[GCARC] rare dx heads up 40m

[Christopher Wawak]

tune up 5 khz and you've got TO9A from St. Martin working F/H.

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 7:15 AM Christopher Wawak <chris at wawak.org> wrote:

> Wake up everyone! The Monk is up, and once 20m wakes up over here we'll
> start to hear him:
>
> DX de WZ7I: 14090.4 SV2RSG FT8 -13 dB 1208Z (CWSL_DIGI 0.82-RC1)
>
> Call:          SV2RSG
> Frequency:     14.090354
> Mode:          ft8
> Time:          12:08
> Source:        pskreporter
>
> Spotter:       WZ7I
> Spotter DXCC:  291 - United States of America
> Spotter CQ:    5
> Spotter state: PA
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 10:24 AM Agustin Neron Properties LLC <
> ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Chris, great info on the FT8, I'll be looking for him as well.
>>
>> I think the history of this dxcc entity is fascinating. It's status is a
>> religious republic, along the lines of the Vatican. It's the last existing
>> functioning part of the Byzantine Empire, which collapsed almost 600yrs
>> ago. The mountain monasteries were easily defended so apparently left alone
>> over the years!
>> Here's a cool article I found
>>
>> https://www.denverpost.com/2008/09/11/in-mt-athos-byzantine-empire-lingers/
>>
>> 73 to all,
>> Darrell AB2E
>>
>> On 12/01/2021 9:11 AM Christopher Wawak <chris at wawak.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks Darrell!
>>
>> Here's the DXNews link:
>> https://dxnews.com/sv2rsg/
>>
>> Says he'll be doing FT8 for the unwashed masses like myself, last time
>> was at 7.056 FT8 F/H.
>>
>> Mt. Athos is also a POTA location, wonder if the Monk will activate!
>> Hihi!
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:14 PM Agustin Neron Properties LLC <
>> ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>> Just worked Rwanda 9X4X on 7004 and Mt. Athos SV2RSG/A on 7005.
>> Both are very rare.
>> Mt. Athos went silent when Monk Apollo SV2ASP/A died.
>> Monk Lakavos is a new ham there from a neighboring monastery.
>>
>> 73 Darrell AB2E
>>
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>> -- Chris
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> -- Chris
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-- Chris