| ZK2V and ZK2X - Operators |
The operator of ZK2V is Chris Tran ZL1CT / GM3WOJ / GM2V
Chris in his GM3WOJ shack in 2000
Chris collecting a trophy at the RSGB HF Convention - October 2008
(L to R Chris ZL1CT/GM3WOJ, RSGB President Colin G3PSM, Jim GM0NAI/GM7R)
Chris visiting the Isle of Man - August 2011
(L to R Chris ZL1CT/GM3WOJ, Bob MD0CCE/MD2C, Alex GD3UMW/GD6IA)
Licensed since 1967, Chris entered his first contest in 1973 and has had the contest 'bug' ever since. He really enjoys pile-ups and making lots of QSOs in the shortest possible time. Chris started the GM7V and ZL1V contest groups and now has over 350000 QSOs on the ARRL 'Logbook of the World' with different GM and ZL callsigns. See www.qsl.net/gm3woj for more information.
Chris has been on many contest DXpeditions, including the first-ever use of the GZ prefix (for the Shetland Islands) in 2000 and 2001, then again in 2010. See www.gm7v.com for more information about GZ7V and IOTA DXpeditions. In 2002 he was placed first in Europe SOAB in the CQ WW SSB contest and in 2006 he was placed eighth in Europe SOAB in the CQ WW CW contest - in both cases operating the GD6IA station. Chris also holds the callsign ZL4CT. Which is his favourite mode ? Well despite being named C W Tran he likes CW and SSB equally !
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The operator of ZK2X is Keith Kerr GM4YXI / GM5X
Keith en route to operate as
9M2/GM4YXI from Pulau (Babi) Besar AS-046 - August 2002
Keith beside the concrete base for his new tower - September 2011
After an SWL apprenticeship of 8 years, Keith was first licensed as GM8YJU (1981) then GM4YXI (1984). After many years of VHF weak signal DXing and contesting, his focus is now HF DXing and contesting.
Keith has activated five different IOTA locations as 9M2/GM4YXI, making around 14000 QSOs. See www.gm7v.com/yxi2003.htm for more info.
He has extensive single-op (GM4YXI, GM7V, GM5X) and multi-op (GM7V, GZ7V) contesting experience. He has been a consistent ‘EU top ten’ finisher (2nd in 2002) in CQ WW SSB SOAB, has respectable scores in CQ WW CW SO and was world 2nd in 2004 CQ WPX SSB SOAB(TS) as 9M2RPN. He holds the CQ WPX SSB 10m SB EU record as GM7V. He broke the EU SOAB record in the ARRL SSB contest in 2002 – unfortunately two others did the same !
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