J5 Guinea-Bissau on 50MHz Posted on 05/04/201711/04/2017 After the great success of our lasts operations from Sao Tome as S9BT & S9WL and Nicaragua as H74B & H74W, we are please to finally announce our next operation: Guinea-Bissau 2017 Dxpedition AF-020 – Rubane Island (Bijagos Arch). Callsigns: J5B (Op. Josep EA3BT) & J5W (Op. Nuria EA3WL – YL) Dates: From 7TH to 15th April 2017 QTH: Rubane Island (Bijagos Archipelago) * IOTA AF-020 * Last operation from this reference in 2010 (more than 7 years ago !!!!). 2 full stations: Equipments: Icom IC-7300 / Icom IC-7000 Linear Amplifier: Expert 1.3K-FA with ATU / Ameritron AL-600 (600 w) Antennas: 2 EAxbeam (6-20 m) & wire dipole (30 & 40 & 80m) Bands: 6-40 (will try 80 m too !!) Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY Views: 2,121 AFRICA AF-020
AFRICA IG9 – LAMPEDUSA IS Posted on 11/05/201325/10/2017 A large multi-national team (HA1YA, IT9BUN, IW9ELR, JH5GHM, LZ1QN, N3BNA, ON4LG, PC5A, PE1ETR, RT4RO, S52RU, S54W, S57UN and S59A) will be active as IG9Y from Lampedusa Island (AF-019) on 17-30 October. They will run four stations on 160-2 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, and will participate in the CQ WW… Read More
AFRICA 9X Rwanda on 50MHz Posted on 19/05/201701/04/2019 Alan, KE4TA is moving to Kigali, Rwanda for two years. He departs on 26 May, but it will take a while for him to get his 9X licence and have his station up and running. He will be QRV on 80-6 metres (“primarily on 20m and 17m”) SSB, digital modes and CW “when… Read More
AFRICA A25GF photos Posted on 02/04/201504/10/2017 Our friend Alessandro, IZ5MOQ send us some photos from Gert A25GF in Senyati Safari Camp. Gert say: “I am planning a visit to 7P8 from 13 Apr for about 4 days. Will be on HF 40-10m and also 6m. Not much hope for the 6M but who knows what the… Read More