[amsat-bb] PJ6Y and 4Z5RR

Bryan Green bryan at kl7cn.net
Fri Sep 9 02:26:36 UTC 2016


Maybe PZ5-something-something?

Suriname is reasonable for that part of the world. 

-- bag

Bryan KL7CN/W6
bryan at kl7cn.net

> On Sep 8, 2016, at 19:10, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> I have heard this 4Z5RR call sign on several occasions.  Once, he even repeated my call sign back perfectly.
> 
> This station is active when parts of Central America, the Caribbean, and northernmost South America are in mutual footprint with my QTH in East Texas.
> 
> It doesn't seem like a valid operation but I have no way to verify it.  It would be nice to get a corrected call sign for this station.
> 
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
> 
>> On 9/6/2016 21:19, James G. Lea wrote:
>> I have been listening to the recordings for PJ6Y to make sure that we have everyone in the log and I heard 4Z5RR give one of the operators a call.  The accent the guy has sounds like he is from the islands, and he doesn’t seem to know how to work the birds, so I suspect that this is a bootleg call.  Does anyone know about this guy?  There is no way we worked him from Israel on SO-50.
>> 
>> Also, the leadership for the Youth DX Adventure refuses to use LOTW and will not allow me to upload to LOTW.  If you worked PJ6Y on HF or satellite, please QSL to the address on QRZ.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> James Lea - WX4TV
>> ARRL Section Youth Coordinator - Northern Florida Section
>> +1 (386) 414-0788
>> 
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