First 60-metre permit in Africa issued to ZD8I

Ian Coverdale, G8WVW, operating as ZD8I, has been issued with a 60-metre permit by the Ascension Island Administrator and is believed to be the first African station operational on this band.

His first contact on 5MHz was with W1JR on 22 April, with the first UK station being David, MM5DWW, on 27 April. Signals so far have been very weak.

However, moderately low noise levels and a total lack of QRM has helped to establish contacts from around 2200 onwards.

The ZD8I QSL manager is Mike, G4LTI.

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB

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