{"id":34023,"date":"2012-09-19T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T13:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=34023"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:11:00","slug":"remote-base-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/ham-radio-news\/remote-base-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Z88Z The Remote Base in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-19-at-3.44.16-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34028\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-19 at 3.44.16 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-19-at-3.44.16-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Keith, W7DXX, is applying for the call sign <strong>Z88Z<\/strong> for South Sudan. The idea is to install a remote base there like we did with YI9DXX, Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The ARRL is considering a change to DXCC Rule 9 which may mean that contacts with Z88Z count toward DXCC<\/strong>. We could have some real excitement during contests. We earned First Place in the ARRL DX contest with W7DXX Remote. Imagine what we could do with Z88Z.<\/p>\n<p>Our proposed Z88Z will give our control operators a chance to BE RARE DX without the expensive travel.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of work to do for this project to become a reality. We learned some lessons from YI9DXX.<\/p>\n<p>Right now we need volunteers stateside to help with the project. AND YOU COULD BECOME A CONTROL OPERATOR OF Z88Z FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME QTH.<\/p>\n<p>We need equipment and parts donations. If you are in a ham radio business or a manufacturer, you can help and receive much publicity.<\/p>\n<p>Please reply here if you can help in any way.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w7dxx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W7DXX<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith, W7DXX, is applying for the call sign Z88Z for South Sudan. The idea is to install a remote base there like we did with YI9DXX, Baghdad. The ARRL is considering a change to DXCC Rule 9 which may mean that contacts with Z88Z count toward DXCC. We could have some real excitement during contests.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[190,194,195,203,234,385],"class_list":["post-34023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ham-radio-news","tag-ham","tag-ham_radio","tag-ham-radio","tag-hamradio","tag-info","tag-remote-control","category-5","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}