Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2009
I'd like to take this time to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas.
This is a season of giving, peace, understanding and goodwill among all. I hope that this Christmas will find you among friends and family with good food, good times, and good memories. And I hope too that Santa lines the bottom of your Christmas tree with all the Amateur Radio goodies that it can hold!
Wish you a very happy new year, many nice DX contacts, a lot of pleasure with our hobby and see You in 2009 again!
African DX Safaris, that's the alias of A2 - Botswana DXpedition which will be on the air 5. - 20. July, 2007. An international group of operators from USA, UK and South Africa will will be operating from the Stevensford Game Reserve located on the Limpopo River in Botswana's Tuli Block, about 450 KM northeast of Johannesburg, RSA. Grid square: KG47AC.
They plan to be active on all bands from 160-6 meters on CW and SSB, with operations also on 6/2 meters and 70cm EME. Hal, ZS6WB (A25HL), will do the Digi modes. We will have a M2 6 meter beam up on top of one of the towers which will be about 60 feet high using at least 300-400 watts or more. Hal, will handle most of the EME work.
Team Botswana Callsigns & QSL Routes
Botswana callsign * |
Home callsign | Name | |
A25CF | K5LBU | Frosty | |
A25HQ |
QSL via K5LBU |
IARU contest callsign | |
A25KDJ |
W5KDJ |
Wayne | |
A25SL |
W5SL |
Jay | |
A25OOK |
9M6XRO
QSL VIA M5AAV |
John | |
A25LT |
WA8QFE |
Lee | |
A25HL |
ZS6WB |
Hal | |
A25DW |
ZS6JR |
Daniel | |
A25OB |
ZS6OB |
Jan | |
A25BUN |
ZS6BUN |
Dick |
Look for us on the following frequencies, +/- QRM & conditions:
|
CW Transmit |
QSX |
SSB Transmit |
QSX |
| 1.816-1.825 |
up 5-10 |
1.840 |
up 5-10 |
| 3.516 |
up 5-10 |
3.790 |
3.800-3.810 &
3.850-3.860 |
| 7.016 |
up 5-10 |
7.075 |
7.185-7.195 |
| 10.116 |
up 5-10 |
- |
- |
| 14.026 |
up 5-10 |
14.220 & 14.265 |
up 5-10 |
| 18.076 |
up 5-10 |
18.145 |
up 5-10 |
| 21.026 |
up 5-10 |
21.270 |
up 5-10 |
| 24.895-24.926 |
up 5-10 |
24.935 |
up 5-10 |
| 28.026 |
up 5-10 |
28.450 |
up 5-10 |
| 50.096 |
up 5-10 |
50.110 |
50.110 |
Sunrise / Sunset times in UTC
| Date |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
| July 5 |
04:49 |
15:36 |
| July 10 |
04:49 |
15:37 |
| July 15 |
04:48 |
15:39 |
| July 20 |
04:47 |
15:42 |
Site: www.tdxs.net/A2.html
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