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Radio TODAY Listen to Amateur RadioTODAY on a podcast MORE DETAILS ABOUT Amateur Radio TODAY Amateur Radio TODAY 28 August 2011
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Supported by: ZS6A, ZS6KR, SARL, SA Amateur Radio Development Trust, ZS1YT, ZS5CM, ZS4BS, ZS1NAZ, Boland Amateurradioklub
Get ZS6OB's audio report. Listen here Thank you for your support. The funds stands at R5 900 7P8EME DXpedition needs your help. Please make a contribution
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support this DX- expedition the South African Radio League has launched a
fundraising initiative. You can assist by making a financial
contribution. When making an electronic transfer use 7P8 and your callsign as the payment reference and send an email to artoday@sarl.org.za with details of your donation, your callsign and email address. You will receive an email acknowledgement and your callsign will be added to the list of supporters A lots of planning, accumulation of equipment and antenna development and cost has gone into the project over the last number of years. The total antenna systems has been re developed and re built by ZS6OB since the last expedition to Namibia - that expedition was voted the 3rd best expedition world wide out of 69 expeditions for that year- no mean feat for a small group of ZS Radio Amateurs. This will be a record setting International DX Expedition for EME, as far as infrastructure, equipment, band coverage & antenna systems are concerned, which has ever visited another country - all with mobile equipment. The group will be covering all the VHF-UHF frequencies from 50 MHz to1296 MHz [excluding 4 metres].on EME. The venue will be at Ramabanta Trading Post Grid locator: KG30VI. The team will operate under the call sign 7P8EME. There will also be limited HF mostly CW and 144 & 50 MHz - tropo and Meteor scatter operation to provide participation for local operators with smaller VHF and UHF stations. Dates 14th September to 26th September 2011 The Team: Pine ZS6OB (7P8EME) Wynand ZS6ARF (7P8QRO) Dick ZS6BUN (7P8BUN Pieter ZS6PA (7P8PA) . Dan HB9CRQ (7P8RQ Hermann DL2NUD (7P8HP) Erika Pienaar and Lana Coats will be looking after the kitchen and feeding the team.
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