ZP – Asunción, Paraguay

Dates: 31 August to 3 September 1995

Callsign: ZP5/WJ2O

ZP – Asunción, Paraguay 2024-04-17T22:38:00-05:00

I had an invitation to stay at the beautiful home of Malcolm, ZP5RG. In return my job was to teach him all I know about computers in three days. This was my first stop on my “South American Tour” which included Easter Island, Chile and Argentina.

QTH of Malcom ZP5RG , in Asunción

QTH of Malcom ZP5RG , in Asunción.

hosts Malcolm, ZP5RG, and his wife Zuni

Above are my hosts Malcolm, ZP5RG, and his wife Zuni at the front entrance to their home.

Getting There

Dave WJ2O Packing

Packing. This is my garage where I was trying to be very strategic with the packing for my South American trip.

ZP5RG QTH in Asunción

Car port ZP5RG QTH

Car port

ZP5RG QTH front entrance

Front entrance

Bedroom

Bedroom
Living out of suitcases. I guess I should have tidied up a bit before taking this shot.

Backyard patio

Backyard patio

Malcolm’s woodworking shack

Malcolm’s woodworking shack

ZP5RG at his station

ZP5RG at his station

Trip to Caacupe

The Basicilica of Caacupe

The Basicilica of Caacupe
The pope visited and gave a service here in 1987.

Malcom’s Street Machine

Malcom’s Street Machine
Malcolm was very proud of his Montero. The spring loaded seats made an otherwise bumpy ride very smooth.

Doug’s Street

Doug’s Street. We visited the home of Doug and Dani Wooley who are ZP6CW and ZP6CU.

Doug, ZP6CW, Station

Doug, ZP6CW, Station.
Doug seated comfortably at his home station

Doug, Dave and Dani

ZP6CW, WJ2O, ZP6CU. Doug, Dave and Dani

ZP6CW, ZP6CU, ZP5RG

ZP6CW, ZP6CU, ZP5RG
Doug, Dani and Malcolm

ZP5/WJ2O QSL Card

ZP5/WJ2O QSL Card front
ZP5/WJ2O QSL Card back

Any ZP licensed ham can grant a license holder from an approved third party country permission to operate for a period not to exceed five days. In other words . . . I didn’t need one.

ZP5RG camp

Here is a “camp” owned by ZP5RG near the airport. In Paraguay they call these a Quincho. That is Doug, ZP6CW, to the left.

I made a total of 677 QSOs all on CW and I believe all in one night.

Equipment:

Kenwood TS-850S Transceiver,
Collins 30L-1 Amplifier,
486-30 Computer,
TH6 Beam,
long wire and a sloper.

WJ2O operating

WJ2O listening to the pile up at the shack of ZP5RG.
The only thing hard about this trip was the beam was
cut for the phone portion of the band.

 

WJ2O listening to the pile up at the shack of ZP5RG. The only thing hard about this trip was the beam was cut for the phone portion of the band.

Customs:

I hired a bag boy/translator just as I got off the plane. He said the customs official asked if I had anything to declare. I responded, “no,” and that was that.

Plan in Asunción airport

Here is the plane than took me the short hop over the Ande´s Mountains into Santiago, Chile.

airport terminal at Asunción

A shot of the airport terminal at Asunción.

Travel map