South African DXCC Gallery

Last updated: 2024-06-30
ARRL Lists to: 2024-03-31

Important note: The ARRL's network crashed in May 2024. At the end of the quarter, the systems are still inaccessible. As a result, the 2024Q2 update cannot take place. I will update the list at the end of the next quarter or when the system comes back on line, whichever happens last.

Notice: © 2001 to 2024, 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, in full or in part, requires express prior written permission from the compiler.



Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ
Box 126
Rayton
1001 South Africa
Look for an email address on qrz.com.


Index

This list contains only South African stations.

  • About DXCC: An explanation of what DXCC is
  • Background: The reason why and the way in which this list was built
  • How to apply: A short summary of how you can get involved in DXCC
  • Recent Developments: Recent shake-ups and changes
  • Clublog Analysis: A breakdown of Zone 38 contacts in recent logs on Clublog, showing how workable these stations have been from southern Africa
  • This List: An explanation of the information in the list and a key for each line

    DXCC
    ZS stations
    Status
    Mixed: Any mode, any band
    Phone: SSB, AM, FM etc.
    CW
    Digital: RTTY, PSK, WSJT etc.
    Satellite
    1,8 MHz
    3,5 MHz
    7 MHz
    10 MHz
    14 MHz
    18 MHz
    21 MHz
    25 MHz
    28 MHz
    50 MHz
    144 MHz
    Challenge: At least 1000 current band-countries on 1,8 to 50 MHz
    5 Band: DXCC on each of 3,5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz
    244
    149
    38
    32
    4
    8
    19
    23
    24
    34
    26
    32
    25
    33
    6
    5
    24
    23
    Incomplete 2005
    Incomplete 2005
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Lacking one certificate number
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete
    Complete

  • Ranking: Ranking of active stations and of all-time scores on Mixed and Phone
  • Three-Mode scores: Ranking by sum of all three single-mode scores
  • Start Dates: A table showing start dates and details of first winners world-wide and in South Africa
  • Notes: Explanatory notes
  • How you can help
  • Thanks: Personal thanks to major contributors

    You can also access other DXCC information in the ZS6EZ Rogues' Gallery.

  • A DXCC Honour Roll cumulative list including annual listings all the way back to 1954.
  • Annual DXCC lists for South Africans since 1947.
  • A list of first achievers at different endorsement levels for each DXCC in South Africa.
  • A list of 50 MHz DXCC holders world-wide up to 2004. This list was compiled long before ARRL started publishing daily DXCC lists. Between this list and the daily ARRL list, the picture is reasonably complete.

    About DXCC

    The DX Century Club is the world's foremost amateur radio award. It is the prime benchmark by which DXing prowess is measured. It is also an excellent measure of longevity.

    DXCC is sponsored by the ARRL. Rules and other details can be found in their DXCC pages.

    DXCC starts with an entry level of 100 entities on the DXCC list. Work 100 entities, obtain confirmations, submit them to ARRL and pay the application fee. Most DXCC entities are countries, but there are a few oddities such as islands isolated from the remainder of a country or even international agencies that occupy single buildings. A prime example is the Prince Edward Islands, including Marion Island. This island group constitutes one of the most wanted DXCC entities, even though it is part of South Africa. The reason, of course, is over 1000 km of open water between them and the rest of the country.

    Achieving the basic DXCC award is relatively easy. Most determined individuals can reach DXCC status relatively comfortably in a year. In fact, most major contest stations work 100 countries on each of several frequency bands in a major contest! However, the challenge does not end there. Endorsements are offered for greater numbers of entities. The leading stations in the world now approach 400 such entities, including the 340 existant entities and another sixty or so that have been deleted.

    Stations that need less than 10 current entities confirmed are listed in the DXCC Honour Roll. The Top of the Honour Roll contains all stations that need no current entities. They have worked and confirmed every single entity in the world. About 1000 stations world wide, including four South Africans, have achieved this distinction.

    One can also apply for a range of specialised DXCCs, including ones for a single mode or a single band. There is also a Five Band DXCC (5BDXCC) for confirming at least 100 current entities on each of the five main HF bands (3,5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz). Once the 5BDXCC has been earned, one can earn further band endorsements for other bands. Single-band DXCCs have been earned on 12 different bands, from 1,8 to 440 MHz. Finally, there is the DXCC Challenge, consisting of the combined score of current entities on the 10 bands from 1,8 to 50 MHz. The leading stations have achieved over 3000 challenge points, or an average of over 300 entities per band.

    Some entities are almost impossible to miss. Italy, Germany and the USA are some of these entities that have been confirmed by virtually all DXCC participants. Others are far harder, and may not be workable at all for years or even decades at a time. Such rare entities are either politically unstable and therefore do not issue licences, or they are inaccessible. An example of the former is North Korea, the most wanted entity in the world. Only a few dozen DXCC participants have worked North Korea on CW. An example of an inaccessible island is Bouvet, a Norwegian island in the south Atlantic Ocean. There is no resident population, and ships going there have to brave the Roaring Forties as well as steep cliffs that make sea landings impossible. An icebreaker with a helicopter does not come cheaply, so this island has appeared only about once per decade.

    It is because of this intermittent availability of a few entities that longevity is a major asset in the DXCC chase. A score of 300 can be achieved in a year or two. However, getting onto the Honour Roll generally takes decades. Getting to the Top of the HR takes decades more.


    Background behind this Membership List

    Over the years, the means used by the ARRL to publish DXCC membership has changed considerably. From 1947, a list of all DXCC members and Honour Roll members was published monthly in QST. By the Fifties, the list had grown to the extent that the entire list could not be published every month. A monthly list of new members and endorsements was then published, with the Honour Roll being published 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 listings 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 and Honour Roll 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 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 were by no means complete, but the list nevertheless gradually became the most comprehensive record of South African DXCC activity in existence.

    Two major breakthroughs happened in 2011 and 2012. The first was that several old DXCC lists started becoming available through the ARRL Website. The second was that an almost-complete set of QSTs fell into my lap, going back to 1936. Suddenly, I had almost all the source documents at my fingertips. The main obstacle to completing this list was to wade through more than 750 issues of QST looking for the lists, and then to wade through an average of 5000 callsigns in every annual list looking for ZS callsigns. At my age, the process involves reading glasses, a bright light and a magnifying glass. Fortunately, the painful project was eventually completed during 2013.

    With the exception of one year, during which the ARRL published no lists, all callsigns have now been included. From 2004 to 2006, the ARRL published no lists in QST or the DXCC Yearbook. The reason was that the online listings had just been introduced. Unfortunately, while it was now possible to follow the progress in real time, none of this history has been preserved. I had to rely on the assistance of the late Bill Moore NC1L at DXCC to help me get to this information. 2004 and 2006 have now been incorporated; I hope to also have 2005 one day.

    I try to keep the list as current as possible. At the end of every quarter, I check the DXCC listings on the ARRL Website. When I see a new addition or a change in endorsement level, I update this list. I also request dates and certificate numbers from the relevant participants, with mixed success. Finally, I incorporate all changes as soon as I am alerted of them.

    I'm hoping the list now includes all callsigns. However, if you know of any DXCC certificates out there that I don't know about, or information about certificates that are not fully recorded in these pages, whether your own or someone else's, please let me know. As you will see, on the Mixed and Phone lists there are many incomplete entries--dates, certificate numbers and names are missing or subject to question. If you can contribute any information, please let me know.

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    How to apply for DXCC

    The easiest way to apply for DXCC is to use the ARRL's Logbook of the World. They provide comprehensive instructions on how to get yourself going on LoTW. Once you have uploaded your logs, you'll be able to watch the confirmations roll in. Reach 100, apply on-line and a few days later your callsign should appear in these listings. You can then add further credits using LotW and paper QSLs.

    If you are an old timer and have confirmed many countries using paper QSL cards, you can also apply on paper. The procedure is outlined in the DXCC pages. You can have most of your cards checked in this country through Tjerk Lammers ZS1J, the SARL's Awards Manager. Liaise directly with him for further details on how to have your cards inspected. In 2012, a new on-line application process for paper QSLs was launched. Using this process is a lot cheaper and a little faster than the old paper-based system. This process still involves paper forms that have to be sent to the USA, but you yourself do all the typing to enter the contacts into the DXCC database. Theoretically, the room for error has been greatly reduced. At the very least, the costs are much lower, as you do not have to pay the ARRL to do the data entry.

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    Recent Developments

    Notes from previous years have now been placed in a separate document. In future, only comments for the current year will appear here.

    In 2020-06, Bernie van der Walt ZS4TX finally managed to confirm an old contact with East Germany on 28 MHz SSB. This deleted entity credit elevates his all-time mode and band scores by one.

    In 2020-10, Gary Potgieter ZS5NK died during the Covid-19 pandemic. He was the second-highest scorer on the Mixed and Phone DXCCs.

    Early in 2022, Dennis Wells ZS1AU managed to convince ARRL to credit his VQ9DC card from 1972, clearly showing the location as Mahe, Seychelles, as a new entity. Since Dennis is at the top of the Honour Roll, he clearly already had Seychelles confirmed. The credit must therefore be for one of the deleted VQ9 entities; Aldabra, Desroches or Farquhar. Strange—none of those islands are anywhere near Mahe.

    Mid-2022, Paul Smit ZS6NK uploaded his HF logs to LotW, generating lots of confirmations. In fact, he managed to add eight new bands to his existing 50 MHz DXCC, giving him 9 Band DXCC in one fell swoop.

    In April 2023, Dennis Wells ZS1AU died at the age of 94. At the time of his death, Dennis was the highest active scorer on the Mixed and Phone DXCCs.

    On 2023-08-05, Hans Kappetijn ZS6KR died at the age of 78. Hans was one of only three South African members on the CW Honour Roll.

    ClubLog Analysis

    Note: For the moment, this section is not being maintained due to the demands of other priorities.

    ClubLog has emerged as a powerful tool to assess DXpedition performance. It has also proven to be a very useful aid to DXpeditions. The operators can now upload their logs routinely, facilitating log checking in almost real time. The positive effects are numerous. DXers can keep track of their DX scores with practically no effort, and can order QSL cards painlessly on the Web. DXpeditions can use the OQRS function for direct and bureau cards and receive payments for postage costs without having to build the infrastructure themselves. However, there have also been negative effects.

    The biggest single negative effect has been the Leaderboards feature, which shows the leading stations (in terms of number of QSOs with the DXpedition). Unfortunately, the effect has been to allow close-in stations and big guns to make dozens of meaningless contacts, while denying distant and weak stations the opportunity to make even one solitary contact. In the past, pileups would dry up after a few days of a big DXpedition. These days, pileups remain furious right to the end, making it impossible to crack them from the other end of the world. ZS stations are often victims, as the pileups remain impenetrable right to the end of some Pacific DXpeditions.

    As a result, many major DXpeditions now no longer use the Leaderboards feature, hoping to discourage meaningless multiple QSOs.

    The only situation where the Leaderboard doesn't do any harm is on really large Mega-Expeditions, where they actually run out of callers in the last few days after hundreds of thousands of contacts.

    The Leaderboards can also be viewed for a specific DXCC country, a specific CQ zone, a continent or a radio club. Many local DXers watch the Zone 38 leaderboards in an attempt to see which bands and modes have been workable for a specific DXpedition. Very often, the leading DXers need perhaps one or two bands and perhaps a Digital contact. The Big Guns often make only those contacts, with perhaps another insurance contact or two on critical bands or modes. Others do not show the same restraint. Making dozens of contacts with a DXpedition in the early days does not show prowess. Instead, it is evidence of compulsive behaviour and it robs others of meaningful counters.

    The table below shows some DXpeditions in 2018 with logs on ClubLog as seen from southern Africa. For stations using the Leaderboard, a lot of statistics can readily be seen. For others, some detective work is required. As a result, some of the entries have had to be guessed or inferred. The table gives a good indication of how workable the station was from here. For a close-in station, we would expect an M+B score of 3+9 or so. For distant stations (e.g. the Pacific), 3+6 is probably good going. Something like 2+4 shows pretty poor performance from an all-band and all-mode perspective, even at the other end of the world.

    Although this author does not currently have the capacity to maintain such tables due to other commitments, an astute DXer would do well to analyse DXpedition activity in a similar way.

    Key: Callsign; Month most active; Modes+Bands worked from Zone 38; Zone 38 Stations worked; Zone 38 QSOs; Total QSOs in thousands; number of operators; LotW posting; "+" means the operation is still in progress, and the numbers could still increase.

    Call         Active   M+B   38Stns   38QSOs   kQSOs  Ops LotW         Remarks
    
    E31A         2018-01  ?+7    >37      104      33     5   2018        JH1AJT, DJ9ZB, RZ3FW, RA9USU, E21EIC
    ZC4A         2018-01  ?+8     33       80      44     6   2018-02     Cypriot and British team
    VU4G         2018-03  2+4     16       18       8     1   2018-03     G4IRN
    3C3W         2018-03  3+5     14       18      30     3   Later       YL2GM, YL1ZF, YL2KL
    3D2EU (Rot)  2018-03  1+2      2        3      30     5   Later       German/Dutch/Fiji team
    Z60A         2018-01  3+8     60      148      99   >20   2018-02     Multinational team
    XR0YD        2018-03  ?+5     >9       21      46    10   Later       German team
    TY7C         2018-03  3+8     18       25      40    10   Later       F6KOP French/German/Austrian team
    3B8XF        2018-03  1+5    >10       24      14     1   Later       G3TXF (for Commonwealth Contest (CW only))
    TN5R         2018-03  3+9     47       96      62    11   Later       DX Friends (EA/F/I/HK/JA)
    3C0W         2018-03  3+9     33       58      54     3   Later       YL2GM, YL1ZF, YL2KL
    7Q7EI        2018-03  3+8     55      106      37    14   Later       EI DX Group (mostly Irish)
    

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    This List

    As described above, the compilation of this list relied heavily on direct contact with individuals listed in ARRL publications. Although the callsign and score can be seen in the DXCC lists (at least for active stations), the dates and numbers cannot. The list is therefore incomplete, as many individuals no longer hold the same callsign, have died or are otherwise unreachable. In a few cases, listed operators have not responded to repeated begging. Assistance in obtaining missing information is always appreciated.

    All stations are listed in chronological order as far as the order is known. Where several certificates were issued in the same month or year, they are listed in order of descending scores. I've inserted a gap at the end of each decade, to make it easier to gauge activity in a specific era at a glance.

    Key: Issuing sequence in South Africa; 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 from 2012-03, there are 340 current countries (or "entities") 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. Silent Key dates of death are indicated if available. "< 2005" means before 2005. "[1999-2001]" means somewhere within that interval.

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    Mixed

    1. ZS2X              <1947-10       28 211  1952 Rex Bosman--Silent Key
    2. ZS6DW             <1948-04       55 229  1959 W. F. (Bill) Meyer--Silent Key
    3. ZS2AG             <1948-10          162  1953 P. G. (Piet) Pretorius--Silent Key
       ZS6EU             <1948-10          235  1970 Arthur Coetzee
    5. ZS6CZ             <1949-01          130  1950 Charles Stiemie--Silent Key
    6. ZS6FN              1949-02          270  1964 R. Goldblatt??
    7. ZS6CT              1949-06          101  1950 Hugh W. Green (pre-war ZT6Y)
    8. ZS5BS              1949-08          113  1950 Milton Roseveare??
       ZS6A               1949-08          220  1964 Wally Browning--Silent Key
       ZS6GI              1949-08          123  1950 B. Friedman??
       ZS6RM      (ZS1M)  1949-08          356  1990 Dick Matthews--Silent Key [1988-1990]
    12. ZS5U              1949-09          104  1950 Bert Buckley
    13. ZS5CU             1949-10          142  1953 J. C. Livingstone
     
    14. ZS6LW            <1950-01      365 370  1994 A. D. "Van" van der Watt--Silent Key 2000-07 (See Personal Note 1)
    15. ZS5YF            <1950-02          188  1987 R. Fell??
    16. ZS6BW             1950             293  1961 Bert Sachs--Silent Key < 1990
        ZS6HO             1950             114  1950 D. F. M. McCormack
        ZS2AT             1950             212  1965 Arthur B. Trewin
        ZS1BK             1950             232  1961 Tom Freeborough
        ZS6KK             1950             163  1958 Marie Kramer (later Cormack)--Silent Key
        ZS6IW    (ZS2IW)  1950             345  1983 Mike Sherman--Silent Key < 1992
        ZS1FD             1950             200  1987 F. Henry Flanter--Silent Key 1994
        ZS6OW             1950             100  1950
    24. ZS2CR             1951             140  1956 Wally White--Silent Key
        ZS2EC             1951             117  1951 Lassie M. White--Silent Key
        ZS6OV             1951             170  1958 J. van der Merwe
        ZS5FS             1951             106  1951 H. R. Turner??
        ZS6JZ             1951             180  1985 H. C. Williams
        ZS6SB             1951             105  1951 Karl Baumann--Silent Key
        ZS7C              1951             101  1951 W. van Rensburg
        ZS3K              1951             140  1953 J. van Rooyen
        ZS6IH             1951             100  1951 Bennie Pienaar (or Goldblatt??)
    33. ZS2U              1952-04-01  1471 305  1994 A. F. A. (Al) Akers
        ZS6BJ             1952             124  1953 Len Ensor??
        ZS6J              1952             182  1971 Reg Green--Silent Key [1985-1995]
        ZS1FR             1952             122  1958 C. J. van der Westhuizen
        ZS6RI             1952             106  1952 C. E. Hogg
        ZS6QF             1952             105  1952
        ZS2FH             1952             102  1952 Ron Inglis--Silent Key
        ZS6VR             1952             102  1952 Dr Chris J. Rabie
        ZS6OS             1952             101  1952 Dan Mahany--Silent Key ca. 1990
    42. ZS6XQ             1953             105  1953 L. Nel
        ZS1BM             1953             103  1953 Stan Twine--Silent Key ca. 1980
        ZS3S              1953             150  1962 M. Bloch
        ZS5KF             1953             100  1953 B. Miller??
        ZS5LA             1953             113  1955 R. Walsh??
        ZS6WJ             1955             112  1955 E. Dunkerly (Mrs)
        ZS5IO             1955             102  1955 
        ZS6SG             1955             110  1958 W. Saunders??
    50. ZS4AK             1956             120  1956 Joe F. Leask--Silent Key 1981-11
        ZS1KK             1956             118  1956 W. J. E. Vermeulen
        ZS1EB             1956             109  1956 Bill du Toit
        ZS5AM             1956             111  1957
        ZS4FP             1956             101  1956 J. W. Kuhn
        ZS5AW             1956             101  1957 G. C. Liebenberg (pre-war ZT5F)
        ZS6AEA            1956             123  1962 H. R. Howes
    57. ZS6IX             1957             159  1957 A. L. Padmore
        ZS1OU             1957             350  1993 Jack Snyman--Silent Key [1998 - 2005]
        ZS1RM             1957             288  1965 Marge Snyman
        ZS6WS             1957             153  1963 W. Swanepoel??
        ZS6AJQ            1957             129  1958 A. G. Carmichael
    62. ZS4MG             1958-05-22  3555 338  1981 Syd Coosner--now ZS6CM (inactive in Pretoria)
        ZS4PB             1958-05-22  3556 105  1958 Pieter Botha--Silent Key 2012-11
        ZS3BC             1958             103  1958
        ZS6AJO            1958             148  1970 E. N. (Tubby) Gibson/Gilson
        ZS6DG             1958             100  1958 R. D. Wilson??
    67. ZS6BBP            1959?       4235?358  2001 Hans Behrens--later VK2FTZ--Silent Key 2013
    68. ZS1EL    (ZS1AL)  1959-08-11  4485 192  2001 Vidi la Grange
    69. ZS1ACD            1959-09-10  4551 200  1972 Max Adler
        ZS4IO             1959             111  1960 P. J. van Niekerk
        ZS6ASW            1959             325  1994 C. P. (Gerry) Steenkamp
        ZS2LL    (ZS6IF)  1959             274  1995 Lambert Ledoux--Silent Key 2005
        ZS2JA             1959             108  1959 F. Johnson??
        ZS6AHW            1959             106  1959
        ZS6ATA            1959             240  1964 Norman Kropman
        ZS6APQ            1959             141  1960 F. J. Corry
        ZS1KO             1959             102  1959 Bill Ingleson--later ZS6KO--Silent Key 2013
        ZS2AW             1959             102  1960 Dudley Forsythe
        ZS8I              1959             102  1959 T. E. Meyer
    
    80. ZS5LU             1960             162  1968 C. D. Petersen (Peterson??)
        ZS2HI             1960             126  1960 Ken Bradley--Silent Key
        ZS4UP             1960             123  1960 J. P. van den Berg
        ZS1NQ             1960             200  1966 Gwen E. Smith
        ZS2HX             1960             116  1960 Harry Polakow--Silent Key
        ZS1SP             1960             104  1960 George Dowdney--Silent Key ca. 1990
        ZS6AJX            1960             104  1960 Bob??
        ZS1RK             1960             100  1960 M. L. (Monte??) Brauer
        ZS5KU             1960             200  1964 Jack Whittle
        ZS6FR             1960             100  1960 D. Phillips
        ZS6ZF             1960             100  1960 Jan du Preez
    91. ZS6AJH            1961-03-28  5529 133  1961 Mannie de Beer--ZS6AK since <1980--Silent Key 2018-10-25
        ZS1FA             1961             137  1961 J. C. (Chris) Nortier
        ZS5RS             1961             162  1967 John Kohler--now ZS6UL since <1980
        ZS6YB             1961             110  1962 Doug Pitchford
        ZS6GS             1961             104  1961 J. Lamb??
        ZS7M              1961             155  1964 Des Wahl
        ZS6KT             1961             100  1961 Dirk T. Fourie
    98. ZS6VX             1962             206  1965 D. W. H. Helyar??
        ZS3E              1962             135  1962 Kosie du Buisson (later V51E)--Silent Key 2005-11-24
        ZS6ARI            1962             114  1962 A. J. (Arie) Verwoerdt
        ZS6JH             1962             103  1962 Herman Rothenberg--Silent Key 2022-03-29
        ZS2KX             1962             101  1962 Cyril Goodman--Silent Key
        ZS4LX             1962             129  1964 Jeff T. Hulbert--Later ZS6ALX, now Silent Key
    104. ZS6YQ            1963-07-01  6721 375  2003 Bushy Roode--Silent Key 2005-05
         ZS4F             1963             186  1963 Frik J. de Bruyn
         ZS2CV            1963             202  1965 Eric Gertenbach
         ZS5UP            1963             193  1967 John Ayres
         ZS7R             1963             109  1963 Victor V. Parkhouse
         ZS3AH            1963             108  1963 A. M. Horne
         ZS6AUL           1963             107  1963 Piet Zondagh
         ZS6QK            1963             103  1963 Astor Levy??
         ZS6AMS           1963             153  1965 Peter Schmarr/Schoeman??--Silent Key
         ZS6AZQ           1963             312  1994 Baby Steenkamp
         ZS2MH            1963             100  1963 Eileen M. Harris--Silent Key
    115. ZS2RM            1964             320  1987 Percy Buckley--Silent Key 1987
         ZS6BIJ           1964             121  1966 William A. Willers
         ZS3EW            1964             102  1964 Brian Connolly
         ZS6JQ            1964             101  1964 Cedar Ryan??
         ZS5S             1964             100  1964 M. E. Smith??--Silent Key
    120. ZS6BEJ           1965             115  1965 Horst Fischer
         ZS5BA            1965             102  1965 Bert Boutell--Silent Key
         ZS1O             1965             108  1968 
         ZS1JQ            1965             101  1965 
         ZS6BL            1965             100  1965 Basil Wood??
    125. ZS6BIG           1966             110  1966 Ray Hackett??
         ZS6AUZ           1966             109  1966 H. Bloom??
         ZS6AXU           1966             107  1966 Percy Cowley
    128. ZS6CW            1967             133  1967 C. Watcham??
         ZS6XP            1967             102  1967 W. ("Red") Cowley Green??
    130. ZS6BMD           1968             120  1969 Lambert O. "Bert" Theys
    131. ZS2DC           <1969-09          101  1969 Don G. Calder
    132. ZS5LB            1969-10-06 10782 109  1970 Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    
    133. ZS5WH            1970             103  1970 
         ZS6AR            1970             103  1970 R. Ehman??
         ZS2PZ            1970             100  1970 G. W. Carr
    136. ZS5SY            1971             107  1971 A. Rose??
         ZS4RH            1971             103  1971 J. A. (Teddy) Bronkhorst--Silent Key
         ZS5OV            1973             105  1973 B. Robson-Garth??
    139. ZS6AFC           1974             103  1974 J. Moore
         ZS2EM            1974-06          199  1978 Ian W. B. Emslie
         ZS6ADT           1974-06          120  1976 I. J. Henning
    142. ZS6BOK           1977             249  1986 Vince Lurie--now in Portugal
    143. ZS6BNY           1979-05-08 18784 105  1979 Cliff M. Bestall (pre-war ZS6EZ)--Silent Key <2012
         ZS1LM            1979             116  1979 Geoffrey H. Tinker
         ZS6ABA           1979             105  1979 Pieter Stofberg--Silent Key
         ZS6ALS           1979             102  1979 E. Salant??
         ZS6BQT           1979             100  1979 E. Hagenaar??
    
    148. S8AAT            1980-03 ??       139  1980 Len H. de Klerk
         ZS5BK            1980             110  1980 Bill Smith (also G4INN)--Silent Key 1991
         ZS1JD            1980             259  1995 A. George Cooke--Silent Key 2007-09-05
    151. ZS6ANL           1981-04-06 21490 142  1983 Norbert Taferner--Silent Key 2010-05-12
         ZS5MY            1981-06-25 21858 277  1990 Franz Taschl--Silent Key as ZS6EU on 2013-01-11
         ZS2MI            1981             110  1981 Marion Island Weather Station (Operator unknown)
         ZS6ST            1981             110  1981 Kosie Smit
    155. ZS2DK            1981-11-12 22367 225  2009 Mitch V. Rundle
    156. ZS2JS            1982             109  1982 
         ZS3TL            1982             106  1982 Rudi van der Walt (ex ZS1TL ZS4TL)
         ZS6NH            1982             102  1982 W. P. Kegel
    159. ZS1J     (ZS6P)  1983-05-31 24324 350  2018 Tjerk J. Lammers
         ZS6PI            1983             303  1989 C. B. De Wet van der Walt
         ZS5CO            1983             102  1983 Reg Sweet--Silent Key 2011-06
    162. ZS5QO            1983-12-16 24761 153  1990 George A. Hurst--now NA9E
    163. ZS6EZ  (ZS6BCR)  1984-06-06 25190 350  2018 Chris R. Burger
         ZS5YN            1984             107  1984 Dermot C. Shanks
         ZS6BUR           1984             107  1984 Jim Houston
         ZS6XD            1984             107  1984 Bill Smith--now in Britain since ca. 1985
    167. ZS6AE            1985             105  1985 Ad Liefbroer
         ZS1QJ            1985             103  1985 Jack Dellow
    169. ZS5NK            1985-10-07 26100 353  2017 Gary Potgieter--Silent Key 2020-10-11
    170. ZS3BI            1986             131  1989 Arnold Kollmann--later V51BI
         ZS5AZ            1986             102  1986 Stan Finn??
    172. ZS6WB            1986-10-22 26728 346  2018 Hal Lund
    173. ZS/W6KG          1987-05-28 27138 116  1988 Lloyd Colvin--Silent Key 1993-12
         ZS1WQ            1987             130  1989 Rusty Lotter
    175. ZS4TX            1989-07-10 28787 349  2018 Bernie van der Walt
    
    176. ZS6HZ            1990-06-04 29711 100  1990 Marc Lurie
    177. ZS6AOO           1990-10-17       328  1998 Jim de Almeida--now CT1HGS since ca. 1996
    178. ZS9/W6KG         1991-08-22 30801 113  1991 Lloyd Colvin--Silent Key 1993-12
    179. ZS1A   (ZS6JHS)  1992-08-14 31677 344  2023 Johan Sevenster
    180. ZS1FJ            1992-12-04       348  2019 Barry Fletcher--now 9V1FJ since 2004
         ZS5MM            1992             108? 1992 Mack Laxon
    182. ZS6AYE           1993-03-29 32208 267  2021 Braam Devenier
    183. ZS5HAM           1993-06-06 32325 101  1993 Highway Branch, SARL
    184. ZS2DL            1993-09-27 32812 341  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    185. ZS2LR            1993-09-27 32813 191? 1993 Jim van Loggerenberg--Silent Key 2016
    186. ZS4Y             1995-10-24 34505 217  1996 Leon Foot
    187. ZS6Y             1995-12-04 34551 191? 1996 Etienne Swart
    188. ZS2KV            1996             280  1996 Stanley S. Geer
    
    189. ZS1EL   (ZS6AL)  2000-06-24 37041 295  2013 Vidi la Grange
    190. ZS6MG            2000-09-30 37241 246  2011 Vlado Karamitrov--now N3CZ since 2004
    191. ZS6NK            2002-03-04 38109 244  2024 Paul Smit
    192. ZS6IL            2005-09-13 40533 119  2005 Ivan Lusic
    > [2005 incomplete--more stations may have been added]
    193. ZS6AND           2006-06-12 40794 109  2006 Aurelio Da Camara
    194. ZS2EZ            2007-02-13 41146 336  2022 Barry Murrell
    195. ZS4U             2008-01-26 41755 102  2008 Barney Fourie--now ZS5TU since 2016, previously ZS6TQ
    196. ZS2I             2008-11-16 42449 321  2017 Johan van Aarde
    197. ZS2Y             2008-11-18 42491 319  2023 Thian de Jager
    
    198. ZS1JY            2010-09-24 44119 100  2010 Jacques J. le Roux
    199. ZS1XG  (ZS1XUK)  2010-11-03 44215 322  2019 Simon C. Cammies
    200. ZS1AFS           2010-11-11 44242 161  2019 Tom Morgan--also ZT1T, G0CAJ
    201. ZS1AU            2010-12-30 44450 361  2022 Dennis Wells--Silent Key 2023-04-27
    202. ZS6RJ            2011-02-22 44150 267  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    203. ZS1C   (ZS1REC)  2011-03-21 44617 285  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    204. ZS6K   (ZS6BSP)  2011-05-06 44851 122  2014 Jan Grobbelaar
    205. ZS3D             2011-06-25 44986 113  2011 Danie Mans--Silent Key 2023
    206. ZS2CR            2011-09-18 45273 150  2011 Colette Rundle
    207. ZS5SAM           2011-11-20 45504 102  2011 Fred Andreas
    208. ZS6NJ            2011-11-29 45552 325  2019 Fanie Nel
    209. ZS6AKU           2011-12-01 45569 206  2014 Dirk U. Els
    210. ZS6UT            2012-08-03 46663 323  2016 Edmar Willers
    211. ZS1ROM           2012-09-23 57071 100  2012 T. J. (Thys) Greyling
    212. ZR6DX            2013-01-09 57543 159  2015 Noel Hammond
    213. ZS6PVT           2013-02-11 57697 102  2013 Phillip van Tonder
    214. ZS1LS            2013-03-07 57742 325  2023 Allan Saul
    215. ZS6C   (ZS6GRL)  2013-04-03 57888 278  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    216. ZS8IR            2013-04-21 57988 100  2013 Christian J. de Beer ZS6RI
    217. ZS6A             2013-07-06 58236 261  2015 Pierre van Deventer
    218. ZS1TMJ           2013-09-20 47990 121  2013 Sydney N. Smith (also M0ZAR)
    219. ZS6WN            2014-04-19 59282 262  2018 Karel G. J. Bezuidenhout
    220. ZS6Z             2014-04-22 59137 104  2014 Pretoria Contest Club
    221. ZT1T             2014-10-16 59??? 103  2014 Tom Morgan--also ZS1AFS
    222. ZS1DX            2015-02-07 60202 272  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    223. ZS6EGB           2015-07-22 60826 217  2015 Emil Böhme
    224. ZS6WR            2016-03-14 61533 100  2016 West Rand Amateur Radio Club
    225. ZS6ZA            2016-03-29 61582 101  2016 Etienne Nieuwoudt
    226. ZS6BK            2016-04-19 61663 121  2020 Bruce G. Rowan
    227. ZS6ZP            2016-07-15 61944 101  2016 Eric Krebser
    228. ZS6CNC           2016-10-13 62165 102  2016 Adi Loupo
    229. ZS1SA            2016-10-11 62827 101  2016 Rob Bareham
    230. ZS1ZC            2016-10-14 62168 134  2018 John Golby
    231. ZS5LEE           2016-11-13 62260 243  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    232. ZS6UB            2016-11-28 62291 102  2016 Vincent Potgieter
    233. ZS6HON           2017-02-02 62482 205  2021 Helgard R. Honiball
    234. ZS3VIC           2017-07-16 62955 100  2017 Vic Moore
    235. ZS6TVB           2018-03-10 63561 159  2018 Theo Bresler
    236. ZS4JAN           2018-03-30 63618 218  2020 Jan Botha
    237. ZS3SH            2018-08-18 64040 140  2018 Hermanus C. (Stoffel) Honiball
    238. ZS1SBW           2018-08-28 64068 198  2023 Shawn Billy Williams
    239. ZS1ALJ           2018-08-29 64071 104  2018 Hans J. Potgieter
    240. ZS6CR            2018-09-25 64133 162  2021 Cor J. Rademeyer
    241. ZS6S (ZS6RAS)    2018-11-03 64229 156  2019 Alastair Skudder
    242. ZS2PE            2019-11-11 65201 101  2019 Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society
    243. ZR2A             2019-11-13 65203 145  2023 Ulrich Ann DM5EE
    
    244. ZS0RR            2020-09-14 66124 122  2023 Roman Rock Radio Club
    

    Other Stations (DXCC claimed, but issue date and score unknown)

    ZS1VP                                            Buck Taylor (later G0OYH)--Silent Key 2007-08-07
    [1 station]
    

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    Phone

    1. ZS6FU              1949-08          297  1990 Les Scott??
    
    2. ZS6Q               1950-03          313  1966 Alan Chenik--Silent Key < 1980
       ZS6BW              1950             284  1959 Bert Sachs--Silent Key < 1990
       ZS1DO              1950             267  1965 J. P. Malan
       ZS5CU              1950             126  1953 J. C. Livingstone
       ZS5GU              1950             108 <1950 Ken Clayton
       ZS6DW              1950             214  1958 W. F. (Bill) Meyer--Silent Key
       ZS6IW     (ZS2IW)  1950             111  1955 Mike Sherman--Silent Key < 1992
    9. ZS6LW              1951-02-23   341 369  1994 A. D. "Van" van der Watt--Silent Key 2000-07 (See Personal Note 1)
    10. ZS1GG             1951             111  1957 D. G. J. Franken??
        ZS5G              1951             102  1951 C. Ridge??
        ZS3G              1951             151  1957 Dougie Fouché
    13. ZS1KW             1952             132  1953 C. J. Brink
        ZS6Z              1952             149  1961 Arland Ussher--Silent Key ca. 1985
    15. ZS6FN             1954             261  1964 R. Goldblatt??
    16. ZS2AT             1955             122  1961 Arthur B Trewin
    17. ZS1MQ             1956             100  1956 M. K. H. (Bud) Smith (Later VE7??)
    18. ZS6WS             1957             105  1957 W. Swanepoel
        ZS3AB             1957             100  1957 Barney Joel (also ZS1AB)--Silent Key 1960
    20. ZS6JM     (ZS5JM) 1958             356  1989 John McCoy--Silent Key; callsign reallocated 2001
    21. ZS5NZ             1958             114  1958 Milne Buchan--Silent Key
    22. ZS6AHW            1959-04          104  1959 
    23. ZS1FD             1959             140  1959 F. Henry Flanter--Silent Key 1994
        ZS5PG             1959             327  1986 Jack Winter--Silent Key ca. 1995
        ZS6UR             1959             311  1967 Wim Ruurds
        ZS5ZG             1959             102  1959
        ZS1KO             1959             100  1959 Bill Ingleson??--later ZS6KO--Silent Key 2013 
        ZS8I              1959             100  1960 T. E. Meyer 
    
    29. ZS2HX             1960             119  1960 Harry Polakow--Silent Key
        ZS2ND             1960             114  1960 H. E. Williams-Jones
        ZS4UP             1960             108  1960 J. P. van den Berg
        ZS5DW             1960             106  1960 B. Meyer
        ZS6AIA            1960             105  1960 
        ZS1OE             1960             160  1984 Louis S. Rosenzweig??
        ZS1RV             1960             102  1960 W. A. (Oscar) van Schoor
        ZS1DC             1960             261  1975 Jack Swart--Silent Key ca. 1990
    37. ZS6ADB            1961             101  1961 John L. Gamble
        ZS6YB             1961             105  1962 Doug Pitchford
    39. ZS4MG             1962             151  1962 Syd Coosner--now ZS6CM (inactive in Pretoria)
        ZS3E              1962             122  1962 Kosie du Buisson--Silent Key 2005-11-24
        ZS6VX             1962             166  1965 D. W. H. Helyar??
        ZS6NM             1962             103  1962 Phil Miller
        ZS4LX             1962             129  1964 Jeff T. Hulbert--Later ZS6ALX, now Silent Key
        ZS6JH             1962             100  1962 ? Rathenburg??
    45. ZS6YQ             1963-07-01  2542 374  2003 Bushy Roode--Silent Key 2005-05
    46. ZS6BBP            1963-08-06  2575 358  2001 Hans Behrens--later VK2FTZ--Silent Key 2013
        ZS6AMV            1963             157  1963 A. J. Louw
        ZS6QB/QW?         1963             105  1963 M. E. P. Ellis??/J. Nevett??
    49. ZS1TZ             1964             106  1964 Anita Rabie--Silent Key 2012-10 in Pennsylvania, USA
        ZS6AKI            1964             102  1964 
    51. ZS4OI             1965             203  1968 J. B. Nienaber
        ZS5TC             1965             113  1965 E. Simpson??
        ZS6ALM            1965             104  1965 P. Hutchinson??
        ZS3LW             1965             102  1965
    55. ZS5UR             1966             315  1969 Bert Busby??--Silent Key 2011-09-16
        ZS6BIN            1966             111  1966 N. M. Lapidus??
    57. ZS8L              1967             259  1970 Uli W. Dehning--later 7P8AR--now ZS1UD since <1980
        ZS2FA             1967             147  1967 C. W. Posselt??
        ZS6AUZ            1967             103  1967 H. Bloom??
        ZS6XP             1967             123 <1982 W. ("Red") Cowley Green??
    61. ZS9L             <1969-09          160  1969 Gordon H. Davis
        ZS6KC            <1969-09          104  1969 Fred?? F. Bonheim?? 
        ZS2DC            <1969-09          101  1969 Don G. Calder
    64. ZS5LB             1969-10-06  4711 109  1970 Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    
    65. ZS4RN             1970-09 ??       166  1970 J. G. du Plessis??
        ZS2PD             1970             193  1971 P. D. Neveling??
        ZS6AR             1970             103  1970 R. Ehman??
    68. ZS6ACK            1971             180  1972 B. Ackerman
    69. ZS7P              1972             128  1972 Peter J. Lamont--later ZS6AJG
        ZS6BLK            1972             140  1975 J. G. Wulfsohn??
        ZS1KZ             1972             150  1975 Bert Carstens
    72. ZS1ANT            1973             100  1973 SANAE Base (operator unknown)
    73. ZS2SG             1975-06-02  7366 110  1975 Barry Jackson--now ZS2H--Silent Key 2019-12-29
        ZS6RM             1975             351  1990 Dick Matthews--Silent Key [1988-1990]
    75. ZS5MQ             1976-07-16  7661 152  1975 Bert Cornell (See Personal Note 2)
    76. ZS5YA             1979             102  1979 
    
    77. ZS1JD             1980             252  1995 A. George Cooke--Silent Key 2009-09-05
        ZS4W              1980             106  1980 Brink Genis (ex ZS6NK)
        ZS6ALS            1980             105  1980 
        ZS2BD             1980             104  1980 Heinz D. G. Buggert--now Heinz D. G. Jasson ZS2HJ
    81. ZS3MS             1980-12-17 11171 156  1985 Martin Smith--now ZS5M
    82. ZS6LG             1981             117  1981 
        ZS2MI             1981             110  1981 Marion Island Weather Station (Operator unknown)
    84. ZS6LF             1982             107  1982 
        ZS6XK             1982             105  1982 Howard Keanly--Silent Key
        ZS6XS             1982             103  1982 Rob Henry--now ZS5XS
        ZS3TL             1982             150  1984 Rudi van der Walt (ex ZS1TL ZS4TL)
    88. ZS6PI             1983             301  1989 C. B. De Wet van der Walt
        ZS6GF             1983             202  1983 F. J. A. Kotze
        ZS2BS             1983             166  1983 Barry Sherman
        ZS1S    (ZS1BR)   1983             106  1983 Paul Johnson
        ZS6NK             1983             103  1983 Shemaya Frame--Callsign reallocated 2002
    93. ZS6EZ   (ZS6BCR)  1984-06-06 14445 349  2018 Chris R. Burger
        ZS4AE             1984             128  1984 Franz Heidler--Silent Key 2007
    95. ZS5NK             1985-10-07 15196 353  2017 Gary Potgieter--Silent Key 2020-10-11
    96. ZS6TB             1985-11-23 15261 158  1990 Joe Katzmann
    97. ZS6AXC            1986-04-03 15456 102  1986 Hans Breebaart--Silent Key 2021/'22
    98. ZS6WB             1986-10-22 15707 343  2016 Hal Lund
    99. ZS4NS             1988-04-06 16556 170? 2000 Nico Schoonwinkel
    100. ZS4TX            1989-07-10 17366 349  2020 Bernie van der Walt
    
    101. ZS6HO            1990-07-23 18130 156  1997 Dave Miller
         ZS6BRM           1990             104  1990 A. Goldberg??
    103. ZS6AOO           1990-10-17 18568 328  1995 Jim de Almeida--now CT1HGS since 1996
    104. ZS2ACP           1992-01-13 19331 251  2017 André Botes
    105. ZS1A   (ZS6JHS)  1992-08-14 19821 344  2023 Johan Sevenster
    106. ZS1FJ            1992-12-04 20077 344  2019 Barry Fletcher--now 9V1FJ since 2004
    107. ZS5ACW           1992             131  1992 Paul T. Fourie--Silent Key < 1999
    108. ZS6AYE           1993-03-29 20310 260  2021 Braam Devenier
    109. ZS5HAM           1993-06-06 20420 101  1993 Highway Branch, SARL
    110. ZS6CEZ           1994-06-13 21489 102? 1994 Marietjie Coetzee
    111. ZS1LVH           1995-07-05 22252 204  2003 Louis van Heerden
    112. ZS6NB            1995-08-08 22309 276? 2001 Ken Pickersgill
    113. ZS4Y             1995-10-24 22497 217  1996 Leon Foot
    114. ZS6Y             1995-12-04 22534 179  1996 Etienne Swart
    115. ZS5BBO           1998-08-28 23711 103  1998 Edwin Musto--now ZL1BBO since <2009
    116. ZS2I     (ZS4I)  1998-12-14 23921 280  2017 Johan van Aarde
    117. ZS6OMC           1999-06-24 24130 100  1999 Charles Kurt
    
    118. ZS6RVG           2000-09-25 24717 151  2000 Dave Plaskett--Silent Key < 2010
    119. ZS2I             2000-  -         102  2000 Izak van Aarde--Silent Key 2006
    120. ZS6IR            2001-09-25 32250 300  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    121. ZS6EGB           2002-03-04 32482 179  2015 Emil Böhme
    122. ZS6IL            2005-06-25 33984 118  2005 Ivan Lusic
    123. ZS1J     (ZS6P)  2005-10-04 34082 350  2018 Tjerk J. Lammers
    > [2005 incomplete--more stations may have been added]
    124. ZS2DL            2006-06-27 34331 324  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    125. ZS2EZ            2008-05-07 34990 300  2018 Barry Murrell
    
    126. ZS2Y             2010-09-15 36131 238  2023 Thian de Jager
    127. ZS1AU            2010-12-30 36267 360  2022 Dennis Wells--Silent Key 2023-04-27
    128. ZS4BS            2011-02-08 36286 100  2010 Dennis Green
    129. ZS6RJ            2011-08-09 40074 213  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    130. ZS2CR            2011-09-18 40206 103  2011 Colette Rundle
    131. ZS5SAM           2011-11-20 40317 102  2011 Fred Andreas
    132. ZS3D             2011-12-21 40402 110  2011 Danie Mans--Silent Key 2023
    133. ZS6NJ            2012-02-01 40554 276  2018 Fanie Nel
    134. ZS1LS            2012-06-01 40778 312  2023 Allan Saul
    135. ZS6AKU           2013-01-13 41296 150  2014 Dirk U. Els
    136. ZS6C   (ZS6GRL)  2013-04-03 41479 230  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    137. ZS6UT            2013-04-14 41514 205  2016 Edmar Willers
    138. ZR6DX            2014-09-18 42573 113  2015 Noel Hammond
    139. ZS6A             2015-09-29 43307 142  2015 Pierre van Deventer
    140. ZS6TVB           2016-11-03 43972 159  2018 Theo Bresler
    141. ZR6GR            2017-04-06 44195 201  2017 Gert Rautenbach
    142. ZS3VIC           2017-07-16 44311 100  2017 Vic Moore
    143. ZS1C             2017-08-04 44323 135  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    144. ZS4JAN           2018-03-30 44573 132  2020 Jan Botha
    145. ZS1SBW           2018-11-04 44764 159  2023 Shawn Billy Williams
    146. ZS2EC            2019-02-08 44872 119  2019 Theunis Potgieter
    147. ZS1OPB           2019-08-08 45001 106  2019 Robert Lock
    148. ZS6S             2019-12-??       100  2019 Alastair Skudder
    
    149. ZS6ELI           2021-01-29       104  2021 Evan E. Seligmann
    

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    CW

    1. ZS3BT              1980-  -         100  1980 Erich Beckert--Silent Key 2003-07-05
    2. ZS6ANL             1981-04-06  1629 133  1984 Norbert Taferner--Silent Key 2010-05-12
    3. ZS2U               1984-01-03  2882 252  1994 Al Akers
    4. ZS6KR    (ZS6BSZ)  1984-03-24  2290 347  2018 Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    5. ZS6EZ    (ZS6BCR)  1984-06-06  3072 349  2018 Chris R. Burger
    6. ZS2WV              1985-04-01  3347 175  1993 Wim van Vorstenbosch--now ZS1WV
    7. ZS2RM              1987-02-17  5568?240  1987 Percy Buckley--Silent Key 1987
    8. ZS6NT              1989-02-10  4518 157  1992 Dwight West--Later AD7AQ--Silent Key 2009-12-25
    
    9. ZS4TX              1990-09-28  5286 348  2018 Bernie van der Walt
    10. ZS1AFZ            1995-01-23  7076 161  1995 Poppie Oosthuizen
    11. ZS6/G3SGQ         1996-04-11  7587 118  1996 Ron Hill--Silent Key 2009?
    12. ZS6UT             1996-08-19  7688 316  2016 Edmar Willers
    13. ZS6ESU            1998-11-23  8380 106  1999 Hester la Grange--Later ZS1ESU--Silent Key 2011-06-18
    14. ZS1EL    (ZS6AL)  1998-11-23  8382 284  2013 Vidi la Grange
    
    15. ZS6AA    (ZS1AN)  2003-08-25  9766 139  2007 Andrew Roos
    16. ZS6EGB            2004-10-22 10098 138  2015 Emil G. Böhme
    17. ZS2DL             2006-06-27 10535 334  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    18. ZS6X    (ZS6BQI)  2008-06-10 11148 230  2011 Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    19. ZS2EZ             2009-11-06 11714 314  2018 Barry Murrell
    
    20. ZS2Y              2010-09-15 12228 270  2023 Thian de Jager
    21. ZS1C    (ZS1REC)  2011-03-21 12391 283  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    22. ZS6RJ             2011-05-05 12466 228  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    23. ZS2I              2011-05-31 12579 279  2017 Johan van Aarde
    24. ZS6NJ             2012-02-01 13074 310  2019 Fanie Nel
    25. ZS6K              2012-03-17 13112 102  2012 Jan Grobbelaar
    26. ZS1LS             2012-09-01 13328 320  2023 Allan Saul
    27. ZS6EA             2013-01-20 13673 104  2013 Victor P. du Preez
    28. ZS6WB             2013-04-23 13776 313  2019 Hal Lund
    29. ZS6C    (ZS6GRL)  2013-06-26 13885 230  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    30. ZS6A              2013-07-03 13898 229  2015 Pierre van Deventer
    31. ZS6AKU            2014-06-20 20773 100  2014 Dirk U. Els
    32. ZS6JP             2014-10-11 20948 109  2014 Joop Hesp--Silent Key ca. 2022
    33. ZS5XT             2015-08-31 22316 152  2015 Bruce P. Dunn
    34. ZS6BK             2017-04-07 23061 116  2020 Bruce G. Rowan
    35. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30 23388 102  2020 Jan Botha
    36. ZS1ZC             2018-10-01 23553 104  2018 John Golby
    37. ZS1A              2019-04-22 23731 182  2024 Johan Sevenster
    38. ZR2A              2019-11-13 23850 137  2023 Ulrich Ann DM5EE
    

    Digital

    1. ZS6EZ              1996-09-23   755 295  2020 Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS6RVG             2000-09-25  1037 146  2006 Dave Plaskett--Silent Key < 2010
    3. ZS2DL              2008-04-01  1881 303  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    4. ZS2EZ              2008-05-07  1916 315  2022 Barry Murrell
    5. ZS2Y               2009-04-20  2160 269  2023 Thian de Jager
    
    6. ZS2I               2010-11-02  2666 178  2017 Johan van Aarde
    7. ZS2CR              2011-09-18  2893 116  2011 Colette Rundle
    8. ZS6C     (ZS6GRL)  2011-12-08  3005 208  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    9. ZS1LS              2012-02-09  3109 322  2023 Allan Saul
    10. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2012-07-17  3290 204  2024 Tjerk J. Lammers
    11. ZS6AKU            2012-10-07  3353 142  2014 Dirk U. Els  
    12. ZS4TX             2012-12-31  3529 296  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    13. ZS6RJ             2013-03-01  3516 153  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    14. ZS6WB             2013-04-23  3572 288  2018 Hal Lund
    15. ZS1A              2013-06-02  3604 307  2024 Johan Sevenster
    16. ZS6OB             2013-12-14  3836 104  2014 Jan Pienaar
    17. ZR6DX             2014-04-18  3930 120  2015 Noel Hammond
    18. ZS6A              2015-09-29  4420 122  2015 Pierre van Deventer
    19. ZS5LEE            2016-11-13  4784 231  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    20. ZS6HON            2017-03-19  4896 203  2021 Helgard R. Honiball
    21. ZS1XG             2018-02-25  5329 200  2019 Simon C. Cammies
    22. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30  5402 192  2020 Jan Botha
    23. ZS1ALJ            2018-08-29  5706 100  2018 Hans J. Potgieter
    24. ZS6CR             2018-10-10  5772 158  2021 Cor J. Rademeyer
    25. ZS1SBW            2019-01-31  5999 157  2023 Shawn Billy Williams
    26. ZS6S              2019-04-25  6??? 134  2019 Alastair Skudder
    27. ZS6GC             2019-09-28  6431 118  2019 Gert Botha
    28. ZS6EB             2019-09-28  6432 108  2019 Elna Botha
    
    29. ZS0RR             2020-10-17  7286 115  2023 Roman Rock Radio Club
    30. ZS6JBZ            2020-11-15  7346 100  2020 Johann Bezuidenhout
    31. ZS6NJ             2021-04-27  7779 111  2021 Fanie Nel
    32. ZS1DX             2023-06-15  9642 266  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

    Satellite

    1. ZS2ACP             1995-08-14   210 104  2001 André Botes
    
    2. ZS1LS              2021-03-23   350 160  2023 Allan Saul
    3. ZS4TX              2022-08-29   415 152  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS2BK              2023-10-13   482 106  2023 Andre van Deventer
    

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    1,8 MHz

    1. ZS5LB              1987-02-06   199 161  1995 Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    
    2. ZS6EZ              1997-09-27   698 155  2018 Chris R. Burger
    3. ZS4TX              1997-09-30   711 223  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    
    4. ZS6UT              2003-07-16  1024 128  2016 Edmar Willers
    
    5. ZS1C     (ZS1REC)  2011-05-07  2006 141  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    6. ZS1LS              2019-04-17  3315 171  2023 Allan Saul
    
    7. ZS1A               2020-05-06  3542 127  2024 Johan Sevenster
    8. ZS2DL              2023-10-11  3904 100  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    

    3,5 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ    (ZS6BCR)  1988-11-01   120 263  2018 Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS6KR              1996-09-23  1357 208  2020 Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    3. ZS6WB              1996-09-26  1344 191  2019 Hal Lund
    
    4. ZS4TX              2000-09-30  1829 303  2020 Bernie van der Walt
    5. ZS6IR              2001-09-25  1901 122  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    
    6. ZS2DL              2010-05-17  3016 182  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    7. ZS1J       (ZS6P)  2011-03-17  3167 134  2016 Tjerk J. Lammers
    8. ZS1A               2014-03-06  3974 196  2024 Johan Sevenster
    9. ZS6UT              2016-09-19  4392 146  2016 Edmar Willers
    10. ZS1LS             2017-02-17  4497 252  2023 Allan Saul
    11. ZS1C              2017-08-10  4602 120  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    12. ZS2ACP            2017-08-14  4604 109  2019 André Botes
    13. ZS2EZ             2017-11-02  4630 157  2022 Barry Murrell
    14. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30  4737 117  2020 Jan Botha
    15. ZS6NJ             2018-04-05  4743 124  2021 Fanie Nel
    16. ZS5LEE            2018-08-31  4815 118  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    17. ZS2Y              2019-01-13  4892 124  2023 Thian de Jager
    
    18. ZS6NK             2022-06-29  5609 112  2024 Paul Smit
    19. ZS1DX             2023-06-15  5762 102  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

    7 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ    (ZS6BCR)  1989-05-01   131 325  2018 Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS1J       (ZS6P)  1995-09-21  1430 265  2021 Tjerk J. Lammers
    3. ZS6KR              1996-09-23  1682 298  2019 Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    4. ZS6WB              1996-09-26  1662 280  2018 Hal Lund
    
    5. ZS4TX              2000-09-30  3611 347  2018 Bernie van der Walt
    6. ZS6IR              2001-09-25  3719 166  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    7. ZS2DL              2008-04-01  4606 290  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    8. ZS1EL              2008-03-21  4753 153  2013 Vidi la Grange
    
    9. ZS2EZ              2011-06-18  5497 235  2022 Barry Murrell
    10. ZS6NJ             2012-05-08  5825 163  2021 Fanie Nel
    11. ZS6UT             2012-08-03  5899 213  2016 Edmar Willers
    12. ZS2ACP            2013-05-26  6225 146  2019 André Botes
    13. ZS1A              2014-03-06  6473 266  2023 Johan Sevenster
    14. ZS6RJ             2014-04-18  6??? 125  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    15. ZS1C              2015-09-02  6848 171  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    16. ZS2I              2015-09-15  6858 123  2017 Johan van Aarde
    17. ZS1LS             2017-02-17  7250 293  2023 Allan Saul
    18. ZS2Y              2017-03-24  7281 151  2023 Thian de Jager
    19. ZS5LEE            2017-06-11  7342 165  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    20. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30  7537 148  2020 Jan Botha
    
    21. ZS1SBW            2020-07-03       115  2023 Shawn Billy Williams
    22. ZS6NK             2022-06-29  8702 123  2023 Paul Smit
    23. ZS1DX             2023-06-15  8945 145  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    24. ZS6CR             2024-01-09       100  2024 Cor J. Rademeyer
    

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    10 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ              2002-11-15    -- 313  2020 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS1EL              2006-02-28    -- 161  2011 Vidi la Grange
    3. ZS2DL              2009-06-10    -- 298  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    
    4. ZS2EZ              2010-09-20    -- 263  2022 Barry Murrell
    5. ZS6NJ              2012-02-01    -- 229  2019 Fanie Nel
    6. ZS6UT              2012-08-03    -- 225  2016 Edmar Willers
    7. ZS4TX              2012-12-19    -- 300  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    8. ZS6WB              2013-04-23    -- 296  2019 Hal Lund
    9. ZS6RJ              2014-05-16       122  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    10. ZS2I              2015-09-15    -- 122  2017 Johan van Aarde
    11. ZS1C              2015-12-07    -- 154  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    12. ZS2ACP            2016-11-07    -- 130  2019 André Botes
    13. ZS2Y              2016-11-28    -- 187  2023 Thian de Jager
    14. ZS1LS             2017-02-17    -- 305  2023 Allan Saul
    15. ZS5LEE            2017-10-16    -- 145  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    16. ZS1A              2017-10-07    -- 223  2024 Johan Sevenster
    17. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30    -- 107  2020 Jan Botha
    18. ZS6C              2019-04-10    -- 101  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    
    19. ZS1J              2020-01-24    -- 170  2023 Tjerk J. Lammers
    20. ZS6HON            2021-??-??       102  2021 Helgard R. Honiball
    21. ZS6NK             2022-06-29    -- 115  2024 Paul Smit
    22. ZS1DX             2023-06-15    -- 199  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

    14 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ              2000-09-30    -- 343  2018 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6IR              2001-09-25    -- 276  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    3. ZS4TX              2003-03-30    -- 340  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS1EL              2006-02-28    -- 233  2013 Vidi la Grange
    5. ZS2DL              2006-06-27    -- 328  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    6. ZS2EZ              2008-05-07    -- 320  2022 Barry Murrell
    7. ZS2I               2008-11-16    -- 274  2017 Johan van Aarde
    8. ZS6KR              2009-07-10    -- 332  2018 Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    9. ZS2Y               2009-10-23    -- 236  2023 Thian de Jager
    
    10. ZS1AU             2010-12-30    -- 330  2022 Dennis Wells--Silent Key 2023-04-27
    11. ZS2ACP            2011-03-11  3830 212  2019 André Botes
    12. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2011-03-17  3747 319  2024 Tjerk J. Lammers
    13. ZS6RJ             2011-08-09    -- 188  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    14. ZS2CR             2011-09-18    -- 113  2011 Colette Rundle
    15. ZS6NJ             2012-05-08    -- 236  2018 Fanie Nel
    16. ZS6UT             2012-08-03    -- 242  2016 Edmar Willers
    17. ZS6C    (ZS6GRL)  2013-04-03    -- 213  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    18. ZS6WB             2013-04-23    -- 315  2019 Hal Lund
    19. ZS1A              2014-03-06    -- 316  2024 Johan Sevenster
    20. ZS6AKU            2014-06-20    -- 103  2014 Dirk U. Els
    21. ZS1LS             2014-09-01    -- 322  2023 Allan Saul
    22. ZS1C              2014-11-12    -- 217  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    23. ZR6DX             2015-02-27    -- 103  2015 Noel Hammond
    24. ZS5LEE            2017-01-10    -- 211  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    25. ZR6GR             2017-11-09       129  2017 Gert Rautenbach
    26. ZS6TVB            2018-03-10    -- 117  2018 Theo Bresler
    27. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30    -- 161  2020 Jan Botha
    28. ZS6HON            2018-08-08    -- 117  2020 Helgard R. Honiball
    29. ZS1SBW            2018-11-04    -- 179  2023 Shawn Billy Williams
    30. ZS6S              2019-04-25       127  2019 Alastair Skudder
    31. ZS6CR             2019-06-25       129  2020 Cor J. Rademeyer
    32. ZR2A              2019-11-13    -- 125  2023 Ulrich Ann DM5EE
    
    33. ZS6NK             2022-06-29    -- 126  2024 Paul Smit
    34. ZS1DX             2023-06-15    -- 234  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

    18 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ              2001-05-21    -- 320  2018 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6IR              2001-09-25    -- 184  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    3. ZS1EL              2008-03-21    -- 182  2011 Vidi la Grange
    4. ZS2DL              2009-06-10    -- 309  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    5. ZS2EZ              2009-12-18    -- 307  2019 Barry Murrell
    
    6. ZS2Y               2011-06-10 17561 208  2023 Thian de Jager
    7. ZS6RJ              2012-02-17    -- 160  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    8. ZS6NJ              2012-02-01    -- 262  2021 Fanie Nel
    9. ZS4TX              2012-09-09    -- 298  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    10. ZS6WB             2013-04-23    -- 280  2019 Hal Lund
    11. ZS1A              2014-03-06    -- 288  2024 Johan Sevenster
    12. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2014-04-03    -- 230  2024 Tjerk J. Lammers
    13. ZS6AKU            2014-06-20    -- 105  2014 Dirk U. Els
    14. ZS1LS             2014-09-01    -- 319  2023 Allan Saul
    15. ZS1C              2014-11-12    -- 158  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    16. ZS6C              2016-04-04    -- 200  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    17. ZS2I              2016-06-02    -- 149  2017 Johan van Aarde
    18. ZS6UT             2016-09-19    -- 191  2016 Edmar Willers
    19. ZS5LEE            2017-09-11    -- 170  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    20. ZS2ACP            2017-10-13    -- 121  2019 André Botes
    21. ZR6GR             2017-11-09       137  2017 Gert Rautenbach
    22. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30    -- 157  2020 Jan Botha
    
    23. ZS6CR             2020-08-12       103  2020 Cor J. Rademeyer
    24. ZS6HON            2020-10-06    -- 149  2020 Helgard R. Honiball
    25. ZS6NK             2022-06-29    -- 115  2024 Paul Smit
    26. ZS1DX             2023-06-15    -- 217  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

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    21 MHz

    1. ZS6KR              2000-09-18    -- 324  2018 Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    2. ZS6EZ              2000-09-30    -- 344  2018 Chris R. Burger
    3. ZS6IR              2001-09-25    -- 256  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    4. ZS4TX              2003-03-30    -- 340  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    5. ZS1EL              2006-02-28    -- 205  2013 Vidi la Grange
    6. ZS6RVG             2006-03-27    -- 106  2006 Dave Plaskett--Silent Key < 2010
    7. ZS2DL              2006-06-27    -- 318  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    8. ZS2EZ              2008-05-07    -- 288  2022 Barry Murrell
    9. ZS2I               2008-11-16    -- 241  2017 Johan van Aarde
    
    10. ZS2Y              2010-09-15    -- 256  2023 Thian de Jager
    11. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2011-03-17  3204 278  2022 Tjerk J. Lammers
    12. ZS6RJ             2011-08-09  3369 185  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    13. ZS2ACP            2012-01-04    -- 144  2019 André Botes
    14. ZS6NJ             2012-02-01    -- 255  2021 Fanie Nel
    15. ZS6UT             2012-08-03    -- 207  2016 Edmar Willers
    16. ZS6C    (ZS6GRL)  2013-04-03    -- 229  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    17. ZS6WB             2013-04-23    -- 320  2018 Hal Lund
    18. ZS6AKU            2013-08-09    -- 120  2014 Dirk U. Els
    19. ZS1A              2014-03-06    -- 308  2024 Johan Sevenster
    20. ZR6DX             2014-04-18    -- 118  2015 Noel Hammond
    21. ZS1C              2014-08-02    -- 207  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    22. ZS1LS             2014-09-01    -- 317  2023 Allan Saul
    23. ZS5LEE            2017-03-01    -- 184  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    24. ZR6GR             2017-11-09       123  2017 Gert Rautenbach
    25. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30    -- 144  2020 Jan Botha
    26. ZS6TVB            2018-04-11       100  2018 Theo Bresler
    27. ZS6HON            2018-08-08    -- 140  2020 Helgard R. Honiball
    28. ZR2A              2019-11-13    -- 101  2019 Ulrich Ann DM5EE
    29. ZS6S              2019-12-??       104  2019 Alastair Skudder
    
    30. ZS6CR             2020-08-12       102  2020 Cor J. Rademeyer
    31. ZS6NK             2022-06-29    -- 123  2023 Paul Smit
    32. ZS1DX             2023-06-15    -- 222  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

    25 MHz

    1. ZS6IR              2001-09-25    -- 166  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    2. ZS6EZ              2002-11-15    -- 313  2020 Chris R. Burger
    
    3. ZS2DL              2010-05-17  1288 291  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    4. ZS1EL              2011-05-15  1504 132  2013 Vidi la Grange
    5. ZS2EZ              2011-06-18  1516 288  2022 Barry Murrell
    6. ZS6NJ              2012-02-01    -- 262  2021 Fanie Nel
    7. ZS4TX              2012-07-05  1954 280  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    8. ZS2Y               2012-07-16    -- 194  2023 Thian de Jager
    9. ZS6RJ              2012-09-08    -- 160  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    10. ZS6WB             2013-04-23    -- 261  2018 Hal Lund
    11. ZS6AKU            2013-12-01    -- 128  2014 Dirk U. Els
    12. ZS1A              2014-03-06    -- 272  2024 Johan Sevenster
    13. ZS6C    (ZS6GRL)  2014-03-13    -- 159  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    14. ZS1LS             2014-09-01    -- 303  2023 Allan Saul
    15. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2014-09-09    -- 207  2024 Tjerk J. Lammers
    16. ZS1C              2014-11-12    -- 150  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    17. ZS2I              2016-06-02    -- 118  2017 Johan van Aarde
    18. ZS6UT             2016-09-19    -- 146  2016 Edmar Willers
    19. ZS5LEE            2018-01-30    -- 110  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    20. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30    -- 114  2020 Jan Botha
    21. ZS2ACP            2019-01-18       102  2019 André Botes
    
    22. ZS6HON            2021-09-05       104  2021 Helgard R. Honiball
    23. ZS6CR             2021-11-02       100  2021 Cor J. Rademeyer
    24. ZS6NK             2022-06-29    -- 120  2022 Paul Smit
    25. ZS1DX             2023-06-15    -- 190  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

    28 MHz

    1. ZS6EZ    (ZS6BCR)  1988-07-01   160 330  2018 Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS1J       (ZS6P)  1989-01-31   401 293  2021 Tjerk J. Lammers
    
    3. ZS4TX              1990-09-28   995 312  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS6HO              1993-08-02  1802 112  1997 Dave Miller
    5. ZS1A     (ZS6JHS)  1993-08-09  2075 277  2024 Johan Sevenster
    6. ZS4Y               1995-10-24  3041 102  1996 Leon Foot
    7. ZS6Y               1995-12-04  3058 103  1996 Etienne Swart
    8. ZS6KR              1996-09-23  3230 291  2016 Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    9. ZS6WB              1996-09-26  3210 303  2018 Hal Lund
    10. ZS6NB             1996-11-27  3245 185  2001 Ken Pickersgill
    
    11. ZS6RVG            2000-09-25     ? 165  2006 Dave Plaskett--Silent Key < 2010
    12. ZS6IR             2001-09-25 31884 241  2002 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    13. ZS1EL             2006-02-28 32719 165  2013 Vidi la Grange
    14. ZS2DL             2006-08-07 32819 273  2023 Donovan van Loggerenberg
    15. ZS2I              2008-11-16 33133 206  2017 Johan van Aarde
    
    16. ZS2ACP            2011-05-24 33632 112  2017 André Botes
    17. ZS2EZ             2011-06-18 33652 260  2022 Barry Murrell
    18. ZS6RJ             2011-09-28 33751 179  2015 Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    19. ZS2Y              2011-10-17 33746 214  2023 Thian de Jager
    20. ZS6NJ             2012-05-08 34089 215  2021 Fanie Nel
    21. ZS6C    (ZS6GRL)  2013-04-03 34567 185  2019 Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    22. ZS6A              2013-07-03 34690 203  2015 Pierre van Deventer
    23. ZS6AKU            2013-08-09 34722 135  2014 Dirk U. Els
    24. ZS1C    (ZS1REC)  2013-11-26 34839 187  2020 Raoul E. Coetzee
    25. ZS1LS             2014-09-01 35244 285  2023 Allan Saul
    26. ZR6DX             2015-02-27 35476 100  2015 Noel Hammond
    27. ZS6UT             2016-09-19 35959 166  2016 Edmar Willers
    28. ZS5LEE            2017-11-01 36167 128  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    29. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30 36240 108  2020 Jan Botha
    
    30. ZS6HON            2021-10-18 36??? 101  2021 Helgard R. Honiball
    31. ZS6CR             2021-11-11 36790 100  2021 Cor J. Rademeyer
    32. ZS6NK             2022-06-29 37010 129  2024 Paul Smit
    33. ZS1DX             2023-06-15 37450 200  2023 Christian von Wechmar
    

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    50 MHz

    1. ZS6WB              1998-12-11   238 140  2013 Hal Lund
    2. ZS6AXT             1999-09-22   249 126  2001 Ivo Chladek--Silent Key 2017-09-28
    
    3. ZS6EZ              2001-05-21   336 113  2014 Chris R. Burger
    4. ZS6NK              2002-03-04   461 175  2024 Paul Smit
    
    5. ZS4TX              2015-04-15  1386 170  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    6. ZS6AYE             2015-08-06  1410 105  2021 Braam Devenier
    

    144 MHz

    1. ZS6OB              2013-12-14   124 104  2014 Jan Pienaar
    2. ZS1LS              2017-12-20   175 128  2023 Allan Saul
    3. ZS4TX              2018-04-20   186 137  2024 Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS5LEE             2018-05-10   187 112  2021 Lee Hanegraaf
    5. ZS6JON             2019-12-31       112  2019 John Sygo
    

    430 MHz

    No ZS
    

    Challenge (current band-countries credited by DXCC on 1,8 to 50 MHz)

    2870 ZS4TX                                    Bernie van der Walt
    2759 ZS6EZ                                    Chris R. Burger
    2587 ZS1LS                                    Allan Saul
    
    2425 ZS6WB                                    Hal Lund
    2377 ZS2DL                                    Donovan van Loggerenberg
    2263 ZS1A                                     Johan Sevenster
    2186 ZS2EZ                                    Barry Murrell
    
    1961 ZS1J                                     Tjerk J. Lammers
    1757 ZS6NJ                                    Fanie Nel
    1713 ZS6UT                                    Edmar Willers
    1584 ZS2Y                                     Thian de Jager
    1510 ZS1DX                                    Christian von Wechmar
    1505 ZS1C                                     Raoul E. Coetzee
    
    1437 ZS6KR                                    Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    1392 ZS6IR                                    Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    1319 ZS2I                                     Johan van Aarde
    1279 ZS1EL                                    Vidi la Grange
    1275 ZS5LEE                                   Lee Hanegraaf
    1204 ZS6RJ                                    Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    1199 ZS6C                                     Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    1138 ZS6NK                                    Paul Smit
    1072 ZS2ACP                                   André Botes
    1056 ZS4JAN                                   Jan Botha
    1028 ZS6X                                     Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    [24 stations]
    

    Note: The entry level is 1000 (or an average of 100 per band). The highest South African scores represent an average of over 270 per band. ZS6KR's score is composed of credits on the five "classic" bands only, with an average score of 283 per band. The world leader is EA8AK with 3301 band-countries, an average of over 330 per band.

    Challenge-1000 (Qualified for the basic Challenge Trophy)

    1. ZS6EZ      2001 (ranked 1st at start date) Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS6IR      2001 (ranked 2nd at start date) Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    3. ZS4TX      2001 (ranked 3rd at start date) Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS6WB      2001 (ranked 4th at start date) Hal Lund
    5. ZS6KR      2001 (ranked 5th at start date) Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    6. ZS1J       2007-06-04                      Tjerk J. Lammers
    7. ZS2DL      2009-06-10                      Donovan van Loggerenberg
    
    8. ZS6X       2010-03-01                      Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    9. ZS1EL      2011-05-15                      Vidi la Grange
    10. ZS2EZ     2011-06-18                      Barry Murrell
    11. ZS1A      2012-04-15                      Johan Sevenster
    12. ZS6NJ     2012-10-09??                    Fanie Nel
    13. ZS1LS     2013-03-07??                    Allan Saul
    14. ZS6UT     2013-04-14                      Edmar Willers
    15. ZS2Y      2013-08-05                      Thian de Jager
    16. ZS6RJ     2014-09-01                      Roger Jones--now M0ORD since 2016
    17. ZS2I      2015-09-15                      Johan van Aarde
    18. ZS1C      2015-12-07                      Raoul Coetzee
    19. ZS5LEE    2018-01-30                      Lee Hanegraaf
    20. ZS2ACP    2019-01-18                      André Botes
    21. ZS6C      2019-04-10                      Geoffrey Ronald Levey--Silent Key 2020-08
    
    22. ZS4JAN    2020-01-05                      Jan Botha
    23. ZS6NK     2022-03-17                      Paul Smit
    24. ZS1DX     2022-11-28                      Christian von Wechmar
    

    Challenge-1500 (Qualified for the 1500 Seal)

    1. ZS6EZ      2001 (start date)               Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS4TX      2005                            Bernie van der Walt
    3. ZS6WB      2008-08-29                      Hal Lund
    
    4. ZS2DL      2011-07-21                      Donovan van Loggerenberg
    5. ZS6NJ      2013-05-04                      Fanie Nel
    6. ZS2EZ      2013-12-31                      Barry Murrell
    7. ZS1LS      2014-03-31                      Allan Saul
    8. ZS1A       2014-12-06                      Johan Sevenster
    9. ZS1J       2015-06-17                      Tjerk J. Lammers
    10. ZS6UT     2016-10-02                      Edmar Willers
    
    11. ZS1C      2020-11-13                      Raoul Coetzee
    12. ZS2Y      2022-08-30                      Thian de Jager
    13. ZS1DX     2023-06-15                      Christian von Wechmar
    

    Challenge-2000 (Qualified for the 2000 Seal)

    1. ZS6EZ      2002-09-30                      Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS6WB      2012-12-13                      Hal Lund
    3. ZS4TX      2013-03-07                      Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS2DL      2014-03-05                      Donovan van Loggerenberg
    5. ZS1LS      2015-12-06?                     Allan Saul
    6. ZS2EZ      2017-11-02                      Barry Murrell
    
    7. ZS1A       2020-05-06                      Johan Sevenster
    

    Challenge-2500 (Qualified for the 2500 Seal)

    1. ZS6EZ      2012-06-16                      Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS4TX      2016-02-22                      Bernie van der Walt
    3. ZS1LS      2020-12-23                      Allan Saul
    

    Challenge--Five Bands

    This table contains all ZS stations with single-band DXCC on each of the five mainstream bands (3,5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz). It was compiled from the single-band scores listed above, and therefore reflects all-time scores (including deleted entities). As the Challenge totals above reflect current scores only, the scores are not directly comparable. Stations listed have up to nine deleted entities on specific bands. ZS6KR, whose Challenge score was achieved only on the mainstream bands, has a total of 16 deleted entities across all the bands, or an average of just over three per band.

                 3,5      7       14      21      28     Total   Average
    
    ZS4TX        303     347     340     340     312      1642    328
    ZS6EZ        263     325     343     344     330      1605    321
    ZS1LS        252     293     322     317     285      1469    294
    ZS6KR        208     298     332     324     291      1453    291
    ZS6WB        191     280     315     320     303      1409    282
    ZS2DL        182     290     328     318     273      1391    278
    ZS1A         196     266     316     308     277      1363    273
    ZS1J         134     265     320     278     293      1289    258
    ZS2EZ        157     235     320     288     260      1260    252
    ZS6IR        122     166     276     256     241      1061    212
    

    Note: 18 South African stations have achieved DXCC on each of the traditional five bands. Right now, this table shows the Top 10. The proposed entry level is 1364 (the sum of the four highest single-band scores), so that you cannot enter this table with less than five single-band scores.

    Challenge--WARC Bands

    This table contains the highest-scoring ZS stations with single-band DXCC on each of the three WARC bands (10, 18 and 25 MHz). It was compiled from the single-band scores listed above, and therefore reflects all-time scores (including deleted entities). As the Challenge totals above reflect current scores only, the scores are not directly comparable. However, differences are small. The WARC bands were only promulgated in the Eighties and fully came into common use after 2000, only nine deleted entities have ever been active on the WARC bands. No South African is known to have worked more than four deleted entities on any single WARC band.

                        10      18      25      Total  Average
    
    ZS6EZ              313     320     313       946    315
    ZS1LS              305     319     303       927    309
    ZS2DL              298     309     291       898    299
    ZS4TX              300     298     280       878    293
    ZS2EZ              263     307     288       858    286
    ZS6WB              296     280     261       837    279
    ZS1A               224     288     272       784    261
    ZS6NJ              229     262     252       753    252
    

    Note: 19 South African stations have achieved DXCC on each of the WARC bands. The entry level for this table is 633 (the sum of the two highest single-band scores), so that you cannot enter this table with less than three WARC-band scores.

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    5 Band DXCC

    #  Callsign           Date        Num    Bands                      Name
    
    1. ZS5LB              1972-03-13    153    8 (1,8 18 25)             Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    
    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--Silent Key as ZS6EU on 2013-01-11
    
    5. ZS4TX              1992-01-22   3099   11 (1,8 10 18 25 50 144)   Bernie van der Walt
    6. ZS6KR              1996-09-23   4242    5                         Hans Kappetijn--Silent Key 2023-08-05
    7. ZS6WB              1996-09-26   4231    9 (10 18 25 50)           Hal Lund
    8. ZS1J       (ZS6P)  1998-12-11   4675    8 (10 18 25)              Tjerk J. Lammers
    
    9. ZS6IR              2001-09-25   5082    7 (18 25)                 Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    
    10. ZS6X    (ZS6BQI)  2010-03-01   6731    8 (10 18 25)              Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    11. ZS2DL             2010-05-17   6794    8 (10 18 25)              Donovan van Loggerenberg
    12. ZS1A              2014-02-26   7895    8 (10 18 25)              Johan Sevenster
    13. ZS1LS             2014-03-31   7920   10 (1,8 10 18 25 144)      Allan Saul
    14. ZS6UT             2016-11-29   8599    9 (1,8 10 18 25)          Edmar Willers
    15. ZS1C              2017-08-10   8866    9 (1,8 10 18 25)          Raoul E. Coetzee
    16. ZS2ACP            2017-08-14   8871    8 (10 18 25)              André Botes
    17. ZS2EZ             2017-11-02   8916    8 (10 18 25)              Barry Murrell
    18. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30   9067    8 (10 18 25)              Jan Botha
    19. ZS6NJ             2018-04-06   9072    8 (10 18 25)              Fanie Nel
    20. ZS5LEE            2018-09-04   9183    9 (10 18 25 144)          Lee Hanegraaf
    21. ZS2Y              2019-01-13   9290    8 (10 18 25)              Thian de Jager
    
    22. ZS6NK             2022-06-29  10129    9 (10 18 25 50)           Paul Smit
    23. ZS1DX             2022-11-28  10237    8 (10 18 25)              Christian von Wechmar
    

    Note: The columns 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 a mere formality, but both 1,8 and 50 MHz are much harder than any of the five basic bands.

    6 Band DXCC (5 Band DXCC plus one band)

    #  Callsign           Date         Band Added                       Name
    
    1. ZS5LB              1987-02-06   1,8 MHz                          Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    
    2. ZS6EZ              1997-09-27   1,8 MHz                          Chris R. Burger
    3. ZS4TX              1997-09-30   1,8 MHz                          Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS6WB              1998-12-11   50 MHz                           Hal Lund
    
    5. ZS6IR              2001-09-25   Initial (18 and 25 MHz)          Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    
    6. ZS6X     (ZS6BQI)  2010-03-01   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    7. ZS2DL              2010-05-17   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Donovan van Loggerenberg
    8. ZS1A               2014-03-06   Initial (18 and 25 MHz)          Johan Sevenster
    9. ZS1LS              2014-03-31   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Allan Saul
    10. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2014-04-03   18 MHz                           Tjerk J. Lammers
    11. ZS6UT             2016-11-29   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Edmar Willers
    12. ZS1C              2017-08-10   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Raoul E. Coetzee
    13. ZS2EZ             2017-11-03   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Barry Murrell
    14. ZS2ACP            2017-08-14   Initial (10 MHz)                 André Botes
    15. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Jan Botha
    16. ZS6NJ             2018-04-06   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Fanie Nel
    17. ZS5LEE            2018-09-04   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 144 MHz) Lee Hanegraaf
    18. ZS2Y              2019-01-13   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Thian de Jager
    
    19. ZS6NK             2022-06-29   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 50 MHz)  Paul Smit
    20. ZS1DX             2022-11-28   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Christian von Wechmar
    

    7 Band DXCC (5 Band DXCC plus two bands)

    #  Callsign           Date         Band Added                       Name
    
    1. ZS6EZ              1999-09-22   25 MHz                           Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS5LB          ca. 2001         18/25 MHz (simultaneous)         Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    3. ZS6IR              2001-09-25   Initial (18 and 25 MHz)          Uli von Aswegen--now DF7EF since ca. 2002
    
    4. ZS6WB            < 2010         18 MHz                           Hal Lund
    5. ZS6X     (ZS6BQI)  2010-03-01   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    6. ZS2DL              2010-05-17   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Donovan van Loggerenberg
    7. ZS4TX              2012-07-03   25 MHz                           Bernie van der Walt
    8. ZS1A               2014-03-06   Initial (18 and 25 MHz)          Johan Sevenster
    9. ZS1LS              2014-03-31   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Allan Saul
    10. ZS1J      (ZS6P)  2014-09-09   25 MHz                           Tjerk J. Lammers
    11. ZS6UT             2016-11-29   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Edmar Willers
    12. ZS1C              2017-08-10   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Raoul E. Coetzee
    13. ZS2EZ             2017-11-03   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Barry Murrell
    14. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Jan Botha
    15. ZS6NJ             2018-04-06   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Fanie Nel
    16. ZS5LEE            2018-09-04   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 144 MHz) Lee Hanegraaf
    17. ZS2ACP            2017-10-13   18 MHz                           André Botes
    18. ZS2Y              2019-01-13   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Thian de Jager
    
    19. ZS6NK             2022-06-29   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 50 MHz)  Paul Smit
    20. ZS1DX             2022-11-28   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Christian von Wechmar
    

    8 Band DXCC (5 Band DXCC plus three bands)

    #  Callsign           Date         Band Added                       Name
    
    1. ZS6EZ              2000-09-30   18 MHz                           Chris R. Burger
    2. ZS5LB          ca. 2001         18/25 MHz (simultaneous)         Bert Lausecker--Silent Key 2015-05-26
    
    3. ZS6WB            < 2010         25 MHz                           Hal Lund
    4. ZS6X     (ZS6BQI)  2010-03-01   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Artour Makhtsiev--now YU9MBA since ca. 2012
    5. ZS2DL              2010-05-17   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Donovan van Loggerenberg
    6. ZS4TX              2012-09-09   18 MHz                           Bernie van der Walt
    7. ZS1LS              2014-03-31   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Allan Saul
    8. ZS6UT              2016-11-29   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Edmar Willers
    9. ZS1C               2017-08-10   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Raoul E. Coetzee
    10. ZS1A              2017-10-07   10 MHz                           Johan Sevenster
    11. ZS2EZ             2017-11-03   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Barry Murrell
    12. ZS4JAN            2018-03-30   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Jan Botha
    13. ZS6NJ             2018-04-06   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Fanie Nel
    14. ZS5LEE            2018-09-04   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 144 MHz) Lee Hanegraaf
    15. ZS2Y              2019-01-13   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Thian de Jager
    16. ZS2ACP            2019-01-18   25 MHz                           André Botes
    
    17. ZS1J              2020-01-30   10 MHz                           Tjerk J. Lammers
    18. ZS6NK             2022-06-29   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 50 MHz)  Paul Smit
    19. ZS1DX             2022-11-28   Initial (10, 18 and 25 MHz)      Christian von Wechmar
    

    9 Band DXCC (5 Band DXCC plus four bands)

    #  Callsign           Date         Band Added                       Name
    
    1. ZS6EZ              2001-05-21   50 MHz                           Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS6WB            < 2012         10 MHz                           Hal Lund
    3. ZS4TX              2012-12-19   10 MHz                           Bernie van der Walt
    4. ZS6UT              2016-11-29   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Edmar Willers
    5. ZS1C               2017-08-10   Initial (1,8 10, 18 and 25 MHz)  Raoul E. Coetzee
    6. ZS1LS              2017-12-20   144 MHz                          Allan Saul
    7. ZS5LEE             2018-09-04   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 144 MHz) Lee Hanegraaf
    
    8. ZS1A               2020-05-06   1,8 MHz                          Johan Sevenster
    9. ZS6NK              2022-06-29   Initial (10, 18, 25 and 50 MHz)  Paul Smit
    10. ZS2DL             2023-10-11   1,8 MHz                          Donovan van Loggerenberg
    

    10 Band DXCC (5 Band DXCC plus five bands)

    #  Callsign           Date         Band Added                       Name
    
    1. ZS6EZ              2002-11-15   10 MHz                           Chris R. Burger
    
    2. ZS4TX              2015-04-15   50 MHz                           Bernie van der Walt
    3. ZS1LS              2019-04-17   1,8 MHz                          Allan Saul
    

    11 Band DXCC (5 Band DXCC plus six bands)

    #  Callsign           Date         Band Added                       Name
    
    1. ZS4TX              2018-04-20   144 MHz                          Bernie van der Walt
    

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    Ranking of Leading South African Stations (Active)

    Note: In principle, there should be a Top Three in each category. However, some DXCCs have enough participation to warrant a Top Six or Top Ten. When a particular DXCC passes 18 participants, a Top Six should appear. At 50, a Top Ten will appear. 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
    350 ZS1J
    350 ZS6EZ
    349 ZS4TX
    348 ZS1FJ
    346 ZS6WB
    344 ZS1A
    341 ZS2DL
    336 ZS2EZ
    325 ZS6ASW
    325 ZS6NJ
    350 ZS1J
    349 ZS4TX
    349 ZS6EZ
    344 ZS1A
    344 ZS1FJ
    343 ZS6WB
    328 ZS6AOO
    324 ZS2DL
    312 ZS1LS
    300 ZS2EZ, ZS6IR
    349 ZS6EZ
    348 ZS4TX
    334 ZS2DL
    320 ZS1LS
    316 ZS6UT
    314 ZS2EZ
    321 ZS1LS
    315 ZS2EZ
    307 ZS1A
    303 ZS2DL
    296 ZS4TX
    295 ZS6EZ
    Satellite 1,8 MHz 3,5 MHz 7 MHz
    160 ZS1LS
    152 ZS4TX
    106 ZS2BK
    223 ZS4TX
    171 ZS1LS
    161 ZS5LB†
    303 ZS4TX
    263 ZS6EZ
    252 ZS1LS
    208 ZS6KR†
    196 ZS1A
    191 ZS6WB
    347 ZS4TX
    325 ZS6EZ
    298 ZS6KR†
    293 ZS1LS
    290 ZS2DL
    280 ZS6WB
    10 MHz 14 MHz 18 MHz 21 MHz
    313 ZS6EZ
    305 ZS1LS
    300 ZS4TX
    298 ZS2DL
    296 ZS6WB
    263 ZS2EZ
    343 ZS6EZ
    340 ZS4TX
    332 ZS6KR†
    330 ZS1AU†
    328 ZS2DL
    322 ZS1LS
    320 ZS6EZ
    319 ZS1LS
    309 ZS2DL
    307 ZS2EZ
    298 ZS4TX
    288 ZS1A
    344 ZS6EZ
    340 ZS4TX
    324 ZS6KR†
    320 ZS6WB
    318 ZS2DL
    317 ZS1LS
    25 MHz 28 MHz 50 MHz 144 MHz
    313 ZS6EZ
    303 ZS1LS
    291 ZS2DL
    288 ZS2EZ
    280 ZS4TX
    272 ZS1A
    330 ZS6EZ
    312 ZS4TX
    303 ZS6WB
    293 ZS1J
    291 ZS6KR†
    285 ZS1LS
    175 ZS6NK
    170 ZS4TX
    140 ZS6WB
    137 ZS4TX
    128 ZS1LS
    112 ZS5LEE, ZS6JON

    World Leaders (Active)

    Mixed Phone CW Digital
    395 4X4DK
    395 4X4DK
    359 W9KNI
    354 DK3CU
    Satellite 1,8 MHz 3,5 MHz 7 MHz
    282 DJ5MN 344 W8LRL
    364 ON4UN
    367 W4DR
    10 MHz 14 MHz 18 MHz 21 MHz
    348 >10 stations
    393 4X4DK
    349 2 stations
    374 EA8AK
    25 MHz 28 MHz 50 MHz 144 MHz
    348 K2TQC
    370 EA8AK
    283 LZ2CC
    247 KB8RQ

    Ranking of All-Time High South African Scores

    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 by old timers over many decades, the table below shows the all-time high achievements in each category.

    Mixed Phone CW
    375 ZS6YQ† (inactive)
    370 ZS6LW† (inactive)
    361 ZS1AU† (inactive)
    358 ZS6BBP (inactive)
    356 ZS6RM† (inactive)
    353 ZS5NK† (inactive)
    350 ZS1J
    350 ZS1OU† (inactive)
    350 ZS6EZ
    349 ZS4TX
    374 ZS6YQ† (inactive)
    369 ZS6LW† (inactive)
    360 ZS1AU† (inactive)
    358 ZS6BBP (inactive)
    356 ZS6JM† (inactive)
    353 ZS5NK† (inactive)
    351 ZS6RM† (inactive)
    350 ZS1J
    349 ZS4TX
    349 ZS6EZ
    349 ZS6EZ
    348 ZS4TX
    347 ZS6KR† (inactive)
    332 ZS2DL
    318 ZS1LS
    316 ZS6UT

    Note: The term "inactive" means that the station is no longer active. In most cases, the operator has died. Such cases are marked with a cross (†). Recently-deceased stations are marked with an asterisk (*) in the ARRL listings. Those whose death preceded the monthly online listings are simply omitted. As the single-band DXCCs are all fairly recent, no separate all-time tables are listed. In that case, the deceased operators are simply marked with a cross (†) in the active ranking table above.

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    Ranking of Leading South African Three-Mode Scores

    This table shows the leading multi-mode DXers in these listings. All-time scores are shown, including deleted entities. The entry level for this table is the sum of the two highest leading single-mode scores plus 100 (now 800), making it impossible to enter this table without being active on all three modes.

                    Phone   CW     Digital   Total Average
    
    ZS6EZ            349    349      295      993    331
    ZS4TX            349    348      296      983    331
    ZS2DL            324    334      303      961    320
    ZS1LS            310    318      316      944    315
    ZS6WB            343    313      288      944    315
    ZS2EZ            300    314      315      929    310
    ZS1A             344    182      307      833    278
    

    Start Dates

    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
    430 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?
    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
    1945-11-15
    1947-04-02 W1FH†
    1947-05-?? W1FH†
    1975-07-01 W3KT†
    1976-11-01 WA3IKK
    1978-05-?? W2BXA
    1969-09-09 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
    2008-07-29 DL9KR
    1947-08-?? ZS2X†
    1949-08-?? ZS6FU†
    1980-??-?? ZS3BT†
    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
    2013-12-14 ZS6OB
    No ZS
    28
    <300??
    <1629??
    755
    210
    153
    199
    120
    131
    --
    --
    --
    --
    --
    160
    238
    124
    --
    4
    27
    69
    239
    207
    30
    123
    0
    0
    1
    9
    5
    3
    3
    0
    107
    266
    >183

    WA3IKK is now K3WC. W4QCW is now W4DR. ZS6BCR is now ZS6EZ. ZS6P is now ZS1J.
    W1BB, ZS2X, ZS5LB, ZS6FU and ZS6KR are deceased (marked with "†").

    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 represents the slowest uptake by South Africans. The first 430 MHz DXCC was issued in 2008, and no South African has claimed that certificate so far. The leading scores on this band are in the 70s, so it is likely that there will be an applicant no later than 2025.

    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. As a result, the leading CW scores are much lower than the leading Phone and Mixed scores. On Mixed, individuals have claimed as many as 57 deleted entities. On Phone, the corresponding number is around 54. For CW, it is only 19.

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    General Notes

    1. Where the correct issuing sequence is known (everything but Mixed and Phone), sequence numbers have been inserted. On Mixed and Phone, where exact dates are unknown, stations are grouped by year. Because the list for 2005 is incomplete, no sequence numbers are shown after this date. However, the order in which stations are listed is chronological.

    2. The 1996 submissions of ZS6KR and ZS6WB may seem strange, but are in fact correct. Hans's certificates (5BDXCC, 3,5 MHz, 7 MHz and 28 MHz) are dated a few days earlier than Hal's, but in all cases the serial numbers are later. Personal correspondence with ARRL confirms that the dates must be regarded as authoritative, as their serial number issuing system occasionally goes awry. It appears that Hans's application was not properly recorded in the mail system on arrival. As a result, his application was not processed before the cutoff date for the Yearbook. He is therefore not listed on all the bands. There are several other examples in the lists where the certificate numbers are out of sequence. In all cases, the dates are the most important determinant.

    3. Single band DXCCs for 10, 14, 18, 21 and 25 MHz never had serial numbers; only dates. All other certificates have sequential serial numbers. Around 2011, some single-band DXCCs on these bands suddenly started showing numbers for a time. Again, in some cases there are discrepancies in the order of serial numbers. Some certificates have serial numbers, others don't.

    4. The single-band awards for 3,5, 7 and 28 MHz all had start dates (see the table 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 chronologically sequential numbers.

    5. 5BDXCC is issued for meeting DXCC requirements, using current entities 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). Stations with additional band endorsements may claim 6BDXCC, 7BDXCC, 8BDXCC etc. The highest achievable total is 12BDXCC, which would include 144 and 430 MHz. No 5BDXCC holder in ZS has achieved DXCC on either of these bands, and no station world wide is known to have achieved 12BDXCC. These numbers may creep upwards if 5 MHz ever becomes a world-wide amateur allocation, and a single-band DXCC is issued. Several stations have already passed the 100 country mark on this band.

    6. Information from the ARRL Web listings has been incorporated to the date indicated in the heading. If the list has been updated since this date, the changes affect only single stations or consist of editorial changes.

    7. There are many errors in the ARRL listings. Many years contained over 5000 callsigns, painstakingly assembled by hand using index cards. Sometimes, the same callsign is listed differently in successive years. An attempt has been made to consolidate such differences into one callsign. However, in some cases, doubt remains. Uncertainty surrounds ZS5UR/ZS6UR and ZS1OE/ZS1OF. The current computerised listings appear to be a little more robust in this regard, with no obvious discrepancies.

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    Personal Notes

    1. The late "Van" van der Watt ZS6LW became the first South African ever to have achieved the Top of the Honour Roll (i.e. worked all current countries). Van was the top South African on the DXCC-HR from at least 1975 to 1997 (1998 on Phone). He first reached the Top of the HR in 1980 (both Mixed and Phone) and retained that position on and off until 1994. The second South African only reached this milestone during 2002. Van died in mid-2000. As of 2001, he remained 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 surpassed 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. ZS5MQ was listed in 1975 with 152 countries. However, his certificate is dated 1976.

    3. ZS2SG has a 125 endorsement sticker. However, his highest endorsement level listed in QST is 110.


    How you can help

    All the published information has now been extracted. However, many names and certificate details are still incomplete. If you know of a DXCC holder and can obtain exact dates and certificate numbers, please let me know. The record for 2005 was never published, so it is possible that someone obtained a certificate in that year and is not on the list. Such information would be particularly valuable.

    Finally, extracting information from thousands of pages of small print, some of which was scanned with rough resolution, is not an exact science. If you spot errors that do not agree with the original information, please let me know.


    Thanks!

    Building this list was a mammoth task, consuming perhaps thousands of hours of effort, and could not have been done without considerable assistance. Tjerk Lammers ZS6P (now ZS1J) was always a willing helper, starting in the Eighties, with his QST and DXCC Yearbook collection and even occasionally his willingness to help me wade through pages and pages of fine print. He is also the South African checkpoint for DXCC, whose presence has helped considerably to fan the DXCC flames in this part of the world.

    Before his death in 2005, Bushy Roode ZS6M† (ex ZS6YQ) tracked down the details of a few members for me. In 2006, Ivan Lusic ZS6IL did likewise. In 2011, Sharon Taratula of ARRL searched their database for the last few CW DXCC records; Gary Potgieter ZS5NK† sent me the details for the ZS5HAM certificates; Al Akers ZS2U helped me to put names to many of the ZS2 stations on the list; Dennis Wells ZS1AU† did the same for the ZS1s; Barry Murrell ZS2EZ sent me details of ZS2SG's certificate. In 2012, Mariska Faasen of SARL HQ alerted me to the availability of a virtually complete set of QSTs. I've incorporated the new info, filling in almost all the remaining gaps. During this process, Dennis Wells ZS1AU† looked up numerous callsigns in old Callbooks to try to put names to those callsigns. Wayne Mills N7NG found me some information to fill a few remaining gaps, specifically the list for 1970, 1971 and 1989. The very last gaps were filled in by Bill Moore NC1L† and Sharon Taratula at the ARRL. Barry Murrell ZS2EZ provided me with details of ZS2EC's certificate.

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