An Epic Ham Radio Story Unfolds | DX Across Africa

Man , Machine, And The Spirit Of Ham Radio 
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Epic Route
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Good evening from the #hamr shackadelic zone where I'm settling in for the evening with civilized creature comforts at my finger tips. However, one young man from the frozen Northern latitude with his team of adventurers, has started an epic ham radio journey that is DX Across Africa beginning in Morocco and ending in South Africa.

Civilized luxuries will fade into day dreams and morph into chats about favorite foods. The immediacies at hand puts into perspective what is really most important, who is most important, and guarantees a kinship with fellow adventurers that modernity has forgotten.

It is the experience of dirt between your fingernails and stays there for days on end. The nights ending without a hot shower and sweat flowing like a river. The sharing of a common experience where discomfort breeds steely team resolve because it takes a team to succeed. And, always, the topic of conversation returns to one's favorite food, looped, over and over again.

When was the last epic adventure where man, machine, wireless sets, and aerials pitted themselves against natural elements and personal resolve?

I'm hopeful that Jon, TF3ZA and his team have weighed the risks and dangers involved as these are perilous times? And, they have taken appropriate steps toward mitigating risk while their epic story unfolds while pursuing pure ham radio grit.

I wish them safety, peace, and goodwill as the team attempts to drive from Reykjavik to Cape Town while activating 16 African DXCC entities. Their map now indicates the team is in Morocco.

Life is wireless.