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Swaziland DXpeditionOperators David GI4FUM (EI4DJ, 3DA0DJ), Tony G4LDL, Gerry M0MVV, Michael NC4MM and Yuri UT5EL will be active from the station at the Hawane Resort during the month of August. The object of this activity is to provide a ham radio station at an international scout camp near Manzini between July 31st and August 11th. David (the organizer of the DXpedition) has operated from Hawane Resort (near Mbabane) as 3DA0DJ on two previous occasions (in March 2007 [CQWPX SSB] and in October 2008 [CQWW SSB]). The Hawane Resort is located in the mountains of Western Swaziland at over 4,000ft ASL. It has been used for DXpeditions on quite a few occasions and is serviced by Daniel Hubbard ZS6JR of African DX Safaris. There are permanent antennas on the site including a 60 ft. David/GI4FUM states, "It would be our intention to stay at and operate from Hawane Resort and in addition provide operators for the scout camp on a daily basis. The camp site will use the callsign 3DA0SS but each team member will have their own 3DA0 callsign. The camp site is about an hour's drive away. Unfortunately the campsite is not as well situated for takeoff to Europe and USA as Hawane Resort. The campsite is on a southerly facing hillside. We would like to provide as many modes and as many bands as possible on this DXpedition. The March 2007 operation included an EME station which was very successful and made contacts in 100 different countries. During our stay at Hawane there is another DXpedition to Lesotho also serviced by African DX Safaris and team members from that DXpedition may join us during our time there. John, 9M6XRO, will be transferring to Hawane during the 2nd week of our stay." David GI4FUM provides the following reference Web sites that may be of
interest: African DX safaris: Photographs of previous DXpeditions to Hawane: Source: OPDX
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