South African DXCC Honour Roll Members: Cumulative List

Last updated: 2012-01-12

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Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ
Box 4485
Pretoria
0001 South Africa

Index

Explanation: An explanation of what is contained in this list and how it was compiled.

Mixed: A list of all known South African members of the Mixed DXCC Honour Roll.

Phone: A list of all known South African members of the Phone DXCC Honour Roll.

CW: A list of all known South African members of the CW DXCC Honour Roll.

Looking into the Future: A look at activity patterns and likely future development.

Looking into the Past: Past DXCC HR lists as extracted from back issues of QST, and later from the ARRL Web site. ##

Explanation

The ARRL has never published a cumulative list of DXCC Honor Roll members. This situation is unfortunate, as the stalwarts of the past have slid down the listings with the gradual addition of new countries.

This list is an attempt to assemble a record of all past and current DXCC-HR members in South Africa. It may not be (and probably isn't) comprehensive. Please let me know if you have more information or stumble across something, so that we can include the information in a future list.

DXCC Honour Roll membership is restricted to those DXCC members that need less than ten countries confirmed. Totals do not include credit for deleted countries. In the early Eighties, the total number of countries was around 305. As DXCC country criteria have been rewritten, a plethora of new countries emerged over the following two decades. The collapse of the Iron Curtain also created several new countries and erased others, all of which meant that the DXCC list of today contains numbers that were unheard of a few decades ago. Consequently, the top stations of that era probably need several dozen countries today. Most of them have thus dropped off the Honour Roll list. To provide a basis for comparison with today's leading DXers, the score for each station is listed in terms of countries needed, as well as the actual scores and the number of countries at the time. Finally, each entry carries a year. This year is the best approximation of when the station in question achieved the listed level. Where several stations reached the same level, they are listed chronologically by the date on which they reached that level.

The Honour Roll is reshaped on an ongoing basis by the addition of new DXCC entities. Three entities were added around 2007, causing several ZS stations to slide down the list. This phenomenon separates the active stations from those that are no longer active. The effect is clear on the list. In each category, the first stations to reach that level are often no longer active, and have fallen off the list. The last stations to have been added are often still there, having lost no ground due to the addition of new entities.

In October 2010, two entities were deleted and four new ones were created. After a process of several years, the Netherlands Antilles were reorganised under new forms of government. The two previous entities, consisting of the northern and southern groups, have been deleted and four new entities have been created. The four new entities have caused several inactive ZS stations to fall off the Honour Roll.

With South Sudan becoming independent in July 2011, there was another another addition to the DXCC list in August. There is a deleted country called South Sudan; there is now another current entity called South Sudan. The number of entities is now 341.

Another type of shakeup happened in July 2009, when ARRL suddenly deleted credits for a Glorioso Island expedition which had been granted more than 20 years before. ZS4TX, who had been at the Top of the HR, and ZS6EZ, who had needed two countries, suddenly found themselves sliding down one notch. A few weeks later, the ARRL suddenly granted credit for the 7O1YGF operation in April 2000. This addition opened the door for ZS6P to get his last missing country. Another few weeks later, FT5GA opened up from Glorioso, allowing ZS4TX and ZS6EZ to get back onto their respective Honour Roll positions.

Finally, there are several stations that are known to have reached the Honour Roll, but exact dates and scores are not known. These have been listed with whatever information is available, and question marks as appropriate.

Important Note: The tables below reflect the addition of the four new PJ entities and South Sudan ST0. All HR members suddenly needed five more than they did last year. These new entities were not difficult to work, so all active members were able to quickly get back to their previous scores. The process is now more or less complete. For the members who have not submitted the necessary cards, their previous scores, which they will probably return to once they complete the paperwork, are indicated in brackets. As of 2011-10-26, only ZS1AU, ZS5NK has not completed the process of submitting his update.

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Known South African members of the DXCC Honour Roll are:

Mixed (15 members)

Need	Callsign	Score	Max	Year	Name	First	Last	Latest	Status
0	ZS6LW ZS6EZ ZS4TX ZS6P	315 335 335 338	315 335 335 338	1985 2002 2005 2009	Van van der Watt Chris R. Burger Bernie van der Walt Tjerk Lammers	< 1975 1994 2001 2003	2002 Current Current Current	Off 1 0 0	SK around 2000 Semi-active Semi-active Active
1	ZS6RM ZS6BBP ZS6YQ ZS5NK	314 327 334 334	315 328 335 335	1985 1993 2004 2005	Dick Matthews Hans Behrens Bushy Roode Gary Potgieter	1980 1992 1979 1994	1991 2010 2005 Current	Off Off Off 6 (1)	SK pre-2000 Now VK2FTZ SK in 2005 Active
2	ZS6IW ZS1FJ	313 333	315 335	1985 2005	Mike Sherman Barry Fletcher	1978 2003	1986 2010	Off Off	SK pre-1985 Now 9V1FJ
5	ZS4MG	310	315	1985	Sid Coosner	1980	1986	Off	Inactive (ZS6CM in Pretoria)
6	ZS1AU	334	340	2011	Dennis Wells	2011	Current	7 (6)	Active
8	ZS6BW ZS6WB	292 333	300 341	1960 2011	Bert Sachs Hal Lund	1960 2008	1960 Current	Off 8	SK pre-1980 Active
9	ZS6AOO	322	331	1998	Jim de Almeida	1998	1999	Off	Now CT1HGS

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Phone (12 members)

Need	Callsign	Score	Max	Year	Name	First	Last	Latest	Status
0	ZS6LW ZS6P	315 338	315 338	1985 2009	Van van der Watt Tjerk Lammers	< 1975 2005	2002 Current	Off 0	SK around 2000 Active
1	ZS6YQ ZS5NK ZS6EZ	334 334 339	335 335 340	2004 2005 2011	Bushy Roode Gary Potgieter Chris R. Burger	1979 1994 2001	2005 Current Current	Off 6 (1) 1	SK in 2005 Active Semi-active
2	ZS6RM	313	315	1985	Dick Matthews	1980	1991	Off	SK pre-2000
3	ZS6JM ZS6AOO	312 323	315 326	1984 1994	John McCoy Jim de Almeida	1980 1992	1988 1999	Off Off	SK pre-1985 Now CT1HGS
4	ZS6BBP	318	322	1990	Hans Behrens	1986	2004	Off	Now VK2FTZ
5	ZS6BW ZS1FJ	292 330	297 335	1960 2005	Bert Sachs Barry Fletcher	1960 2003	1960 2010	Off Off	SK pre-1990 Now 9V1FJ
6	ZS1AU	334	340	2011	Dennis Wells	2011	Current	7 (6)	Active

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CW (3 members)

Need	Callsign	Score	Max	Year	Name	First	Last	Latest	Status
1	ZS4TX	340	341	2011	Bernie van der Walt	2010	Current	1	Semi-active
2	ZS6EZ	338	340	2011	Chris R. Burger	2002	Current	2	Semi-active
8	ZS6KR	333	341	2011	Hans Kappetijn	2011	Current	8	Active

Total: 18 members

Note: ZS5JM appeared only on the Phone HR; ZS6KR appears only on CW. The other single-mode members all appeared on the Mixed list too.

Key:

Need: Lowest number of credits this DXCC member ever needed. 9 is the entry level. 0 means the member had credit for all DXCC entities, and achieved Top of the Honour Roll.

Callsign: Last callsign for this station that appeared on a DXCC Honour Roll list.

Score: Actual number of current entities credited to the station at the time of the lowest number needed.

Max: Actual number of entities that existed at the time of the lowest number needed.

Year: First year in which highest score was achieved.

Name: Name of the certificate holder.

First: First year on the relevant Honour Roll.

Last: Last year on the relevant Honour Roll.

Latest: Number of entities needed at the last update (maximum 9). "Off" means that the station is no longer listed. Clearly, stations that peaked most recently are most likely to still be close to their highest score, while those that peaked long ago are likely to have slid down by a wide margin. Figures in brackets are the level they will return to once all PJ and ST0 credits have been processed.

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Looking into the Future

Active: ZS4TX, ZS5NK, ZS6P and ZS6WB are regularly active. ZS6P and ZS4TX can be expected to retain their spots at the top, and ZS5NK can be expected to keep climbing.

Intermittently active: ZS6EZ is basically inactive, with sporadic bursts of activity. He can be expected to move slowly if at all.

Emigrated: ZS1FJ, ZS6AOO and ZS6BBP live outside South Africa (in Singapore, Portugal and Australia respectively), and are no longer active with their ZS callsigns. (One is, but that's a discussion for another day...)

Inactive: ZS4MG is no longer active. He lives near Pretoria in retirement. He holds the callsign ZS6CM.

Deceased: ZS6BW, ZS6IW, ZS6LW, ZS6RM and ZS6YQ have died.

Looking in: Many ZS stations actively pursue DXCC. Some of the more likely arrivals on the HR in the next few years include ZS2DL (Mixed) and ZS6KR (CW), while ZS4TX is knocking on the Phone door.

Transient changes: When the four countries in the Netherlands Antilles were added on 2011-01-01, all stations suddenly slid down the HR by four slots. As credits are submitted, the active ones will creep back up. As of the end of 2011, only ZS5NK has not submitted his cards to regain his former position. His current scores is shown with the anticipated score after his next submission in brackets. Another transient change took place when Southern Sudan was added to the list in 2011-08. Every Honour Roll member suddenly slid down by one slot. This change is again reflected on this list by showing the actual score, with the former score in brackets. Only ZS1AU has not submitted his ST0R card.

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Looking into the Past

The list above is a cumulative one, showing all past Honor Roll members. Below are the lists by year as they appeared originally. These lists were manually extracted from QST and assembled into the format above.

The list is not complete, as there are years for which I have not had access to the relevant lists. The following years are not included:

1947 to 1949, 1956 to 1959, 1967, 1968, 1972 to 1974, 1996, 1999.

If you have back issues of QST and can provide me with scanned or copied annual HR lists, I would be most grateful. I'll attempt to include any new information into this list as soon as practical.

For the period of 1947 to 1971, only one ZS station (ZS6BW) ever appeared on the Honour Roll. Years in which no ZS station is listed are omitted to avoid tedious repetition.

The Mixed and Phone Honour Rolls came into being with the post-war DXCC in 1947. The CW HR was introduced in 1976 when the CW DXCC was introduced. The same happened to RTTY in 1993. For each HR, the maximum score was determined by the top score, and HR entrants required less than 10 countries more than the leader. Until each of the HRs reached "full house", the maximum score for each HR would be determined by the leading station. As a result, the maximum score for each HR is listed in each year, along with the heading for the particular DXCC. South African stations' scores are listed as a deficit, i.e. how many countries that station needed in that year. Stations with the same score are listed in alphabetical order.

You can access a specific year by clicking here:

1960

1975 1976 1978 1979

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 2011 2012 (still being updated)

Not all the lists' publication dates coincide with the end of the calendar year. In some cases, the lists were compiled a few months before or after the end of the year listed. Traditionally, the deadline for HR lists was 31 March, listed in QST in July. This lists would count for the previous year, as the closing date was only one quarter into the publication year. Example: The HR published in July 1997 would count for 1996.

1947 to 1959

No ZS appeared on the lists for 1950 to 1955. 1947 to 1949 and 1956 to 1959 are not available for inspection.

1960

Mixed (300)           Phone (297)
8 ZS6BW               5 ZS6BW

1961 to 1974

No ZS appeared on the lists for 1961 to 1966 and 1969 to 1971. 1967, 1968 and 1972 to 1974 are not available for inspection.

1975

Mixed (319)           Phone (319)
4 ZS6LW               4 ZS6LW

1976

Mixed (321)           Phone (321)         CW (241)
8 ZS6LW               8 ZS6LW             No ZS

1977

The 1977 list is not available for inspection.

1978

Mixed (319)           Phone (319)         CW (292)
4 ZS6LW               4 ZS6LW             No ZS
9 ZS6IW

1979

Mixed (319)           Phone (319)         CW (301)
2 ZS6LW               2 ZS6LW             No ZS
6 ZS6YQ               8 ZS6YQ
8 ZS6RM

1980

Mixed (318)           Phone (318)         CW (305)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
4 ZS6YQ               7 ZS6RM
5 ZS6IW               7 ZS6YQ
5 ZS6RM               9 ZS6JM
6 ZS4MG

1981

Mixed (318)           Phone (318)         CW (307)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
4 ZS6RM               5 ZS6JM
4 ZS6YQ               5 ZS6RM
5 ZS6IW               6 ZS6YQ
6 ZS4MG

1982

Mixed (318)           Phone (318)         CW (309)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
4 ZS6RM               5 ZS6JM
4 ZS6YQ               5 ZS6RM
5 ZS6IW               6 ZS6YQ
6 ZS4MG

1983

Mixed (315)           Phone (315)         CW (308)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
2 ZS6IW               3 ZS6RM
2 ZS6RM               4 ZS6JM
3 ZS6YQ               4 ZS6YQ
5 ZS4MG

1984

Mixed (315)           Phone (315)         CW (311)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
1 ZS6RM               2 ZS6RM
2 ZS6IW               3 ZS6JM
3 ZS6YQ               4 ZS6YQ
5 ZS4MG

1985

Mixed (316)           Phone (316)         CW (312)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
1 ZS6RM               2 ZS6RM
3 ZS6IW               3 ZS6JM
4 ZS6YQ               5 ZS6YQ
6 ZS4MG

1986

Aruba P4 was added on 1986-01-01.

Mixed (316)           Phone (316)         CW (312)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
1 ZS6RM               2 ZS6RM
2 ZS6YQ               3 ZS6JM
3 ZS6IW               3 ZS6YQ
6 ZS4MG               8 ZS6BBP

1987

Peter I Island 3Y was added 1987-01-25.

Mixed (316)           Phone (316)         CW (312)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS
1 ZS6RM               1 ZS6RM
3 ZS6YQ               4 ZS6JM
4 ZS6IW               4 ZS6YQ
7 ZS4MG               9 ZS6BBP

1988

RASD S0 was moved from deleted to active on during 1988-04.

Mixed (320)           Phone (320)         CW (316)
1 ZS6LW               1 ZS6LW             No ZS
2 ZS6RM               2 ZS6RM
5 ZS6YQ               5 ZS6BBP
                      6 ZS6YQ
                      7 ZS6JM

1989

Malyj Vysotskij 4J (later R1M) and 3D2 Rotuma were added 1989-05.

Mixed (323)           Phone (323)         CW (319)
3 ZS6LW               3 ZS6LW             No ZS
5 ZS6RM               5 ZS6RM
8 ZS6YQ               8 ZS6BBP
                      9 ZS6YQ

1990

East Germany Y2 was deleted on 1990-10-02. The two Yemens were deleted on 1990-05-21 and Yemen 7O was added on 1990-05-22. Conway Reef 3D2, Banaba T33 and Walvis Bay ZS9 were added.

Mixed (322)           Phone (322)         CW (319)
1 ZS6LW               1 ZS6LW             No ZS
6 ZS6RM               4 ZS6BBP
9 ZS6YQ               7 ZS6RM

1991

Abu Ail was deleted on 1991-03-30. Penguin Island ZS1 was added in 1991-09.

Mixed (323)           Phone (323)         CW (323)
2 ZS6LW               2 ZS6LW             No ZS
7 ZS6RM               5 ZS6BBP
                      8 ZS6RM
                      8 ZS6YQ

1992

Mixed (325)           Phone (325)         CW (325)
3 ZS6LW               4 ZS6LW             No ZS
8 ZS6BBP              7 ZS6AOO
8 ZS6YQ

1993

Eritrea E3 was reactivated on 1991-05-24. With the breakup of Yugoslavia, several countries were created. Credit was given later, as it became clear how the countries would be divided. Official start dates were: Croatia 9A and Slovenia S5 on 1991-06-26; Macedonia Z3 on 1991-09-08; Bosnia-Herzegovina E7 (was T9 for a while) on 1991-10-15. Czechoslovakia OK-OM was deleted on 1992-12-31 to make room for the Czech Republic OK and Slovakia OM on 1993-01-01.

Mixed (328)           Phone (328)         CW (328)              RTTY (324)
3 ZS6LW               4 ZS6LW             No ZS                 No ZS
8 ZS6BBP              7 ZS6AOO
8 ZS6YQ

1994

Penguin Islands ZS0 and Walvis Bay ZS9 were deleted on 1994-02-28. South Sudan ST0 was deleted on 1994-12-31.

Mixed (326)           Phone (326)         CW (326)              RTTY (324)
0 ZS6LW               0 ZS6LW             No ZS                 No ZS
1 ZS6BBP              3 ZS6AOO
6 ZS5NK               6 ZS5NK
8 ZS6EZ               9 ZS6YQ
8 ZS6YQ

1995

Mixed (327)           Phone (327)         CW (327)              RTTY (324)
1 ZS6LW               1 ZS6LW             No ZS                 No ZS
2 ZS6BBP              4 ZS6AOO
5 ZS5NK               5 ZS5NK
6 ZS6YQ               7 ZS6YQ
9 ZS6EZ

1996

The 1996 list is not available for inspection.

1997

Mixed (329)           Phone (329)         CW (329)              RTTY (325)
3 ZS6LW               3 ZS6LW             No ZS                 No ZS
4 ZS5NK               4 ZS5NK
4 ZS6BBP              5 ZS6YQ
5 ZS6YQ               6 ZS6AOO
7 ZS6EZ

1998

Pratas BV9P was added 1994-01-01. Scarborough Reef BS7 was added 1995-01-01. North Korea P5 was added 1995-05-14. Temotu H40, Austral FO and Marquesas FO were added 1998-04-01.

Mixed (331)           Phone (331)         CW (331)              RTTY (325)
5 ZS6EZ               6 ZS6LW             No ZS                 No ZS
6 ZS6LW               7 ZS5NK
7 ZS5NK               7 ZS6BBP
7 ZS6BBP              7 ZS6YQ
7 ZS6YQ               9 ZS6AOO
9 ZS6AOO

1999

The 1999 list appears not to have been published.

2000

Palestine E4 was added to the list on 1999-02-01.

Mixed (332)           Phone (332)         CW (332)              RTTY (?)
3 ZS6EZ               5 ZS6YQ             No ZS                 No ZS
5 ZS6YQ               7 ZS5NK
7 ZS6LW               7 ZS6LW
8 ZS6BBP              8 ZS6BBP

2001

Timor Leste 4W and Chesterfield Island FK were added to the list on 2000-03-01 and 2000-03-23 respectively.

Mixed (334)           Phone (334)         CW (334)              RTTY (?)
4 ZS6EZ               4 ZS6YQ             No ZS                 No ZS
4 ZS6YQ               5 ZS6BBP
5 ZS6BBP              8 ZS6EZ
7 ZS4TX               9 ZS5NK
9 ZS5NK               9 ZS6LW
9 ZS6LW

Note: ZS4TX did not appear in QST. However, the DXCC desk confirmed that this had been a mistake.

2002

Mixed (334)           Phone (334)         CW (334)              RTTY (?)
2 ZS6EZ               3 ZS6YQ             8 ZS6EZ               No ZS
3 ZS6YQ               4 ZS5NK
4 ZS5NK               5 ZS6BBP
5 ZS6BBP              7 ZS6EZ
7 ZS4TX               9 ZS6LW
9 ZS6LW

2003

Ducie Island VP6 was added to the list on 2001-11-16.

Mixed (335)           Phone (335)         CW (335)              RTTY (333)
0 ZS6EZ               2 ZS6EZ             4 ZS6EZ               No ZS
1 ZS4TX               4 ZS6YQ
4 ZS6YQ               5 ZS5NK
5 ZS5NK               6 ZS6BBP
6 ZS1FJ               9 ZS1FJ
6 ZS6BBP
8 ZS6P

2004

Mixed (335)           Phone (335)         CW (335)              RTTY (333)
0 ZS6EZ               2 ZS6EZ             4 ZS6EZ               No ZS
1 ZS4TX               4 ZS6YQ
4 ZS6YQ               5 ZS5NK
5 ZS5NK               6 ZS6BBP
6 ZS1FJ               9 ZS1FJ
6 ZS6BBP
8 ZS6P

2005

Mixed (335)           Phone (335)         CW (335)              RTTY (333)
0 ZS4TX               1 ZS5NK             4 ZS6EZ               No ZS
0 ZS6EZ               1 ZS6YQ
1 ZS5NK               2 ZS6EZ
1 ZS6YQ               5 ZS1FJ
2 ZS1FJ               7 ZS6P
4 ZS6P
6 ZS6BBP

2006

Montenegro 4O was added to the list on 2006-06-28.

Mixed (336)           Phone (336)         CW (335)              RTTY (333)
1 ZS4TX               2 ZS5NK             5 ZS6EZ               No ZS
1 ZS6EZ               3 ZS6EZ
2 ZS5NK               6 ZS1FJ
3 ZS1FJ               9 ZS6P
5 ZS6P
7 ZS6BBP

2007

Swain Island KH8 was added to the list on 2006-07-22.

Mixed (337)           Phone (337)         CW (337)              RTTY (335)
0 ZS4TX               2 ZS5NK             6 ZS6EZ               No ZS
2 ZS5NK               4 ZS6EZ
2 ZS6EZ               5 ZS6P
2 ZS6P                7 ZS1FJ
4 ZS1FJ
8 ZS6BBP

2008

St Barthelemew FJ was added to the list on 2007-12-14.

Mixed (338)           Phone (338)         CW (338)              RTTY (336)
0 ZS4TX               1 ZS6P              5 ZS6EZ               No ZS
1 ZS6P                3 ZS5NK
2 ZS6EZ               4 ZS6EZ
3 ZS5NK               8 ZS1FJ
5 ZS1FJ               
9 ZS6BBP
9 ZS6WB

2009

Mixed (338)           Phone (338)         CW (338)              RTTY (?)
0 ZS6P                0 ZS6P              4 ZS6EZ               No ZS
1 ZS4TX               3 ZS5NK
1 ZS6EZ               4 ZS6EZ
3 ZS5NK               8 ZS1FJ
5 ZS1FJ               
9 ZS6BBP
9 ZS6WB

2010

Mixed (338)           Phone (338)         CW (338)              RTTY (337)
0 ZS4TX               0 ZS6P              4 ZS6EZ               No ZS
0 ZS6P                1 ZS5NK             8 ZS4TX 
1 ZS5NK               2 ZS6EZ
1 ZS6EZ               8 ZS1FJ
5 ZS1FJ               
9 ZS6BBP
9 ZS6WB

2011

Four new countries were created and two were deleted in the Netherlands Antilles on 2010-10-10. South Sudan became independent and was added to the DXCC list on 2011-07-14.

Mixed (341)           Phone (341)         CW (341)              RTTY (340)
0 ZS4TX               0 ZS6P              1 ZS4TX               No ZS
0 ZS6P                1 ZS6EZ             2 ZS6EZ 
1 ZS6EZ               6 ZS5NK             8 ZS6KR
6 ZS5NK               7 ZS1AU
7 ZS1AU              
8 ZS6WB

2012 (still being updated)

Mixed (341)           Phone (341)         CW (341)              RTTY (340)
0 ZS4TX               0 ZS6P              1 ZS4TX               No ZS
0 ZS6P                1 ZS6EZ             2 ZS6EZ 
1 ZS6EZ               6 ZS5NK             8 ZS6KR
6 ZS5NK               7 ZS1AU
7 ZS1AU              
8 ZS6WB

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