Showing posts with label dxpedition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dxpedition. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

DX expedition to Kenya,Tanzania and Zanzibar

DX expedition From Kenya to Zanzibar via Tanzania

I am planning a DX expedition From Kenya to Zanzibar in August 2013 and will keep you in the loop regarding the progress on approval to operate with temp guest license.
Due to the 15KG wait limit I have decided not to take any equipment with :-(




Equipment:
I plan to take HF Rig with dipole for 40,30 and 20m.

Modes of operation would be SSB, PSK, RTTY and PSKMail.

Will try and send APRS message with PSKmail of my position if possible.

This is a family holiday and will properly on have time in the evenings when we have set-up camp ( 14H00 till   18H00 GMT)


Ref. Documents.
Temp guest license application form for Kenya is available here (CCK/F/FSM/02) http://www.cck.go.ke/licensing/spectrum/downloads/Application_for_Amateur_licence_Form.pdf

Temp guest license application form for Tanzania is available here
http://www.tcra.go.tz/licensing/application_forms/amateurARSL.pdf



Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Botswana DX expedition

I am planning to go to Botswana from 25 April to 2 Mei and planning to do some DX from there.
I will try and operate on the following frequencies and times.(FT857D) (call sign A25-ZR6AIC)
  1. During the day I will be mobile with vertical on 20m.(On my Hilux)
  2. At night at 20:00 (SA time GMT + 2) I will be operating on PSK and PSKmail 10.148Mhz (Dipole). I will try and send APRS details via PSKmail so you could see my position.
  3. At about 20:30 I will be listening on 40m 7.07Mhz (Dipole)
  4. If PSKmail works you will be able to mail me in Botswana on zr6aic[AT]gmail.com
If I have Internet I will update this post.
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=682099895127146822#editor/target=post;postID=1489050289151511270
(Just waiting for final Approval from Botswana)
Got Approval from Botswana and everything is good, tested my 20M dipole last night and made some small adjustments. 
All went well and I did some contacts in the evening on 20M but had a problem with my audio cable and could not do any digital modes (psk, PSKmail).