DX news : ZD9X Tristan da Cunha by Tom, ZD7X !

Hey,
That's a nice news : Tom, the very well known Tom, ZD7X, will be on ZD9X for a few MONTHS (yes, months !) from late-June 2008.

I've only got ZD9 on 20m, that will be a good chance to catch him on other bands (I QSO with Tom from St Helena on 20617615612 and 10m !). Tom is a very good op who knows how to play with pile-ups and propagation !!!!!
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Message from Tom:
Hello all,
I will be departing St. Helena island in late June & travel to my next DX location of Tristan da Cunha island. My callsign on Tristan will be ZD9X. The Tristan will last 4 - 6 months, maybe longer. A home has been secured for myself with a backyard measuring one acre. Plenty of room for antennas as ZD7X.
Operating from St. Helena has been rather fun. I will be excited for a new DX location after all is said & done though. Full story to come out someday!!! With almost 35,000 QSO's now, the radio & vertical antenna have been doing a good job. I DO NOT want to have to break out the spare radios of a Kenwood TS-2000 & a Yaesu 100D if something should go wrong with my main "good" radio.
Once on Tristan, my plan is to explore a way of getting to Bouvet island & to operate from there before a TENATIVE operation to the three islands of South Sanswich, South Orkney & South Georgia via the Falkland islands.
According to the 100 Most Needed List, (2006) Bouvet is ranked at 8th in the world. It would be a crying shame to be less than 1400 miles from Bouvet and not to give a 100% effort to try to put Bouvet on the air. Bouvet is located nearest to Tristan than any other island.
Still no plans of any RTTY/PSK activity as either ZD7X or ZD9X. My MicroHam unit that should allow Digi operation has not worked since I got here. Personal interest the Digi modes is also not that great.

Good DX,
Tom ZD7X
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Good luck to you too Tom !!!!!!!!! And C U on the air, HI !
Ronan