[ADXA] Zone 23

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

For those who do not know Chak, JT1CO, he is a very prominent citizen
and radio amateur in Mongolia with a station very capable of working a
modest station in the U.S. 

Chak's JT1CO station is also the same station as JT5DX, the callsign
used during contests. 

Chak's station is located on his 15,000 acre wheat farm in northern
Mongolia near the Russian border. Chak's farm supplies about 99% of the
wheat consumed in the country. Chak and his wife live in Ulaanbaatar and
he remotes to his station from there. It is a several hour drive from
Ulaanbaatar city out to the farm. 

Chak's wife handles the QSL duties and they are very prompt in sending
out QSL's. Chak had tried LoTW but dropped it and did not want to keep
up with it so a reason I don't recall. This past winter Jeff, K1ZM was
at Chak's for a 160 meter op and spoke to Chak about getting back on
LoTW. The 160 meter logs from that op were finally uploaded to LoTW
however I do not know if Jeff handled it or if Chak is back on LoTW.
Regardless, you can be assured of a QSL from JT1CO if you work him. 

So, if you need Zone 23 keep an eye on the spots for Chak, JT1CO or
JT5DX during a contest. You can work his big station! 

73 Joel W5ZN 

On 2020-04-22 19:03, Richard Harris wrote:

> George, first congrats on Z. 34. That's a tough one too. 
> 
> Tonight (Wed) I was listening to a station ID'ing as JT1CO on 
> 14.074 between 0010 - 0053Z  when I quit listening. He called CQ 
> a number of times and had stations replying. He was -16 to - 19 here 
> in NM. So.... never heard him work one station in all that time - very 
> strange.  Was hearing China, Japan, and Asiatic Russia during that 
> time also (on my dipole). So either he had a receive problem or ??. Anyway, good 
> luck and hope you get Z. 23 soon. 73 Rick AI5P 
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