Monday, January 13, 2014

C5WP(The Gambia) on 20m USB!!!

C5WP(The Gambia) on 20m USB!!!

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C5WP The Gambia flag The Gambia 
PEDRO M.J. WYNS
MOUTSTRAAT 7
B-2220 HALLAAR
Belgium

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20140113 0027UTC 14200kHz C5WP
Date : 13/Jan/2014 0027UTC
Freq : 14200kHz USB
Rig  : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT  : Mini-Whip(PAORDT)
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Lookups4541 (6331)
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Last Update2013-12-27 11:41:20
ClassAE
Latitude13.450000 (13° 26' 59'' N)
Longitude-16.750000 (16° 45' 0'' W)
Grid SquareIK13pk
Geo SourceUser supplied
Bearing324.5° NW (from JJ5IZX)
Distance8662.0 mi (13940.2 km)
Long Path16194.8 mi (26063.0 km)
Sunrise07:33:22 UTC
Sunset18:57:16 UTC
Born1966
Web Pagehttp://www.smilegambia.org
QSL InfoONLY DIRECT ENCLOSE ADHESIVE ADDRESS LABEL + 3 $ OR 3 € POSTAGE
QSL by Mail?Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?)
QSL by eQSL?No (e.g. Will this ham QSL with eQSL?)
Uses LOTW?No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?)
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After having permanent license for 2013 (there are only two hams, me and C5YK ) I just got confirmation on my renewal for 2014.
I will be QRV from 11 Januari 2014 till 15 Januari from the village my Charity cares about, Buntu.  I will set upmy permanent station now based on a Kenwood TRC-80 Bush Radio and a brand new 5 band Spiderbeam.  Additionally I will put up some travelling wave V-beam antennas to USA and EU.  We will also try some low band activity but due to poor soil conductivity I expect not too much apart from extremely low noise levels (closest electricity wall outlet is 80 km away.)
From 16 till 22 Januari we will move to the Kololi area where we will try some serious Low Band stuff based on a sea mounted vertical, together with dipoles and the V-beam for the high bands.
Past operations:
I was  QRV from 20 till 27 march 2013 from the Kololi aera and also from inland Buntu village. But very busy setting up an NGO that week, not a lot of activity.
I will be also QRV two weeks in august, dates 16-30 august 2013 from Kerr Pedro, Buntu Village, North River district. This place has no electricty, I will be taking along solar panels and batteries to sponsor the village. And lots of humanitary aid stuff, medicine and educational things.

Please help my charity project, more info onwww.smilegambia.org


Previously operated from 11 till 18 november 2012 by Pedro ON7WP / AA9HX as part of his effort to set up a locally managed tourist organisation helping local to gain their own money.
www.africajeepsafari.com If you want to operate yourself from the Gambia we can make this happen Mail us. info@africajeepsafari.com
C5WP with CEO of africajeepsafari.com
Used an Icom IC706 running 50 Watts into dipoles or MP1 vertical located close to the atlantic ocean with clear view over 360 degrees.
Villa living room luxury operations.

UPDATE:
Operated the first day on a quarter wave vertical on 20 meters. Bad results.

Switched to 20 meter dipole only 2 meter above ground on second day, good results to USA even with low height thanks to the ocean.
Placed a 40 meter dipole on monday and oerated this one with good results on 40 and 15 meter (3/4 lambda) at the highest attainable height of 5 meters.
40 meter dipole
Then operated wednesday /P from Kunta Kinteh camp from generator power and with the same low height 20 meter dipole.
20 meter dipole between two cabins.
Friday using MP-! vertical on bar table (see pictures) next to the ocean with worldwide (!) results on 12 meter, with some escapades to 10 meter.
MP-1 on bar table mount
Was blown off 12 meters by another DX-pedition starting to call on 24937 "UP" rendering the whole band impossible to use due to randomly calling stations about EVERYWHERE. A real shame. Expressed my disgust on their frequency and called "down" in despair for a minute But what can one do with 50 W and a little vertical Went to the bar instead.
resting at the beach.
Worked some more 40 meter and 15 meter on saturday. Then in the evening the bands rendered impossible to use again due to the start of the sweepstakes. 40 and 15 meters flooding with 59+ stateside stations but none of them heard my 50 watts tiny signalback to the bar.

It was fun and I was sorry I only had a 6 kg ham radio luggage allowance. 55 kg of aid stuff and barely own clothings.

Next time I take 1 solid state kW amp and a bigger antenna. Maybe christmas this year.
enjoy some pics of my trip.
bringing goods to remote villages.
PS the human aid community service part of the trip was a huge success. I made more people happy than I made QSO's.


QSL only direct to ON7WP address. Please enclose adhesive address label and  3 US $ or 3 € EURO postage and (if you can afford it) some small sponsoring to help the organisation and pay for the postage. All money goes to the locals.

www.SmileGambia.org
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