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ZS8C & ZS8Z – Marion IslandThursday May 30, 2013
UPDATE – Pierre, ZS1HF informs that both ZS8C and ZS8Z will soon have an online log up and running once their on-island duties relax a little. David ZS8Z has been active recently, while Carson ZS8C is still to QRV.
April 9, 2013 — Carson ZS8C and David ZS8Z are departing Cape Town on 10 April 2013 at 14.00 SAST for Marion Island. Expect them to be QRV around mid-May once the ship departs with the old team back to Cape Town.
Carson’s girlfriend, Nadia, and the team’s diesel mechanic, Marius, will be writing the RAE on the island. Pierre ZS1HF has arranged with the SARL to invigilate the exam. This means there will eventually be four active hams on Marion Island during the next year. [photo]
March 5, 2013 – Two radio amateurs are part of an over-wintering Scientific team and will be active on Marion Island from May 2013 to April 2014.
- ZS8C Carson (ZR6CWI) has been appointed as the Space Weather Engineer and is employed for the next year by the SA National Space Agency (SANSA).
- ZS8Z David (ZS1BCE) has finally been appointed as the radio technician. His appointment was delayed due to a clerical error.
Expected modes will mainly be SSB and digital.
They may only use the existing commercial broadband HF antenna, and their QSL Manager is ZS1HF.
More info will be posted on their respective qrz.com sites once they have been created. (We expect this info to be made available within the next 2 weeks).
All enquiries via ZS1HF at this stage.
*Take note: bands expected are 40 to 10m only. No 160 or 80m due to severe QRM from electrical system in the base.
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Congratulation to all for getting ZS8 activated again! Hopefully Pierre has passed on his expertise at dealing with the bad guys :-)
Morning All,
The team departed Cape Town yesterday. They are on their way! Lots of hard work and arrangements behind us. More to come getting the exams arranged. Hold thumbs we get everything approved. It will be a first as we will have 3 males and 1 female operator on the island.
Remember that they all have day jobs as well, so they will squeeze operating in between everything else.
73
Pierre ZS1HF
Thanks for all your hard work and effort to activate this rare one! Can’t wait to hear the signals from ZS8. Good luck WB1S
Hello David, Wow Great to work you from Oklahoma. I worked you from my 100 watt mobile via the long path good one! thanks again 73
Hi Pierre,
Any plans for online logs of David and Carson’s operations?
73,
~iain
Thank you David for the 20m contact. This is a great hobby and we are very glad to see ZS8 on the air. And thank you Pierre for the tireless work you did to make this happen.
73,
Jonathan W6GX
Is it possible to set up a sked? Really need ZS8
Thanks for taking the radios to the island
Al K3WGR
ajzimm@comcast.net
Hi Pierre
In my old days it was not possible to do RAE away, as I try when I was CR6, (Remember CR6?) Than became ZD5 try again whem in Cape Towm and could not get a ZS call sign ( That was on the PASS (1965).
Good luck to the guys in ZS8 will try to make contact.
Please let me know what chance are for sked please as I need the Island for my IOTA
Al: please email me and I will forward your request. zs1hf@hamcity.co.za. There is a massive back log of requests.
Take note both chaps are very busy with sorting out numerous problems on the island.
Take note: David and Carson will be able to spend more time at the radio as soon as their work allows it. It won’t be long!
Winter has arrived on the island. The island is now snow white.
73
Pierre
Hi David, many thanks for the 10m and 12m qso
Hope to work you on 40m soon
Paul vk2hv
any operation has been scheduled in psk31 or rtty ?
Hi Pierre!
Nice to hear about DIGIMODE operation from ZS8. I hope to work them on this mode… and maybe one day in CW mode?? Tnx for info we in OZ will look for the on the band… I wish you and the Crew good luck… please pass info about Equipment when its ready to publish… Bye 73´s de JAN OZ4Z
Hello Dave
thanks for contact urly morning on 10m , big suprice to listen marion isl on this band, tu for new 1 :-)