Youth show 'oldies' how it should be done

Two young men, Elandré ZS4TU, aged 10 and Luan ZS4TY, aged 13 have taken top honours during the 2006 South African Radio League HF Phone Contest held in August.

Elandré and Luan worked as a multi-operator station using the call sign ZS4TZ. Only one log was received from a Young Lady and that is Pam, ZS6APT.

The contest committee received 21 log submissions, made up of 16 single operator logs, 2 multi-operator logs and 3 check logs. Band conditions on 20 metres were terrible with 80 metres being the best band for the day.

Multi-operator:
1st Elandré, ZS4TU, and Luan, ZS4TZ - 188 points;
2nd Cape Town ARC - 126 points.

Single operator:
1st Jan, ZS4JAN - 164 points;
2nd Gary, ZS5NK - 150 points;
3rd Hans, ZS6KR, and Tjerk, ZS6P - 136 points each.

The best score on a single band was achieved by Donovan, ZS2DL, with 84 points in the 40 metre band.

The Bloemfontein RAC is leading the club competition with 413 points followed by the Pretoria ARC on 382 points, the Cape Town ARC on 322 points and the Highway ARC on 321 points. The full results were published in a special issue of HF Happenings 214.

Source: The South African Radio League

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