[WVDXA] ZS9Z/ZS1

[W8TN - Clark]

Greg & Joe,

     I checked my log for ZS9Z/ZS1 (Penguin Island) and see I worked them
Dec. 1, 2, & 3 back in 1990.  My logging program (DXbase) says that the QSL
manager is OH2BH and gives his address as:

Mr. Martti Laine
Savasundintie 4C
SF-02230 Espoo
Finland

     QRZ.com gives this address:

MARTTI LAINE
SAVASUNDINTIE 4C
ESPOO FINLAND 02380
FINLAND

      And, gives his email address as:

oh2bh at sral.fi


     In doing a Google search I see that I gave this same answer back in May
2006 so maybe there has been some more "water under the bridge" since then
and maybe you have already found the OH2BH route to not be correct.

     But, I did some more looking on Google and found the following which is
ZS6EZ's QSL Policy:

http://zs6ez.za.org/qsl-pol.htm

     As noted there (and on his QSL Status page:
http://zs6ez.za.org/qsl-stat.htm) he does not respond to email requests.
That page also has a "note" about ZS9Z/ZS1:

*Important notice about ZS9Z*
>
> I held the callsign ZS9Z from 1988 to 1994, until Walvis Bay was given to
> Namibia and the DXCC entity was deleted. The callsign was used repeatedly
> from Walvis Bay, and once as ZS9Z/ZS1 from Penguin Island.
>
> In 2001, the callsign was re-issued to someone else. Initially, he did not
> list himself on any of the QSL databases, and did not notify the SARL of his
> identity. Fortunately, around March 2003 he suddenly appeared on QRZ.com<http://www.qrz.com/>.
> The callsign holder is Oleg Neruchev ZS1/UA3HK. He was active mainly in
> contests, on SSB only. You can reach him at Box 16291, Vlaeberg, 8018, South
> Africa. He does not seem to use the bureau.
>

     I can not seem to find anywhere that he specifically states he is (or
is not) the QSL manager for the Penguin Island DX'pedition.  So, for that
reason, I think I'd try OH2BH (unless you already know that he is NOT the
manager.)  It seems he is still listed as the QSL manager for this
DX'pedition in the few QSL manager lists where I was able to find the
ZS9Z/ZS1 callsign.

     Anyway, that's what I have on this end.  GL.


Clark, W8TN


At 10:15 a.m. on 11/17/2007 W8GG wrote:

> Joe,
> Pretty sure the manager is ZS6EZ. I sent him a email at the address on
> QRZ, no response, but pretty sure he recieved it......Then qsled him with 5
> dollar bill way over a year ago, and nothing.....not even a not in log
> You  might try your luck, think I"ll try one more time......Greg, W8GG
> 73,
> GREG LEE, W8GG
> 15290 HANNAN TRACE ROAD
> CROWN CITY, OHIO 45623
>
> PHONE: 740-256-1181
>
>  ----- Original Message ----
From: Joe <jbarkley at vnet.net>
To: WVDXA at wvdxa.org
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:18:17 AM
Subject: [WVDXA] ZS9Z/ZS1

hi Greg, I found a message thread abt ZS9Z/ZS1. Did you ever get a good
route for the QSL. I too have found an old QSO fm 1990.
Joe

 KI4TZ
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