly of him. This image can be found on this forum from 2009! A scanned copy of his ZD9 license never did arrive..
Furthermore, Johan ZS1A has confirmed the callsign ZD9KN has never been issued.
Don’t waste your time working this SLIM.
Paul 2E0TJF now active as ZD9KN takes up the position of radio / electronics technician on Gough Island AF-030 from August 18 to September 30, 2012.
Using an FT-2000, multiband vertical and Inverted-V, look for ZD9KN on SSB only – 160 to 10m.
LoTW will be used. QSL manager is IZ0UIM. Logs will be uploaded to Club Log.
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9 Responses to “[Pirate] ZD9KN – Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha”
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Paul, I hope to work you as ZD9 would be a new one for me. Good Luck
Paul, I hope we can meet on the air! I send a e-mail message for you. Good Luck!
Hi all,
Nice signal from 120° this morning on 20m, with a slight italian accent.
This must have been a pirate, be carefull guys !
Ronan, F8AFC
There is NO operation from ZD now. There are no licensed operator on the island. In a few weeks a new operator might be on the island from ZS.
I am not so sure about Paul either. Paul if you mail me a copy of your license to verify with Andy , I will appreciate. We can then clear the air about this uncertain operation. I do have copies of previous operations from ZD9 with me. My email is good on QRZ.
73
Hello,
I’m sorry to bother you, I wanted to inform you but I think you already know that the station “ZD9KN” is a pirate station.
I found out why when he asked me to become qsl manager asked him a copy of the license and got no more no answer.
Unfortunately this is not the first time that this happens.
Thank you for your attention
73′ de IZ0UIM
This is really a crazy story!
Thank you, Col! :D
Look for Paul, ZD9KN, to be active from Gough Island (AF-030) until 31 September. He is there working as a radio/electronics technician. Activity will be on 160 – 10 metres using only SSB. His equipment is a Yaesu FT-2000 into a directive Multiband and Inverted V dipole. For now, the QSL is only via LoTW. All information to receive a QSL card will be published soon on QRZ.com. The log is also uploaded to ClubLog. ZD9KN log will be uploaded in its entirety to LoTW within 1 year from the end of the DXpedition. The information for the QSL will be published after the end of the DXpedition. The QSL card is via his QSL Manager IZ0UIM or LoTW. The internet connection is not very good so there may be delays in response. Paul recommends that you check his log before sending a QSL card because there are PIRATES using his call sign. There was a report of a PIRATE on Sunday morning 19 August at 09:55 UTC.
Andy, the above is not good info. See the topic at top.
RSGB News reporting ZD9KN in this weeks DX section…….!