Last updated: 2010-08-02
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Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ
Box 4485
Pretoria
0001 South Africa
Look for an email address on the ZS6EZ home page (zs6ez.org.za)
Over the years, the means used by the ARRL to publish DXCC membership has changed considerably. In my early days (the Eighties), they published a monthly list of endorsements and an annual list in QST. They also published an Honour Roll twice a year.
With the introduction of a number of single-band awards around 1988, the volume of applicants and certificate holders grew to such an extent that DXCC started taking up a disproportionate amount of space in QST. The ARRL therefore started publishing a DXCC Yearbook in 1993. This Yearbook contained the annual listings for all the awards. The first edition already spanned 32 pages, even though there were only single-band listings for 1,8, 3,5, 7 and 28 MHz.
Fortunately, around 2000, when the door was thrown open to single-band DXCCs for all bands, technology had caught up. The ARRL discontinued its monthly coverage in QST, opting instead for a daily update of the membership lists on their Web site.
All of these listings had one thing in common: They contained a current score for each current member, but contained no information about past holders who had become inactive, and there was never a way to determine when someone had first entered the race.
The current Web lists also do not contain any information on deceased members or stations that have not received endorsements since the DXCC system was computerised (in the 1980s). Consequently, the Mixed and Phone listings are nowhere near complete. The other awards are less affected, as their introduction (starting with CW in 1979) did not predate the computer system to the same extent.
I started collecting dates and certificate numbers for ZS members in the early Eighties. These records were compiled from monthly QST listings, personal discussions, industrial espionage and countless letters and phone calls. Unfortunately, the records are by no means complete, but it is (to my knowledge) the most comprehensive record of South African DXCC activity in existence.
I try to keep the list as current as possible. I occasionally check the DXCC lists on the ARRL Web site, and when I see a new addition or a change in endorsement level, I update the list. I also request dates and certificate numbers from the relevant participants, with mixed success.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Remember that only actual endorsements by ARRL on a DXCC are recognised; "worked" and "confirmed" totals are recorded elsewhere. If you know of any DXCC certificates out there that are not fully recorded in these pages, whether your own or someone else's, please let me know.
Mid-2010 has seen several milestones. After a drought of almost nine years, suddenly there were two applications from South Africa for the Five Band DXCC. This award is a real achievement, requiring confirmed contacts with at least 100 DXCC entities on each of the five main HF bands. ZS6BQI applied in March, soon afterwards changing his callsign to ZS6X. In May, ZS2DL applied, making him the first ZS2 and only the 11th ZS to complete this milestone. Both applicants have endorsements for the WARC-79 bands (10, 18 and 25 MHz), giving them the right to claim 8BDXCC. Previously, only three other ZS stations had laid claim to this honour (ZS5LB, ZS6EZ and ZS6WB). Both Art and Don also entered the DXCC Challenge standings with band-country scores of over 1000. ZS2DL applied for single-band DXCC on several bands, finally becoming the third 25 MHz DXCC holder in South Africa and ensuring that every band now finally has a Top Three. Only the Satellite Top Three remains incomplete, with ZS2ACP being the sole entry.
ZS2 appears to be the place where things are happening these days. Apart from ZS2DL, ZS2EZ and ZS2Y have also been very active, with the latter applying for several single-band DXCCs in the past year or so. Clearly, a little competition never hurts! The situation is somewhat reminiscent of the three-way chase between ZS5LB, ZS5BK and ZS5MY in the Eighties. That chase produced three of the first four 5BDXCC certificates in South Africa, and more than 10 years passed before three ZS6 stations finally appeared on that list. Apart from band-country scores, these ZS2 stations have also racked up respectable Digital scores, with both ZS2DL and ZS2EZ appearing in the Top Three on that mode.
The final milestone is ZS4TX's score of 301 on 7 MHz. Bernie becomes the first South African to hit 300 on that band, and only the second on any band. Most DXers consider 7 MHz to be a "low band", a fact that makes Bernie's achievement even more impressive.
For the Mixed and Phone awards, three groups are listed:
For the other awards, with their more recent start dates, records are more complete, and only the chronological list is shown. In the CW and 28 MHz lists, portions of the issuing sequence are uncertain, and those numbers are replaced by "?" to indicate the uncertainty.
Key: Present callsign, original callsign when issued (if different), issue date, certificate number, highest known endorsement, year of highest known endorsement. Scores include deleted entities. As of 2008-07, there are 338 current countries on the list. In the process of transferring the records to the computer system, the ARRL introduced some discrepancies. Where such discrepancies have been noted, the current electronic total is shown with the symbol "?" to indicate that the previous score published in QST was different.
ZS6LW 1951-02-23 365 370 2000 "Van" van der Watt--Silent Key ZS2U 1952-04-01 1471 305 1994 Al Akers ZS6BBP 1959? 4235 358 2001 Hans Behrens--Now VK2FTZ ZS1EL (ZS1AL) 1959-08-11 4485 192 2001 Vidi la Grange ZS1ACD 1959-09-10 4551 Max Adler ZS6YQ 1963-07-01 6721 375 2003 Bushy Roode--Silent Key 2005 ZS5LB 1969-10-06 10782 Bert Lausecker ZS6ANL 1981-04-06 21490 142 1985 Norbert Taferner ZS5MY 1981-06-25 21858 277 1991 Franz Taschl--Now ZS6EU ZS2DK 1981-11-12 22367 225 2009 Mitch V. Rundle ZS6P 1983-05-31 24324 343 2009 Tjerk Lammers ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1984-06-06 25190 343 2009 Chris R. Burger ZS5NK 1985-10-07 26100 348 2009 Gary Potgieter ZS6WB 1986-10-22 26728 335 2008 Hal Lund ZS4TX 1989-07-10 28787 343 2009 Bernie van der Walt ZS6HZ 1990-06-04 29711 100 1990 Marc Lurie ZS6AOO 1990-10-17 328 1998 Jim de Almeida--Now CT1HGS ZS1A (ZS6JHS) 1992-08-14 31677 287 2010 Johan Sevenster ZS2DL 1993-09-27 32812 308 2010 Don van Loggerenberg ZS2LR 1993-09-27 32813 191? 1993 Jim van Loggerenberg ZS4Y 1995-10-24 34505 217 1996 Leon Foot ZS1EL (ZS6AL) 2000-06-24 37041 266 2008 Vidi la Grange ZS6MG 2000-09-30 37241 240 2009 Vlado Karamitrov--Now N3CZ ZS6NK 2002-03-04 38109 101? 2002 Paul Smit ZS6IL 2005-09-13 40533 119 2005 Ivan Lusic ZS6AND 2006-06-12 40794 109 2006 Aurelio Da Camara ZS2EZ 2007-02-13 41146 216 2009 Barry Murrell ZS4U 2008-01-26 41755 102 2008 Barney Fourie ZS2I 2008-11-16 42449 223 2009 Johan van Aarde ZS2Y 2008-11-18 42491 152 2010 Thian de Jager ZS6RM 356 1992 Dick Matthews??--Silent Key ZS1OU 350 1993 Jack Snyman--Silent Key ZS6IW 345 1989 Mike Sherman--Silent Key ZS4MG 338 1989 Sid Coosner--Now ZS6CM (inactive in Pretoria) ZS1FJ 337 2005 Barry Fletcher--Now 9V1FJ ZS6ASW 325 1994 Gerry Steenkamp ZS6AZQ 312 1994 Baby Steenkamp ZS6PI 303 1989 De Wet van der Walt ZS2LL 274 1995 Lambert Ledoux--Silent Key 2005 ZS1JD 259 1995 A Cooke ZS6BOK 249 1988 Ake Rosvall--later 5R8FU ZS2RM >240 <1987 Percy Buckley--Silent Key 1987 ZS1FD 200 1989 F H Flanter?? ZS6Y 191? 1996 Etienne Swart ZS5YF 188 1989 ZS6JZ 180 1985 H C Williams ZS5QO 153 1991 ZS6AYE 138 1993 Braam Devenier ZS3BI 131 1989 Arnold Kollmann ZS1WQ 130 1989 Rusty Lotter ZS/W6KG 116 1988 Lloyd Colvin--Silent Key 1993 ZS9/W6KG 113 1991 Lloyd Colvin--Silent Key 1993 ZS5YN 107 1985 ZS6BUR 107 1985 Jim Houston ZS6XD 107 1985 Bill Smith ZS5MM 106 1992 Mack Laxon ZS1QJ 103 1985 Jack Dellow ZS5AZ 102 1988 ZS5CO 102 1985 ZS5HAM 101 1993 Highway Branch, SARL ZS1VP Buck Taylor--Now G0OYH ZS2AG P G Pretorius ZS2CR ZS2EC ZS2FH ZS2MH E Harris ZS2X
ZS6LW 1951-02-23 341 369 2000 "Van" van der Watt--Silent Key ZS6BW 195? 285 1959 Bert Sachs--Silent Key ZS6AHW 1959-04 104 1959 ZS6YQ 1963-07-01 2542 374 2003 Bushy Roode--Silent Key 2005 ZS6BBP 1963-08-06 2575 358 2001 Hans Behrens--Now VK2FTZ ZS5LB 1969-10-06 4711 Bert Lausecker ZS3MS 1980-12-17 11171 Martin Smith--Now ZS5M ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1984-06-06 14445 341 2009 Chris R. Burger ZS5NK 1985-10-07 15196 348 2009 Gary Potgieter ZS6TB 1985-11-23 15261 158 1990 Joe Katzmann ZS6AXC 1986-04-03 15456 102 1986 Hans Breebaart ZS6WB 1986-10-22 15707 332 2008 Hal Lund ZS4NS 1988-04-06 16556 170? 2000 Nico Schoonwinkel ZS4TX 1989-07-10 17366 310 2009 Bernie van der Walt ZS6HO 1990-07-23 18130 156 1997 Dave Miller ZS6AOO 1990-10-17 18568 328 1998 Jim de Almeida--Now CT1HGS ZS2ACP 1992-01-13 19331 225 2001 André Botes ZS6CEZ 1994-06-13 21489 102? 1994 Marietjie Coetzee ZS6NB 1995-08-08 22309 276? 2001 Ken Pickersgill ZS4Y 1995-10-24 22497 217 1996 Leon Foot ZS5BBO 1998-08-28 23711 103 1998 Edwin Musto ZS2I (ZS4I) 1998-12-14 23921 223 2009 Johan van Aarde ZS6OMC 1999-06-24 24130 100 1999 Charles Kurt ZS6RVG 2000-09-25 24717 172 2000 Dave Plaskett ZS2I 2000- - 102 2000 Izak van Aarde--Silent Key 2006 ZS6IR 2001-09-25 32250 300 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany ZS6EGB 2002-03-04 32482 162? 2003 Emil Böhme ZS6IL 2005-06-25 33984 118 2005 Ivan Lusic ZS6P 2005-10-04 34082 342 2009 Tjerk Lammers ZS2DL 2006-06-27 34331 260 2010 Don van Loggerenberg ZS2EZ 2008-05-07 34990 143 2009 Barry Murrell ZS6JM 356 1989 John McCoy--Silent Key; call reallocated 2001 ZS6RM 351 1992 Dick Matthews--Silent Key ZS1FJ 334 2003 Barry Fletcher--Now 9V1FJ ZS5PG 327 1988 J Winter?? ZS6PI 301 1989 De Wet van der Walt ZS6FU 297 1991 Les Scott?? ZS1A (ZS6JHS) 287 2010 Johan Sevenster ZS1JD 252 1995 George Cooke ZS1LVH 204 2003 Louis van Heerden ZS6Y 179 1996 Etienne Swart ZS1OE 160 1985 L S Rosenzweig?? ZS3TL 150 1985 Rudi van der Walt ZS6AYE 135 1993 Braam Devenier ZS5ACW 131 1992 Paul T. Fourie--Silent Key ZS4AE 128 1985 Franz Heidler ZS1BR 106 1985 Paul Johnson ZS6BRM 104 1990 ZS6NK 103 1985 Shemaya Frame--Call reallocated 2002 ZS5HAM 101 1993 Highway Branch, SARL ZS6OMC 100 2006?Charles Kurt
1. ZS6ANL 1981-04-06 1629 133 1985 Norbert Taferner 2. ZS2U 1984-01-03 2882 252 1994 Al Akers 3. ZS6KR (ZS6BSZ) 1984-03-24 2290 333 2009 Hans Kappetijn 4. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1984-06-06 3072 340 2009 Chris R. Burger 5. ZS2RM 240 1987 Percy Buckley--Silent Key 1987 ?. ZS2WV 1985-04-01 3347 175 1993 Wim van Vorstenbosch--Now ZS1WV ?. ZS4TX 1990-09-28 5286 328 2010 Bernie van der Walt ?. ZS6NT 157 1992 Dwight West--Later AD7AQ--Silent Key 2009-12 ?. ZS1AFZ 161 1995 Poppie Oosthuizen 10. ZS6UT 1996-08-19 7688 151 2003 Ed Willers 11. ZS6/G3SGQ 118 1996 Ron Hill--Silent Key 2009? 12. ZS6ESU 1998-11-23 8380 106 1999 Hester la Grange--now ZS1ESU 13. ZS1EL (ZS6AL) 1998-11-23 8382 251 2009 Vidi la Grange 14. ZS6AA (ZS1AN) 2003-08-25 9766 139 2008 Andrew Roos 15. ZS6EGB 2005- 129 2008 Emil Böhme 16. ZS2DL 2006-06-27 10535 270 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 17. ZS6X (ZS6BQI) 2008-06-10 11148 216 2010 Artour Makhtsiev 18. ZS2EZ 2009-11-06 11714 133 2009 Barry Murrell
Note: The issuing sequence from number 6 to 9 is uncertain. More information on ZS1AFZ, ZS2RM, ZS2WV, ZS6EGB, ZS6NT and ZS6/G3SGQ would be very welcome!
1. ZS6EZ 1996-09-23 755 189 2009 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS6RVG 2000-09-25 1037 146 2006 Dave Plaskett 3. ZS2DL 2008-04-01 1881 175 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 4. ZS2EZ 2008-05-07 1916 161 2009 Barry Murrell 5. ZS2Y 2009-04-20 2160 132 2010 Thian de Jager
1. ZS2ACP 1995-08-14 210 104 1995 André Botes
1. ZS5LB 1987-02-06 199 161 1995 Bert Lausecker 2. ZS6EZ 1997-09-27 698 127 2008 Chris R. Burger 3. ZS4TX 1997-09-30 711 166 2010 Bernie van der Walt 4. ZS6UT 2003-07-16 1024 101 2003 Ed Willers
1. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1988-11-01 120 231 2008 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS6KR 1996-09-23 1357 178 2007 Hans Kappetijn 3. ZS6WB 1996-09-26 1344 146 2008 Hal Lund 4. ZS4TX 2000-09-30 1829 246 2010 Bernie van der Walt 5. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 1901 122 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 6. ZS2DL 2010-05-17 3016 100 2010 Don van Loggerenberg
1. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1989-05-01 131 298 2009 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS6P 1995-09-21 1430 242 2008 Tjerk Lammers 3. ZS6KR 1996-09-23 1682 257 2007 Hans Kappetijn 4. ZS6WB 1996-09-26 1662 209 2008 Hal Lund 5. ZS4TX 2000-09-30 3611 301 2010 Bernie van der Walt 6. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 3719 166 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 7. ZS2DL 2008-04-01 4606 169 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 8. ZS1EL 2008-03-21 4753 101 2008 Vidi la Grange
1. ZS6EZ 2002-11-15 206 2009 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS1EL 2006-02-28 122 2008 Vidi la Grange 3. ZS2DL 2009-06-10 148 2010 Don van Loggerenberg
1. ZS6EZ 2000-09-30 317 2009 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 276 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 3. ZS4TX 2003-03-30 280 2010 Bernie van der Walt 4. ZS1EL 2006-02-28 189 2008 Vidi la Grange 5. ZS2DL 2006-06-27 261 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 6. ZS2EZ 2008-05-07 174 2009 Barry Murrell 7. ZS2I 2008-11-16 156 2009 Johan van Aarde 8. ZS6KR 2009-07-10 299 2009 Hans Kappetijn 9. ZS2Y 2009-10-23 122 2010 Thian de Jager
1. ZS6EZ 2001-05-21 249 2009 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 184 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 3. ZS1EL 2008-03-21 111 2008 Vidi la Grange 4. ZS2DL 2009-06-10 174 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 5. ZS2EZ 2009-12-18 103 2009 Barry Murrell
1. ZS6KR 2000-09-18 289 2009 Hans Kappetijn 2. ZS6EZ 2000-09-30 316 2009 Chris R. Burger 3. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 256 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 4. ZS4TX 2003-03-30 283 2010 Bernie van der Walt 5. ZS1EL 2006-02-28 149 2008 Vidi la Grange 6. ZS6RVG 2006-03-27 106 2006 Dave Plaskett 7. ZS2DL 2006-06-27 230 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 8. ZS2EZ 2008-05-07 142 2008 Barry Murrell 9. ZS2I 2008-11-16 132 2009 Johan van Aarde 10. ZS2Y 2010- 100 2010 Thian de Jager
1. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 166 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 2. ZS6EZ 2002-11-15 237 2009 Chris R. Burger 3. ZS2DL 2010-05-17 1288 117 2010 Don van Loggerenberg
1. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1988-07-01 160 297 2009 Chris R. Burger 2. ZS6P 1989-01-31 401 266 2009 Tjerk Lammers 3. ZS4TX 1990-09-28 995 236 2010 Bernie van der Walt 4. ZS6HO 1993-08-02 1802 112 1997 Dave Miller ?. ZS4Y 1995-10-24 3041 102 1996 Leon Foot ?. ZS6KR 1996-09-23 3230 241 2009 Hans Kappetijn ?. ZS6WB 1996-09-26 3210 255 2008 Hal Lund ?. ZS6NB 1996-11-27 3245 185 2001 Ken Pickersgill ?. ZS6Y 103 1996 Etienne Swart ?. ZS1A (ZS6JHS) 142 2010 Johan Sevenster 11. ZS6RVG 2000-09-25 165 2006 Dave Plaskett 12. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 31884 241 2002 Uli von Aswegen--Lives in Germany 13. ZS1EL 2006-02-28 32719 116 2008 Vidi la Grange 14. ZS2DL 2006-08-07 32819 138 2010 Don van Loggerenberg 15. ZS2I 2008-11-16 33133 115 2009 Johan van Aarde
Note: The issuing sequence from number 5 to 10 is uncertain. More information on ZS6JHS and ZS6Y would be very welcome!
1. ZS6WB 1998-12-11 238 138 2008 Hal Lund 2. ZS6AXT 1999-09-22 249 126 2001 Ivo Chladek 3. ZS6EZ 2001-05-21 336 105 2006 Chris R. Burger 4. ZS6NK 2002-03-04 461 101 2006 Paul Smit
No ZS members
2353 ZS6EZ 1749 ZS6WB 1682 ZS4TX 1401 ZS6IR 1334 ZS2DL 1260 ZS6KR 1044 ZS6P 1001 ZS6X
# Callsign Date Num Bands 1. ZS5LB 1972-03-13 153 8 (1,8 18 25) Bert Lausecker 2. ZS5BK 1985-11-08 1975 5 Bill Smith--Silent Key 1991 3. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR) 1986-04-21 2071 10 (1,8 10 18 25 50) Chris R. Burger 4. ZS5MY 1986-05-21 2088 5 Franz Taschl--Now ZS6EU 5. ZS4TX 1992-01-22 3099 6 (1,8) Bernie van der Walt 6. ZS6KR 1996-09-23 4242 5 Hans Kappetijn 7. ZS6WB 1996-09-26 4231 8 (18 25 50) Hal Lund 8. ZS6P 1998-12-11 4675 5 Tjerk Lammers 9. ZS6IR 2001-09-25 5082 7 (18 25) Uli von Aswegen 10. ZS6X (ZS6BQI) 2010-03-01 6731 8 (10 18 25) Artour Makhtsiev 11. ZS2DL 2010-05-17 6794 8 (10 18 25) Don van Loggerenberg
Note: The colums above are self-explanatory, except perhaps for "Bands". The basic 5BDXCC is issued for DXCC on each of five bands (3,5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz). Band endorsements can be added for additional bands. If a station's score is more than 5, the additional bands completed are listed in brackets, with the figures in MHz. The only available endorsements are 1,8, 10, 18, 25, 50 and 144 MHz. No ZS has ever obtained the 144 MHz endorsement. Those in the know regard the 10, 18 and 25 MHz band endorsements as just a formality, but both 1,8 and 50 MHz are much harder than any of the five basic bands.
Note: In principle, there should be a Top Three in each category. However, Satellite has less than three listed members, while the Mixed and Phone DXCCs have enough participation to warrant a Top Ten. The Top Ten on Mixed and Phone contains only stations still listed as active members in the ARRL list. A separate table with the all-time high scores for these two DXCCs is included in the following section. For all the other awards, all callsigns shown are listed as active in the ARRL lists.
| Mixed | Phone | CW | Digital | Satellite |
|
358 ZS6BBP 348 ZS5NK 343 ZS4TX 343 ZS6EZ 343 ZS6P 337 ZS1FJ 335 ZS6WB 325 ZS6ASW 308 ZS2DL 305 ZS2U |
348 ZS5NK 342 ZS6P 341 ZS6EZ 334 ZS1FJ 332 ZS6WB 328 ZS6AOO 310 ZS4TX 300 ZS6IR 287 ZS1A 276 ZS6NB |
340 ZS6EZ 333 ZS6KR 328 ZS4TX |
189 ZS6EZ 175 ZS2DL 161 ZS2EZ |
103 ZS2ACP |
| 1,8 MHz | 3,5 MHz | 7 MHz | 10 MHz | 14 MHz |
|
166 ZS4TX 161 ZS5LB 127 ZS6EZ |
246 ZS4TX 231 ZS6EZ 178 ZS6KR |
301 ZS4TX 298 ZS6EZ 257 ZS6KR |
206 ZS6EZ 148 ZS2DL 122 ZS1EL |
317 ZS6EZ 299 ZS6KR 280 ZS4TX |
| 18 MHz | 21 MHz | 25 MHz | 28 MHz | 50 MHz |
|
249 ZS6EZ 184 ZS6IR 174 ZS2DL |
316 ZS6EZ 289 ZS6KR 283 ZS4TX |
237 ZS6EZ 166 ZS6IR 117 ZS2DL |
297 ZS6EZ 266 ZS6P 255 ZS6WB |
138 ZS6WB 126 ZS6AXT 105 ZS6EZ |
Note: The table above contains only stations currently listed in the ARRL's official list. The table below contains the all-time high scores. Several of the members were licenced just after WW-II, and worked dozens of countries that were subsequently deleted. Their scores are unattainable to someone entering the race now, as those countries are no longer available to be worked. However, to reflect the persistent achievement over many decades by the old timers, the table below shows the all-time high achievements in each category.
| Mixed | Phone |
|
375 ZS6YQ (inactive) 370 ZS6LW (inactive) 358 ZS6BBP 356 ZS6RM (inactive) 350 ZS1OU (inactive) 348 ZS5NK 345 ZS6IW (inactive) 343 ZS4TX 343 ZS6EZ 343 ZS6P |
374 ZS6YQ (inactive) 369 ZS6LW (inactive) 358 ZS6BBP (inactive) 356 ZS6JM (inactive) 351 ZS6RM (inactive) 348 ZS5NK 342 ZS6P 341 ZS6EZ 334 ZS1FJ 332 ZS6WB |
Thanks to the late Bushy Roode ZS6M (ex ZS6YQ) for tracking down the details of a few members that I didn't have full particulars of. Bushy died in 2005-05. Ivan Lusic ZS6IL also helped in 2006 to find several details that I didn't have.
The start date for each DXCC award (where known) is listed below:
| Award | Start Date | Contacts from | First Certificate | First ZS | Number | Months |
|
Mixed Phone CW Digital Satellite 5 Band 1,8 MHz 3,5 MHz 7 MHz 10 MHz 14 MHz 18 MHz 21 MHz 25 MHz 28 MHz 50 MHz 144 MHz |
1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1975-07-01 1976-11-01 1977-09 1968 197? 1988-11-01 1989-05-01 2002-10-01 2000-01-01 2001-01-02 2000-07-01 2001-07-02 1988-07-01 198? 198? |
1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1975-01-01 1945-11-15 1965-03-01 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 1945-11-15 |
1947-04-02 W1FH 1947-05-?? W1FH 1975-07-01 W3KT 1976-11-01 WA3IKK 1978-05-?? W2BXA 1969-??-?? W4QCW 1976-11-01 W1BB 1988-11-01 ON4UN 1989-05-01 W4DR 2002-10-01 Many 2000-01-01 Many 2001-01-02 Many 2000-07-01 Many 2001-07-02 Many 1988-07-01 W4DR 1990-01-02 K5FF 1991-01-11 W5UN |
1951-02-23 ZS6LW 1951-02-23 ZS6LW 1981-04-06 ZS6ANL 1996-09-23 ZS6EZ 1995-08-14 ZS2ACP 1972-03-13 ZS5LB 1987-02-06 ZS5LB 1988-11-01 ZS6BCR 1989-05-01 ZS6BCR 2002-11-15 ZS6EZ 2000-09-30 ZS6EZ 2001-05-21 ZS6EZ 2000-09-18 ZS6KR 2001-09-25 ZS6IR 1988-07-01 ZS6BCR 1998-12-11 ZS6WB None |
365 341 1629 755 210 153 199 120 131 -- -- -- -- -- 160 238 -- |
46 45 69 239 207 >27 123 0 0 1 9 5 3 3 0 107 >234 |
WA3IKK is now K3WC. W4QCW is now W4DR. ZS6BCR is now ZS6EZ. ZS6LW and W1BB are deceased. ZS6LW is thought to be the first ZS on Mixed on Phone. In all other cases, the station listed is certainly first.
Key: "Start date" is the first date from which applications were accepted. "Contacts from" means the first date from which contacts were valid for this award. "First certificate" means the first certificate issued, by date and callsign. "First ZS" is the corresponding information for the first South African winner. "Number" is the certificate number obtained by the first ZS (for those DXCCs with serial numbers). "Months" is the delay between the first certificate and the first South African certificate in months. The figure for 144 MHz is still growing, and will soon exceed the 20 year delay on RTTY that now represents the longest delay for the first ZS to obtain a specific DXCC.
Note regarding CW DXCC start date: For most DXCC certificates, contacts made since 1945-11-15 count. This date represents the resumption of activities in the USA after the Second World War. At this time, most DX was worked on CW, so no special DXCC was available for this mode. There were only Phone and Mixed certificates. When CW DXCC was introduced in 1975, the decision was made to only count contacts made after the start date, forcing everyone to start with a clean slate. 5BDXCC was handled similarly, but contacts before the start date have subsequently been accepted. However, many Old Timers worked numerous countries on CW before the CW start date, and only received Mixed credit for those entities.
1. Where the correct issuing sequence is known (everything but Mixed, Phone, CW and 28 MHz), sequence numbers have been inserted.
2. The 1996 submissions of ZS6KR and ZS6WB may seem strange, but are in fact correct. Personal correspondence with ARRL confirms that the dates must be regarded as authoritative, as their serial number issuing system occasionally goes awry.
3. Single band DXCCs for 10, 14, 18, 21 and 25 MHz do not have serial numbers; only dates. All other certificates have sequential serial numbers.
4. The single-band awards for 3,5, 7 and 28 MHz all had start dates (see above). On that start date, all received applications were sorted by scores. Certificate numbers were allocated in order (from highest to lowest score) and all dated on the start date. Certificates issued subsequently have received sequential numbers.
5. 5BDXCC is issued for meeting DXCC requirements, using current countries only, on each of these bands: 3,5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz. There are no endorsements for special modes or for higher totals on each band; only for more bands (1,8, 10, 18, 25, 50, 144 and 430 MHz).
6. Information from the ARRL Web listings has been incorporated to the date indicated in the heading.
1. The late Van van der Watt ZS6LW was not only the first known DXCC member in South Africa (during 1951), but also the first South African to have achieved the top of the Honour Roll (i.e. worked all current countries). He held this distinction throughout the Eighties, and the second South African only reached this milestone during 2002. As of 2001, Van was still the highest-scoring South African on the official DXCC list, and remained on the Honour Roll. However, with the ongoing addition of new countries, Bushy Roode ZS6YQ passed Van's total number of countries worked during 2002. Van's callsign finally dropped off the Honour Roll in 2003, when the addition of Ducie Island VP6 left him with 10 countries unworked.
2. ZS2RM's Mixed score and last endorsement date are unknown. It is thought that his Mixed score was over 300. The listed score is derived from his CW DXCC score, with the last endorsement to the latter being for a score of 240 in 1987. As he was active before 1975, his Mixed score would have been much higher (see note about start dates).
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