[ADXA] Asleep at the Wheel - A ZS8 Follow Up Story

[w5znjoel at gmail.com]

Greetings again ADXA Folks,

 

On April 30 I worked ZS8W on 20-meter CW at 1155z and posted a spot here on
our reflector. He was only there for a short time and QSY'ed or QRT'ed. I
wasn't sure it was the real ZS8W and didn't care much because I did not need
ZS8 on 20 meters. When his log updated, I was in there on 20 CW so it was
the real ZS8W. I smiled but still didn't get excited - I did not need ZS8 on
20 meters and had worked him on FT8 on a couple of bands I did need.

 

I am sitting at 338 (current DXCC) on CW. A few days later I started
thinking about my CW total and almost passed out running to grab my "Need
List" and darn if ZS8 was the only one, other than P5, I need on CW! I was
completely asleep at the wheel and would have been deathly devastated if
Yuris had packed up and left without me working him on CW!!

 

So my DXCC total for current entities on CW now stands at 339 and waiting
for little rocket man to blow up on the launch pad so P5 will open up some
day.

 

The moral of this story is PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR NEED LIST regardless of
what you "think" you do, or do not, need!!!!

 

73 Joel W5ZN

 

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