Despite setbacks, Namibian DXpedition a great success

Heavy winds, lack of mains power, and equipment going up in smoke were not enough to dampen the enthusiasm of the January 2009 Namibian VHF and Satellite DXpedition.
It was a great success.

Expectations where exceeded on the earth-moon-earth (or EME) side, but some of the original goals were not reached for a variety of technical and operational reasons.

The EME operation was impressive.
On 144 MHz EME, 231 different stations were contacted in 47 DXCC entities on all continents. Of these contacts 230 were made using the WSJT and JT65B modes and one on CW.

On 432 MHz EME, 18 different stations in 13 DXCC entities, 16 using JT65B and five on CW were contacted.

On 1296 MHz EME, 18 different stations in 12 DXCC entities, 17 using JT65B and one on CW were worked.

The South African Radio League (SARL) was one of the sponsors of the DXpedition.

A detailed day-by-day report by Hal Lund, ZS6WB, is available on www.amsat.org.za