The slim was not a ZL slim as beam headings were wrong for us. He pointed
more up to the islands from here. A lot of us heard him at the time. He
seems to come out of "retirement" every few years, probably making Slim DXCC
the hard way!
I called hi back a few years ago and soon as he heard the call he went QRT
Hmmmmmmm!
There is no operation from the Kermadecs at the present time.
73
Lee ZL2AL - ZL9CI, ZL8RI, ZL7AA
"Does anyone have a spare rocket for orbiting purposes?"
Don Stoner, W6TNS
CQ Magazine, April 1959
----- Original Message -----
From: Zack Widup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: jrh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [DXR] ZL8RI
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, jrh wrote:
>
> > Worked ZL8RI this morning on 7003 khz. Gave name as Ellen.
> > Anyone know if this is legit?
> >
> > Ron, K6UR
>
> Hmm ... I'm wondering what band and mode.
>
> Several years back, there was a notorious Slim who plagued 40 and 30
> meters on CW. He/she/it used the calls ZL8BX ("Bob"), ZL9RV ("Louis - YL"
> on "Cambell (sic) Island"), VR8B ("Yvonne on Ducie Island") and a few
> others I don't remember at the moment. Noticeable common operating
> pattern of all of the above was liking to ragchew a bit with each person
> worked, and often "working" stations which were not within propagation of
> the Pacific at that time. My guess is it was someone in VK/ZL land having
> their fun with these made-up calls.
>
> Does that look familiar? Is this infamous person back at it?
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
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