Here is another example of an entity that could reasonably be questioned.
Because the environmental extremist zealots have the attention of the
government of New Zealand, chances of working ZL9 are slim & none.
That's a great example. In 2000 there was a major DXpedition; worked
many tens of thousands, yet under the current situation it's nearly
unworkable.
I got ZL9CI on 40m through 10m SSB and CW, no problem. I missed BS7H
this time... maybe it will never be activated again and I'll never
have a shot. I missed VK0IR when it was on; I know it will be a while
before anyone does Heard Island again.
BUT, that's the way life is. I missed my chance in 2000; So be it
I know I'd be much more satisfied if I had only a few left and was
tuning across 20m CW one night and heard "CQ CQ CQ de ZL9BSJ/P
ZL9BSJ/P K" and bagged him for my last one than if someone just
decided to delete it from the list because it was unlikely to be
activated.
Part of what makes difficult competitions fun is that they're difficult.
If everyone can work 'em all with a G5RV and a hundred watts in ten
years, it's not hard enough. Not everyone gets to be number one.
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Good luck with the last two, Mike. It sounds like you need a rhombic
right on ZL9 come Sept. 2008.
I dunno about E3... that was another one with a flurry of activity
around 2000, but man, talk about an unstable region of the world.
Dan
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