Worked DXCC from Africa
Extracted from notes from Bob Leo, W6PBV
The logs of the Gatti Hallicrafters Expedition 1947-1948 are lost, unfortunately. Bob had his own logbook
(the number 7 one) with him on the expedition. Bob noted a total of 3,822 QSOs. The operators did work
122 countries and 39 CQ zones From VQ3HGE, Tanganyika. Only missing zone 23, Tibet, and missing
the state of Montana. The states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Rhode Island and Wyoming
where not worked from VQ4EHG, Kenya
We must be very glad there are such institutes as the QSL museum in Austria. But also individuals, like
Tom, K8CX, and Gerard, PA1AT, are collecting QSL-cards from those early hams. Even I have made
QSOs with some of the stations, mentioned below in the VQ3EHG table, below. Thanks to all for the
illustrations.
Country
Call
Date
Country
Call
Date
Country
Call
Date
USA W4KUV 20-2-1948
Ethiopia ET3AF 20-3-1948
Arabia HZ1JC
Australia VK3DQ 21-2-1948
Suez MD5AF 20-3-1948
Argentina LU5BM
England G8GB 21-2-1948
China C7AT 23-3-1948
Asiatic USSR UA9DP
New Zealand ZL2FA 21-2-1948
Denmark OZ5KW 23-3-1948
Austria MB9BA
Canada VE2DX 22-2-1948
Hawaii W6ORT/KH6 23-3-1948
Azerbaian UF6KAB
Germany D4AAY 22-2-1948
Mauritius VQ8AD 23-3-1948
Barbados VP6CDI
Italy I1WI 22-2-1948
Sudan ST2FU 23-3-1948
Brazil PY2OS
South Africa ZS5YF 22-2-1948
Yugoslavia YU7UV 23-3-1948
British Guiana VP5AR
Cuba CM9AA 23-2-1948
Fr. Marocco CN8BK 24-3-1948
Canal Zone KZ5RS
Eritrea W6VKV/I6 23-2-1948
Iraq YI2AM 24-3-1948
Equador HC2OL
Tanganyika VQ3TOM 23-2-1948
North Rhodesia VQ2DH 24-3-1948
Estonia UR2KAA
Czechoslowakia OK2MV 24-2-1948
Roumenia YR5J 24-3-1948
Falklands VP8AD
France F9DI 24-2-1948
Wales GW4CX 24-3-1948
Fr. Eq. Africa FQ8SN
Ireland EI3J 24-2-1948
Burma XZ2JB 25-3-1948
Gold Coast ZD4AH
Kenya VQ4HGB 24-2-1948
Iran EP3H 25-3-1948
Guatemala TG9AD
Netherlands PA0UN 24-2-1948
Moldavia UO5AC 25-3-1948
Hong Kong VS6AE
Norway LA5R 24-2-1948
Uganda VQ5JTW 25-3-1948
Iceland TF3EA
Russia UA3KAB 24-2-1948
Ukraine UB5KBA 25-3-1948
Island of Man GD3UB
Sweden SM5JV 24-2-1948
White Russia UC2CD 25-3-1948
Japan J2AHI
Belgium ON4HP 25-2-1948
Armenia UG6WD 26-3-1948
Kazahkstan UL7BS
Br. North Borneo VS4VR 25-2-1948
Chile CE1AH 26-3-1948
Latvia UQ2KAA
Finland OH2OB 25-2-1948
Madeira CT3AB 26-3-1948
Luxembourg LX1BG
Hungary HA8Z 25-2-1948
Pakistan AP2D 26-3-1948
Midway KM6AH
Okinawa J9ABH 25-2-1948
Turkoman UH8KAA 26-3-1948
Newfoundland VO6AD
Switserland HB9GA 25-2-1948
Channel Islands GC4LI 29-3-1948
Nigeria ZD2RGY
Guam W7JEF/KG6 02-3-1948
Fr. Cameroun FQ3AT/FE 29-3-1948
Paragua ZP7FA
Greece SV1RX 03-3-1948
North Ireland GI5TK 29-3-1948
Portugal CT1LZ
Mexico XE1AC 04-3-1948
Tadhzik UJ8AE 29-3-1948
Puerto Rico KP4AA
South Rhodesia ZE2JA 05-3-1948
Aden VS9AN 30-3-1948
Siam HS1SS
Oman VS9ET 06-3-1948
Fed. VS2CB 30-3-1948
Sierra Leone ZD1LQ
Palestine ZC6NN 06-3-1948
Peru OA4AK 30-3-1948
Singapore VS1BG
Mozambique CR7VAL 07-3-1948
Palmyra KP6AA 25-5-1948
So West Africa ZS3D
Ceylon VS7RM 13-3-1948
Gibraltar ZB2A 29-5-1948
Spain EA7AV
Scotland GM8RJ 13-3-1948
Fr. West Africa FF8FP 31-5-1948
Trans Jordan ZC1IL
Lebanon AR8AB 14-3-1948
Korea HL1AV 06-7-1948
Trieste I1NZ/T
Azerbaijan UD6KBA 19-3-1948
Somalia MD4TH 06-7-1948
Trinidad VP4TZ
India VU2EH 19-3-1948
Canton Islands KB6AD 08-7-1948
Tristan da Cunha ZD9AA
Malta ZB1L 19-3-1948
Afganistan YA3B
Tunesia FT4AN
Philiphines KA1AF 19-3-1948
Alaska KL7NK
Uruguay CX4CS
Uzbek UI8KAA 19-3-1948
Algeria FA8BG
Venezuela YV5AY
Belg. Congo OQ5CF 20-3-1948
Angola CR6AN
The Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition QSOs in 1948
Call
Start
End
QSO#
W6PBV
W0LHS
Ctry#
Zones
States
VQ4EHG Kenya Jan 21 Feb 16 942 620
322 51 24 42
VQ3HGE Tanganyika Feb 20 Jul 06 Jun 13 Jul 09 2629 2447
182 122 39 47
VQ5GHE Uganda Jun 20 Jun 26 Jun 21 Jun 27 233 233
0 19 13 30
VQ5HEG Uganda Jun 27 Jun 27 18 18
0 3 4 7
Total Jan 21 Jul 09 3822 3318
504 123 39 48