South African DXCC Gallery

Last updated: 2007-04-09

Notice: © 2001-2007, Chris R. Burger. This document may be reproduced as required for personal use, and may be freely referenced from other Web sites. However, publication elsewhere requires express prior written permission from the compiler.



Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ
Box 4485
Pretoria
0001 South Africa
chris@zs6ez.za.org


While the ARRL publishes an annual DXCC membership list in its DXCC Yearbook, there is no way to obtain a cumulative list. Members who have not submitted cards recently are dropped off the list. This list is an attempt to create a permanent record of all South Africans who are known to have held DXCC certificates.

I'm using an assortment of my personal records and recollections. Both are very much incomplete, and came from a combination of old QST listings, more recent DXCC Yearbook listings and information personally solicited from a number of individuals, in some cases many years ago.

Starting around May 2005, the ARRL has stopped publishing monthly lists. Instead, they now publish a daily update of the membership list for each DXCC. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to see or even figure out the date on which a station's last endorsement application was made. I will attempt to keep track of what is happening, but the odds are that a few entries will slip through the cracks.

While this list is a good starting point, it needs a lot of work to make it complete. Your help will be very welcome. Please let me know of your own information or even of others that you know of.

For each award, three groups are listed:

  • Stations for which full details are known, in chronological order.

  • Stations for which only latest totals are known, in descending order by last known DXCC endorsement.

  • Stations for which no further details are known, in alphabetical order by callsign.

    Key: Present callsign, original callsign when issued (if different), date, certificate number, highest known endorsement, year of highest known endorsement. Scores include deleted countries. As of 2006-08, there are 337 current countries on the list. In the process of transferring the records to the computer system, the ARRL introduced some discrepancies. Where such discrepancies are known, the current electronic total is shown with the symbol "?" to indicate that the previous score published in QST was different.


    Mixed

    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
    ZS6P                  1983-05-31 24324 336  2005 Tjerk Lammers
    ZS6EZ    (ZS6BCR)     1984-06-06 25190 341  2002 Chris R. Burger
    ZS5NK                 1985-10-07 26100 345  2003 Gary Potgieter
    ZS6WB                 1986-10-22 26728 320  2000 Hal Lund
    ZS4TX                 1989-07-10 28787 340  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    ZS6HZ                 1990-06-04 29711 100  1990 Marc Lurie
    ZS2DL                 1993-09-27 32812 259  2006 Don van Loggerenberg
    ZS2LR                 1993-09-27 32813 191? 1993 Jim van Loggerenberg
    ZS1EL    (ZS6AL)      2000-06-24 37041 257  2006 Vidi la Grange
    ZS6MG                 2000-09-30 37241 188  2005 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
    
    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
    ZS1FJ                                  337  2005 Barry Fletcher
    ZS6AOO                                 328  1998 Jim de Almeida--Now in Portugal
    ZS6ASW                                 325  1994 Gerry Steenkamp
    ZS6AZQ                                 312  1994 Baby Steenkamp
    ZS6PI                                  303  1989 De Wet van der Walt
    ZS6JHS                                 285  1997 Johan Sevenster--Now ZS1A
    ZS2LL                                  274  1995 Lambert Ledoux--Silent Key 2005
    ZS1JD                                  259  1995 A Cooke
    ZS6BOK                                 249  1988 Ake Rosvall
    ZS2RM                                 >240 <1987 Percy Buckley--Silent Key 1987
    ZS4Y                                   217  1996 Leon Foot
    ZS2DK                                  216  1985 Mitch Rundle
    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
    ZS2HB                                            Garth Laaks
    ZS2MH                                            E Harris
    ZS2X
    

    Phone

    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 338  2002 Chris R. Burger
    ZS5NK                 1985-10-07 15196 345  2003 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 319  2000 Hal Lund
    ZS4NS                 1988-04-06 16556 170? 2000 Nico Schoonwinkel
    ZS4TX                 1989-07-10 17366 303  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    ZS6HO                 1990-07-23 18130 156  1997 Dave Miller
    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
    ZS5BBO                1998-08-28 23711 103  1998 Edwin Musto
    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
    ZS6EGB                2002-03-         205? 2003 Emil Böhme
    ZS4I                  2005-            101  2005 Johan van Aarde
    ZS6IL                 2005-06-25 33984 118  2005 Ivan Lusic
    ZS6P                  2005-10-04 34082 332  2005 Tjerk Lammers
    ZS2DL                 2006-06-27 34331 208  2006 Don van Loggerenberg
    
    ZS6JM                                  356  1989 John McCoy--Silent Key; call reallocated 2001
    ZS6RM                                  351  1992 Dick Matthews--Silent Key 
    ZS1FJ                                  334  2003 Barry Fletcher
    ZS6AOO                                 328  1998 Jim de Almeida--Now in Portugal
    ZS5PG                                  327  1988 J Winter??
    ZS6PI                                  301  1989 De Wet van der Walt
    ZS6FU                                  297  1991 Les Scott??
    ZS6JHS                                 285  1997 Johan Sevenster--Now ZS1A
    ZS1JD                                  252  1995 George Cooke
    ZS4Y                                   217  1996 Leon Foot
    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
    

    CW

    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 322  2006 Hans Kappetijn
    4. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR)     1984-06-06  3072 337  2002 Chris R. Burger
    5. ZS2RM                               240  1987 Percy Buckley--Silent Key 1987
    ?. ZS4TX              1990-09-28  5286 313? 2005 Bernie van der Walt
    ?. ZS6NT                               157  1992 Dwight West--Now AD7AQ
    ?. ZS2WV                               175  1993 Wim van Vorstenbosch--Now ZS1WV
    ?. ZS1AFZ                              161  1995 Poppie Oosthuizen
    10. ZS6UT             1996-08-19  7688 151  2003 Ed Willers
    11. ZS6/G3SGQ                          118  1996 R Hill
    12. ZS1ESU   (ZS6ESU) 1998-11-23  8380 106  1999 Hester la Grange
    13. ZS1EL    (ZS6AL)  1998-11-23  8382 238  2006 Vidi la Grange
    14. ZS6EGB            2005-            114  2005 Emil Böhme
    15. ZS1AN             2005-            111  2005 Andrew Roos
    16. ZS2DL             2006-06-27 10535 169  2006 Don van Loggerenberg
    

    Note: The issuing sequence from ZS4TX to ZS1AFZ is uncertain. More information on ZS1AFZ, ZS1AN, ZS2RM, ZS2WV, ZS6EGB, ZS6NT and ZS6/G3SGQ would be very welcome!


    Digital

    1. ZS6EZ              1996-09-23   755 183  2005 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6RVG             2000-09-25  1037 146  2006 Dave Plaskett
    

    Satellite

    1. ZS2ACP             1995-08-14   210 103  1995 André Botes
    

    1,8 MHz

    1. ZS5LB              1987-02-06   199 161  1995 Bert Lausecker
    2. ZS6EZ              1997-09-27   698 125  2005 Chris R. Burger
    3. ZS4TX              1997-09-30   711 151  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS6UT              2003-07-16  1024 101  2003 Ed Willers
    

    3,5 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR)     1988-11-01   120 229  2005 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6KR              1996-09-23  1357 154  2006 Hans Kappetijn
    3. ZS6WB              1996-09-26  1344 122  2000 Hal Lund
    4. ZS4TX              2000-09-30  1829 230  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    5. ZS6IR              2001-09-25  1901 122  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    

    7 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR)     1989-05-01   131 293  2005 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6P               1995-09-21  1430 222  2005 Tjerk Lammers
    3. ZS6KR              1996-09-23  1682 232  2006 Hans Kappetijn
    4. ZS6WB              1996-09-26  1662 167  2000 Hal Lund
    5. ZS4TX              2000-09-30  3611 272  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    6. ZS6IR              2001-09-25  3719 166  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    

    10 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ              2002-11-15       195  2005 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS1EL              2006-02-28       114  2006 Vidi la Grange
    

    14 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ              2000-09-30       314  2005 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6IR              2001-09-25       276  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    3. ZS4TX              2003-03-30       247  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS1EL              2006-02-28       165  2006 Vidi la Grange
    5. ZS2DL              2006-06-27       148  2006 Don van Loggerenberg
    
    

    18,1 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ              2001-05-21       241  2002 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6IR              2001-09-25       184  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    

    21 MHz

    1. ZS6KR              2000-09-18       275  2006 Hans Kappetijn
    2. ZS6EZ              2000-09-30       315  2005 Chris R. Burger
    3. ZS6IR              2001-09-25       256  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    4. ZS4TX              2003-03-30       259? 2005 Bernie van der Walt
    5. ZS1EL              2006-02-28       124  2006 Vidi la Grange
    6. ZS6RVG             2006-03-27       106  2006 Dave Plaskett
    7. ZS2DL              2006-06-27       171  2006 Don van Loggerenberg
    

    24,9 MHz

    1. ZS6IR              2001-09-25       166  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    2. ZS6EZ              2002-11-15       230  2005 Chris R. Burger
    

    28 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ (ZS6BCR)     1988-07-01   160 292  2005 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6P               1989-01-31   401 264  2005 Tjerk Lammers
    3. ZS4TX              1990-09-28   995 220  2005 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS6HO              1993-08-02  1802 112  1997 Dave Miller
    ?. ZS6NB              1996-11-27  3245 185  2001 Ken Pickersgill
    ?. ZS6KR              1996-09-23  3230 230  2006 Hans Kappetijn
    ?. ZS6WB              1996-09-26  3210 233  2000 Hal Lund
    ?. ZS6Y                                103  1996 Etienne Swart
    ?. ZS4Y                                102  1996 Leon Foot
    ?. ZS6JHS                              139? 1997 Johan Sevenster--Now ZS1A
    11. ZS6RVG            2000-09-25       165  2006 Dave Plaskett
    12. ZS6IR             2001-09-25 31884 241  2002 Uli von Aswegen
    13. ZS1EL             2006-02-28 32719 101  2006 Vidi la Grange
    14. ZS2DL             2006-06-27       110  2006 Don van Loggerenberg
    

    Note: The issuing sequence from ZS6NB to ZS6JHS is uncertain. More information on ZS4Y, ZS6JHS and ZS6Y would be very welcome!


    50 MHz

    1. ZS6WB              1998-12-11   238 114  2000 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
    

    144 MHz

    No ZS members
    

    Challenge (current band-countries confirmed)

    2310 ZS6EZ
    1520 ZS4TX
    1401 ZS6IR
    1166 ZS6KR
    

    5 Band DXCC

    #  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
    

    Ranking of Leading Stations

    Note: In principle, there should be a Top Three in each category. However, a few categories have less than three listed members, while the Mixed and Phone DXCCs have enough participation to warrant more than three.

    Mixed Phone CW Digital Satellite
    375 ZS6YQ
    370 ZS6LW
    358 ZS6BBP
    356 ZS6RM
    350 ZS1OU
    345 ZS5NK
    345 ZS6IW
    341 ZS6EZ
    340 ZS4TX
    338 ZS4MG
    374 ZS6YQ
    369 ZS6LW
    358 ZS6BBP
    356 ZS6JM
    351 ZS6RM
    345 ZS5NK
    338 ZS6EZ
    334 ZS1FJ
    332 ZS6P
    328 ZS6AOO
    337 ZS6EZ
    322 ZS6KR
    313 ZS4TX
    183 ZS6EZ
    146 ZS6RVG
    103 ZS2ACP
    1,8 MHz 3,5 MHz 7 MHz 10 MHz 14 MHz
    161 ZS5LB
    151 ZS4TX
    125 ZS6EZ
    230 ZS4TX
    229 ZS6EZ
    149 ZS6KR
    293 ZS6EZ
    272 ZS4TX
    232 ZS6KR
    195 ZS6EZ
    114 ZS1EL
    314 ZS6EZ
    276 ZS6IR
    247 ZS4TX
    18 MHz 21 MHz 25 MHz 28 MHz 50 MHz
    241 ZS6EZ
    184 ZS6IR
    315 ZS6EZ
    275 ZS6KR
    259 ZS4TX
    230 ZS6EZ
    166 ZS6IR
    292 ZS6EZ
    264 ZS6P
    241 ZS6IR
    126 ZS6AXT
    114 ZS6WB
    104 ZS6EZ

    Thanks!

    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.


    General Notes:

    1. Where the correct issuing sequence is known (everything but Mixed and Phone), 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 serial numbers.

    4. 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).

    5. Information from the ARRL Web listings has been incorporated to the date indicated in the heading.


    Personal Notes:

    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 Honor Roll in 2003, as 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. His Mixed score was far higher, as he would have had to start with a clean slate when the CW DXCC was introduced in 1979.


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