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Inviato: 13 maggio 2022, 18:17Franz Langer, DJ9ZB passed away on 7 May aged 80. First licensed in 1965, he was an accomplished DXer with 340/366 and 338/346 (current/total) credited Entities in the DXCC Honor Roll Phone and CW standings, as well as 2700 DXCC Challenge points; in 1976 he gained the 5 Band DXCC, and in 1987 the 5 Band WAZ (200 Zones).
Above all, he participated in countless DXpeditions, including VK9ZR (Mellish Reef and Willis Islands 1982), FO0XX (Clipperton 1985), PY0SK & PY0SR (St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks 1991), ET3DX & 9E2A (Ethiopia 1993), 3XA8DX (Guinea 1997), E30GA (Eritrea 1998), 6O1Z (Somalia 1999), J5Z (Guinea-Bissau 2000), 5U7Z (Niger 2000), XR0X (San Felix 2002), 3C0V (Annobon 2003), K7C (Kure 2005), 9U9Z (Burundi 2007), TN9Z (Congo 2007), 9X0Z (Rwanda 2008), K4M (Midway 2009), E30FB (Eritrea 2015), E31A (Eritrea 1993, 2017, 2018 and 2019), HK0NA (Malpelo 2012), PJ7E (Sint Maarten 2010), XZ1J (Myanmar 2013), XZ1A (Myanmar 2016), A5A (Bhutan 2016 and 2018), A50BOC (Bhutan 2019) - just to name a few.
He also operated from Yemen (7O1A in 1996, which an unfortunate bureaucratic setback prevented from being acceptable for DXCC credit), as well as from the now Deleted DXCC Entities of the Yemen Arab Republic (4W1ZB in 1975), Abu Ail (OE6XG/A in 1979 and J20/A in 1980) and Southern Sudan (PA3CXC/ST0
in 1990). In 1982 Franz was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame.
A prolific author, he documented many of his DXpeditions in a series of books (https://www.blurb.co.uk/user/9zulub), and was especially renowned for his "DX World Guide" (four editions between 1988 and 2018). Franz was also a founding member and President of the German DX Foundation (1996-2021), a long time Director of the International DX Association (INDEXA), and the QSL manager for several stations.
Above all, he participated in countless DXpeditions, including VK9ZR (Mellish Reef and Willis Islands 1982), FO0XX (Clipperton 1985), PY0SK & PY0SR (St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks 1991), ET3DX & 9E2A (Ethiopia 1993), 3XA8DX (Guinea 1997), E30GA (Eritrea 1998), 6O1Z (Somalia 1999), J5Z (Guinea-Bissau 2000), 5U7Z (Niger 2000), XR0X (San Felix 2002), 3C0V (Annobon 2003), K7C (Kure 2005), 9U9Z (Burundi 2007), TN9Z (Congo 2007), 9X0Z (Rwanda 2008), K4M (Midway 2009), E30FB (Eritrea 2015), E31A (Eritrea 1993, 2017, 2018 and 2019), HK0NA (Malpelo 2012), PJ7E (Sint Maarten 2010), XZ1J (Myanmar 2013), XZ1A (Myanmar 2016), A5A (Bhutan 2016 and 2018), A50BOC (Bhutan 2019) - just to name a few.
He also operated from Yemen (7O1A in 1996, which an unfortunate bureaucratic setback prevented from being acceptable for DXCC credit), as well as from the now Deleted DXCC Entities of the Yemen Arab Republic (4W1ZB in 1975), Abu Ail (OE6XG/A in 1979 and J20/A in 1980) and Southern Sudan (PA3CXC/ST0
in 1990). In 1982 Franz was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame.
A prolific author, he documented many of his DXpeditions in a series of books (https://www.blurb.co.uk/user/9zulub), and was especially renowned for his "DX World Guide" (four editions between 1988 and 2018). Franz was also a founding member and President of the German DX Foundation (1996-2021), a long time Director of the International DX Association (INDEXA), and the QSL manager for several stations.