Re: [IRCA] MW QSL

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congrats Jim. Always great to nab another country and an African is especially special. The only African I have heard & QSL'd here is Algeria 891. Lots of Europeans, but Africa is very rare here. At least for me.\\73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:21:52 -0400
> From: jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx
> To: contiba@xxxxxxxxx; am@xxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; amdx@xxxxxxxxxx; wghauser@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [IRCA] MW QSL
> 
> QSL card, schedule and tract received today from TWR Benin 1566, for an AUG
> 31 2013 reception.   Signed by Lorraine S., from the Swaziland address.
>  The card says I heard this on 156 khz, but I think everyone knows the
> actual channel!  That's my 60th verified country of 78 heard.  So if we
> counted in Base 6 that would mean I've reached the century mark  And for
> binary-only DXers, that would be country #111,100.- yes you got it right -
> only 4 more to reach a million!  Just came in from raking leaves which
> might explain my interest in high numbers today.  Since we're on a roll
> with this - most contemporary cultures use base 10, but there's one that
> uses base 8 - derived not from fingers, but from the spaces between
> fingers.  An mystical concept - a counting system derived from what is not
> there.  Hmmmm.
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