DXpedition to Swaziland August 2009 -
operators required
I am planning a DXpedition to Swaziland in early August 2009.
At the
moment the team comprises –
David GI4FUM/ EI4DJ/ 3DA0DJ
Tony G4LDL
The object of the exercise is to provide a ham radio station at an
International scout camp near to Manzini with the callsign 3DA0SS.
This callsign was first activated from Hawane Resort (near Mbabane)
in October 2008 for Jamboree on the Air. A report on this operation
was published in the January 2009 edition of Radcom magazine and
also reported in the world JOTA report.
The scout campsite is on a south facing hillside and is not likely
to provide a good takeoff to Europe or the USA. However we plan that
the team should stay at Hawane Resort (http://www.hawane.co.sz)
where there are permanent antennas including a four square for 40m
and a 60ft tower with beam antennas for 20/17/15/12/ 10m. Hawane
Resort is an established DXing location serviced by Daniel ZS6JR of
African DX Safaris.
I have operated there in March 2007 (CQWPX SSB)
and October 2008 (JOTA and CQWW SSB) as 3DA0DJ and have DXCC
confirmed with that callsign from that location.
We will operate
from Hawane in the evenings and early mornings and drive over to the
scout campsite during the day (about an hour away). There is a
DXpedition to Lesotho at the same time as our visit to Swaziland.
John 9M6XRO is a member of the Lesotho DXpedition team (also
serviced by African DX Safaris) but he will be joining us at Hawane
between 6th and 13th August.
We plan to fly out to Johannesburg with South African Airways from
Heathrow arriving on Wednesday 29th July.
We will hire a car from
Johannesburg airport and drive up to Swaziland. We hope to collect
equipment for the operation in the Johannesburg / Pretoria area on the
way up.
Our visit to Swaziland will include a trip to the Kruger National
Park which is 2 hours drive from Hawane Resort. We also hope to
visit the Trans World Radio transmitter site near to Manzini.
We are looking for more members for the team.
Anyone interested
should email me at gi4fum<at>arrl.net
please replace <at> with @
David Hutchinson GI4FUM
http://gi4fum.spaces.live.com
|
