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by AB7E on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I think you've overlooked several quite active and competent operators who have operated from those countries, and you've done them somewhat a disservice in the process. The Super Check Partial listing of contest callsigns (limited to those active within the past two years, I believe) shows 13 JT1 stations and 14 ZP5/ZP6 stations alone. My own log shows several 3B8 callsigns. 73, Dave AB7E

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by AE5X on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
You're right - I should have included a "your mileage may vary" or "I'm primarily a CW op" or some other such disclaimer so as to not do anyone a "disservice" but I neglected to run the article passed my lawyer. My bad.

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by KY6R on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Good topic. I understand your intention - these are what almost seem like "beacon" stations in these entities. They are on the air consistently, giving out an entity that would be much harder to get if they weren't on. And they are good ops who understand propagation - and who give everyone a chance. 3A2MD, PZ5RA, ES1WN, V51AS, A45WD, VQ8LA, VK9NS and others are in my log. Thanks to these people, I didn't have to fight huge pileups to get these entities on most bands / modes, and it would have been much harder to get these entities if it weren't for them.

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by K3ANG on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Good article. Help me out; Who was the priest (and his callsign) who was very active for years in Nepal. I heard him once on 20M SB back in the early 1980's and tried to work him but propagation was bad. Ok, my antenna wasn't the best either. 73 Greg, K3ANG

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by WA8KAZ on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Worked HC8L on 10m in 2004 courtesy of Dave and Barb Leeson, W6NL / K6BL. 73 WA8KAZ Wayne

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by YO4PX on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
The priest was Father Moran, 9N1MM. And there is another ham who is (really) alone in his DXCC country: Father Apollo who is working now and again from Month Athos. I think # 1 Honor Roll shouldn't depend on the availability of a single amateur. What happens if Apollo will get bored of amateur radio, but the "country" will remain on the list? There is not much hope to hear somebody else from there in our lifetime...

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by K8CXM on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Father Moran, 9N1MM. He still is the only Nepal in my logbook and QSL collection. Think Gus Browning, W4BPD, also operated from there. They're may have been other guests.

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by AB7E on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
A lawyer wouldn't have made the article any more accurate. AE5X: "There are a handful of DXCC entities that would not be heard on the air at all were it not for a single active amateur in that location. Single-handedly, they put their country into the logbooks of hams around the world." There are indeed some countries that fall into that category ... but not the ones you mentioned.

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by KC8LTL on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Yes, there are certain stations who provide quite a few of the contacts for an entity. I suppose the outgoing bureau could tell you most accurately, but especially on the last two, I think you overstate things. HC8N is a contest superstation which makes HC8 actually one of the easier countries to work. However, a quick look at my log sees HC8A, HC8L, HC8Z and PA3GIO/HC8 as well. For ZP, I for one would love to work it CW, but the only stations I have worked have been ZP1TF, ZP6Y, and a special event station ZP99A, all on phone. KC8LTL

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by N3OX on October 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
"Single-handedly, they put their country into the logbooks of hams around the world. If you’ve worked certain countries, then odds are, you probably did it by working one specific op." I think that AB7E's point, to a certain extent, is that the guys you mentioned are the best, loudest signals and the most active operators. When I read your list, I see what you're getting at. I've got five unique 3B8's in my log but as I scroll down the list, Jacky shows up time and time again. I've got three different JT stations, but JT1CO is represented many times over. I've worked lots of ZP stations, but none of them had even close to the signal that Doug puts in here. Certainly, your list is populated with people I recognize immediately and have worked many times. But I think they're really the largest and most active. I wonder how many more stations in each of those places I could work if I built a world-class station on this end. I'm sure there are a lot of small stations in Southeast Asia that feel that K3KO is the only W3 station in the world ;-)

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