5X1NH(Uganda) on 40m CW!!!
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5X1NH  Uganda Nick Henwood G3RWF
Conifers, Church Rd, LIttlebourne
Canterbury CT3 1UA
England
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20121205 2125UTC 7006kHz 5X1NH
Date : 05/Dec/2012 2125UTC
Freq : 7006kHz CW
Rig : ICOM IC-7200
ANT : LOOP(for 20m..not enough gain)
PC recording
Picture: Ndali vanilla factory, Nr Fort Portal
QRV since Nov 2007. Active from University of the Mountains of the Moon (MMU) in Fort Portal, Western Uganda and (occasionally) Kampala (the capital) when on trips from UK. Fort Portal is in the foothills of the beautiful Rwenzori Mountains which form the border with the Congo (about 25 kms away). It is a fertile area with a fine climate - a major local cash crop is tea. MMU is an independent (non-profit) university owned by the communty of the area. Last trip was December 2011.
Main ham radio challenges are frequent thunderstorms and static which make low bands hard work. Also erratic power - which frequently goes off without any warning and may stay off for many hours.It can provide as little as 160 volts (instead of 240). The house solar power system is feeble. Internet connectivity has improved greatly in the past 5 years. I prefer CW but am also QRV on SSB and digimodes.
Use LOTW but not eQSL. Direct QSLs please via home call G3RWF. Please enclose an IRC or $2 (sorry but $1 no longer covers the cost of a stamp anywehere). Also bureau OK but will take a while (and please put as many QSOs as possible on one card to reduce weight and make replying easier). I only reply to QSOs for each new band.
Please do not e mail me to ask me to check my log -except in unusual circumstances.I load LOTW regularly - please check that first. I would rather be on the air than hunting through my log when I am in Uganda! Thanks
I am back in Uganda from Nov 6th 2012 for 5 weeks.
Uganda
Uganda takes its name from the
Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country including the capital
Kampala. The people of Uganda were
hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when
Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country.
[4] The area was ruled by the British beginning in the late 1800s. Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. The period since then has been marked by intermittent conflicts, most recently a civil war against the
Lord's Resistance Army.
The official languages are English and
Swahili, Luganda a southern language is widely spoken accross the country, although multiple other languages are spoken in the country. The current president is
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Geography
The country is located on the East African
plateau, lying mostly between latitudes
4°N and
2°S (a small area is north of 4°), and longitudes
29° and
35°E. It averages about 1,100 metres (3,609 ft) above sea level, and this slopes very steadily downwards to the
Sudanese Plain to the north. However, much of the south is poorly drained, while the centre is dominated by
Lake Kyoga, which is also surrounded by extensive marshy areas. Uganda lies almost completely within the
Nile basin. The Victoria Nile drains from the lake into Lake Kyoga and thence into
Lake Albert on the Congolese border. It then runs northwards into
South Sudan. One small area on the eastern edge of Uganda is drained by the
Turkwel River, part of the internal drainage basin of
Lake Turkana.
Lake Kyoga serves as a rough boundary between Bantu speakers in the south and Nilotic and Central Sudanic language speakers in the north. Despite the division between north and south in political affairs, this linguistic boundary runs roughly from northwest to southeast, near the course of the Nile. However, many Ugandans live among people who speak different languages, especially in rural areas. Some sources describe regional variation in terms of physical characteristics, clothing, bodily adornment, and mannerisms, but others claim that those differences are disappearing.
Although generally equatorial, the climate is not uniform as the altitude modifies the climate. Southern Uganda is wetter with rain generally spread throughout the year. At
Entebbe on the northern shore of
Lake Victoria, most rain falls from March to June and in the November/December period. Further to the north a dry season gradually emerges; at Gulu about 120 km from the South Sudanese border, November to February is much drier than the rest of the year.
The northeastern Karamoja region has the driest climate and is prone to droughts in some years.
Rwenzori, a snowy peaked mountainous region on the southwest border with Congo (DRC), receives heavy rain all year round and is the source of the Nile. The south of the country is heavily influenced by one of the world's biggest lakes, Lake Victoria, which contains many islands. It prevents temperatures from varying significantly and increases cloudiness and rainfall. Most important cities are located in the south, near Lake Victoria, including the capital
Kampala and the nearby city of
Entebbe.
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