On Oct 12, 4:10*pm, Drifter wrote:
wrote:
For those of you who like to follow my DXpedition exploits, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/jongensgat_2008_09.dx

Something there for all

Have fun and good DX

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

Thank you John. I always enjoy your writings. and,
to those of us who have no time for dxpeditions, it
gives me something to look forward in my retirement.

Drifter...- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks for that Drifter - I am always surprised at how little annual
leave and holidays American's have. But before I retired in Joburg we
used to get away to a DX site after work on Friday and DX Friday and
Saturday night = always great fun.

But my DX mates who are still members of the "working classes" get
lots of leave - in South Africa 20 days paid leave plus 13 public
holidays are mandatory and many companies like my old one give a lot
more. In my last company before I retired I got a whopping 52 days
leave a year and could accumulate that, so when I retired I got a
lovely large lump sum payout.

Some of my American pals get only one weeks leave a year = horrors!

JP