(aka KY8D when in the USA)
Home: KY8D.net
Refreshed: 2026-04-10 16:50:26 UTC
Operating as: ZS1KYD/M.
KA8MWF
KY8D
KY8D/M
ZS1/KY8D
VA7KYD
ZD7KYD
ZS1KYD
ZS1KYD/M
GRAND TOTAL
SKCC
FISTS
ILERA
The sum of durations between start and end times.
CW QSO Durations by Band |
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| ALL BANDS | 160m | 80m | 60m | 40m | 30m | 20m | 17m | 15m | 12m | 10m | |
| Sum of QSO Hrs | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Avg Mins per QSO | 7.6 | 4.5 | 8.2 | ||||||||
QSL Cards: 3 sent; 1 received; ratio 33.3%
CW QSO Counts by Year and Band |
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| ALL BANDS | 160m | 80m | 60m | 40m | 30m | 20m | 17m | 15m | 12m | 10m | |
| ALL YEARS | 13 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2025 | 13 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
Chance encounters for the most part. In time, though, perhaps on-going friendships?
Stations worked as ZS1KYD/M plus as one or more of my other callsigns: KA8MWF, KY8D, KY8D/M, VA7KYD, ZD7KYD, ZS1/KY8D, ZS1KYD. The number of times worked for each category.
Stations Worked Plurally from My Various Licenses. |
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| Other Calls | ZS1KYD/M | Op | City | State/Prov | Country | |
| 9A2UN | 4 | 1 | Bert | Solin | Split-Dalmatia | Croatia |
| OK2ZV | 3 | 1 | Vit | Uhersky Brod | Havrice | Czech Republic |
| I3JCV | 1 | 1 | Renato | Belluno | Belluno | Italy |
| R5BE | 2 | 1 | Vadim | Istra region | Moscow | Russian Federation |
| ZS1/RA5CI | 1 | 1 | Roman | Cape Town | Western Cape | South Africa |
Always exciting to QSO with places out-of-the way. Best of all is working a ship at sea, such as N1EA shown below.
N1EA
Stations each listed but once, our most recent QSO. Pre ADIF 3.1.5, key type not tracked.
Isolated Places |
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| Tally | When | Mins | MHz | RST(N) Sent | RST(N) Rcvd | Call Sign | Operator | Where | TX Key | RX Key |
| 1 | 2025-01-27 16:53 | 9 | 18.0720 | 569 | 599 | ZS7ANF | Oleg | Antarctica | SS | ? |
Regular QSOs, every last one. No contest contacts listed.
11 nations (per ISO-3166, not DXCC) worked in CW: how many times each, on which bands.
The World by Country |
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| Tally | 160m | 80m | 60m | 40m | 30m | 20m | 17m | 15m | 12m | 10m | |
| France | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Antarctica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Austria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Norway | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Russian Federation | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Stations listed but once, our most recent. List cuts off at 100 max.
AIDF key tags: SK straight key, SS side-swiper, B semi-automatic bug, FAB fully-automatic bug, SP Single paddle, DP dual paddles, and CPU computer generated Morse.
When operating abroad (MI0, VA7, ZD7, ZS1), my policy is to QSL by direct mail without need of being asked, with corresponding LoTW uploads in due course. I only care about real QSL cards. Below is another of my all-time favorites:
WB7RUB
Most Recent Stations |
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| Mins | MHz | RST(N) Sent | RST(N) Rcvd | Call Sign | Operator | City | State/Prov | Country | TX Key | RX Key | |
| 2025-03-30 18:06 | 6 | 10.1080 | 559 | 339 | R5BE | Vadim | Istra region | Moscow | Russian Federation | SS | ? |
| 2025-03-27 17:57 | 10 | 18.0715 | 539 | 339 | F5LLY | Pierre | Theys | Isere | France | SS | ? |
| 2025-03-27 17:41 | 4 | 18.0710 | 529 | 559 | DJ1II | Juergen | St. Martin | Rhineland-Palatinate | German | SS | ? |
| 2025-03-27 17:28 | 10 | 18.0710 | 589 | 569 | 9A2UN | Bert | Solin | Split-Dalmatia | Croatia | SS | SP |
| 2025-03-27 17:19 | 9 | 18.0710 | 579 | 599 | I3JCV | Renato | Belluno | Belluno | Italy | SS | ? |
| 2025-03-27 17:12 | 7 | 18.0710 | 579 | 559 | OE1KLW | Willy | Wien | Wien | Austria | SS | ? |
| 2025-03-27 16:54 | 7 | 18.0710 | 539 | 549 | F5ROW | Eric | Hardinvast | Manche | France | SS | ? |
| 2025-03-25 18:10 | 3 | 10.1080 | 579 | 429 | DG1PM | Alex | Hassloch | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany | SS | ? |
| 2025-01-30 18:16 | 8 | 18.0720 | 569 | 579 | ZS1/RA5CI | Roman | Cape Town | Western Cape | South Africa | SS | ? |
| 2025-01-29 17:50 | 8 | 18.0740 | 539 | 549 | LA4WIA | Paal | Kongsvinger | Innlandet County | Norway | SS | ? |
| 2025-01-29 17:35 | 10 | 18.0740 | 539 | 559 | SM1IUX | Hans | Visby | Gotland | Sweden | SS | ? |
| 2025-01-29 17:21 | 8 | 18.0740 | 559 | 559 | OK2ZV | Vit | Uhersky Brod | Havrice | Czech Republic | SS | ? |
| 2025-01-27 16:53 | 9 | 18.0720 | 569 | 599 | ZS7ANF | Oleg | Wolf's Fang Runway | Queen Mauds Land | Antarctica | SS | ? |
Most recent on top. Overlap denotes portable/mobile operation: vacation, etc.
My QTHs |
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| From | Until | Address | City | State | Country | Grid Square |
| 2025-01-30 18:16 | 2025-03-30 18:12 | Rental Car | Rocklands | Western Cape | South Africa | JF95fs58 |
| 2025-03-25 18:10 | 2025-03-25 18:13 | Rental Car | Misty Cliffs Road | Western Cape | South Africa | JF95du93 |
| 2025-01-27 16:53 | 2025-01-29 17:58 | Rental Car | Lambert's Bay | Western Cape | South Africa | JF97dv65 |
Most recent until-date on top.
Equipment by Date |
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| From | Until | Rig | Amp | Tuner | Feedline | Xfmr | Antenna |
| 2025-01-26 | 2026-04-10 | RGO One | ? | ? | RG-316 | ? | Mobile: HF17CL, HF30CL |
Technical Trivia: I was needing a project to brush up on SQL. So here it is. The database is SQLite 3. The page you are viewing is XML/XSLT built from a script written in Perl/DBI. The GUI by which I issue queries is Perl/Tk, which itself relies upon a non-CPAN module Tk::EasyGUI.pm. Every last part, the SQL, the two Perl scripts and custom Perl module, even the XSLT stylesheet, are my own code 100%.