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NO QSLS VIA BURO OR E/QSLs
Prefer if QSLs could be sent by registered Post to the above address to avoid getting lost in the mail . Please send UNREGISTERED MAIL to the address below. Do not send Self Addressed Envelopes to this address as the QSLs will be posted from 4S7. Please indicate address if not ok in QRZ.COM For your information the Air Mail Postage in Sri Lanka has been doubled from 1st November 2011. I do not have QSL Managers.
RUSSIAN Stations PleaseDO NOTsend REGISTERED LETTERS
ATTENTION NORTH /CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICAN STATIONS ;-
There is a Pirate in your area using my call as I have received many QSLs for QSOs I did not make which included days when I was QRT. So if anyone hear 4S7NE with a big signal please get the QSO confirmed before sending QSL by e/mail.
Nelson Ranasinghe
140,Armitage Drive,
Glendenning
N.S.W 2761
Australia
20121203 1947UTC 10106.4kHz 4S7NE
Date : 03/Dec/2012 1947UTC
Freq : 10106.4kHz CW
Rig : ICOM IC-7200
ANT : LOOP(for 20m ..not enough gain)
PC recording
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Sri Lanka (
i/ʃriː ˈlɑːŋkə/, /sriːˈlɑːŋkə/, or /sriːˈlæŋkə/;[7][8] Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව, Tamil: இலங்கை), officially theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known until 1972 as Ceylon (
/sɨˈlɒn/, /seɪˈlɒn/, or /siːˈlɒn/), Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest.
i/ʃriː ˈlɑːŋkə/, /sriːˈlɑːŋkə/, or /sriːˈlæŋkə/;[7][8] Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව, Tamil: இலங்கை), officially theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known until 1972 as Ceylon ( /sɨˈlɒn/, /seɪˈlɒn/, or /siːˈlɒn/), Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest.
Sri Lanka's documented history spans three thousand years.[9] Its location and deep harbours provided great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road[10] through to World War II.[11] Sri Lanka is the home of many religions, ethnicities and languages.[12] The first Buddhist writings occurred on the island.[13] TheSinhalese people are the majority. The many ethnic minorities include Tamils, Muslim Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs,Malays and the aboriginal Vedda people.[14] The country's recent history has been marred by a 3-decade inter-ethnic conflict which decisively but controversially[15] ended in a military victory in 2009.[16]
Sri Lanka is a republic and a unitary state governed by a presidential system. The capital Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte, named by a president after himself, is a suburb of the largest city, Colombo. An important producer of tea, coffee, gemstones, coconuts, rubber and the native cinnamon,[17] Sri Lanka has been called The tear drop of India because of its shape and location and is known as "The Pearl of the Indian Ocean" because of it's natural beauty. It is also known as "The nation of smiling people".[18] The island contains tropical forests, and diverse landscapes with high biodiversity.
The country has had a long history of international engagement, being a founding member of SAARC and a member of United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, G77 and Non-Aligned Movement.
Geography
Main article: Geography of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka lies on the Indian tectonic plate, a minor plate within the Indo-Australian Plate.[139] It is in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, between latitudes 5° and 10°N, and longitudes 79° and 82°E.[140] Sri Lanka is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. According to the Hindu mythology, a land bridge existed between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka. It now amounts to only a chain of limestone shoals remaining above sea level.[141] It was reportedly passable on foot up to 1480 AD, until cyclones deepened the channel.[142][143]
The island consists mostly of flat-to-rolling coastal plains, with mountains rising only in the south-central part. The highest point Pidurutalagala, reaching 2,524 metres (8,281 ft) above sea level. The climate is tropical and warm, due to the moderating effects of ocean winds. Mean temperature ranges from 17 °C (62.6 °F) in thecentral highlands, where frost may occur for several days in the winter, to a maximum of 33 °C (91.4 °F) in other low-altitude areas. Average yearly temperature ranges from 28 °C (82.4 °F) to nearly 31 °C (87.8 °F). Day and night temperatures may vary by 14 °C (57.2 °F) to 18 °C (64.4 °F).[144]
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Rainfall pattern is influenced by monsoon winds from the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. The "wet zone" and some of the windward slopes of the central highlands receive up to 2,500 millimetres (98.4 in) of rain each month, but the leeward slopes in the east and northeast receive little rain. Most of the east, southeast, and northern parts of the country comprise the "dry zone", which receives between 1,200 mm (47 in) and 1,900 mm (75 in) of rain annually.[145] The arid northwest and southeast coasts receive the least amount of rain at 800 mm (31 in) to 1,200 mm (47 in) per year. Periodic squalls occur and sometimes tropical cyclones bring overcast skies and rains to the southwest, northeast, and eastern parts of the island. Humidity is typically higher in the southwest and mountainous areas and depends on the seasonal patterns of rainfall.[146]
The longest of the 103 rivers in the country is Mahaweli River, covering 335 kilometres (208 mi).[147] These waterways give rise to 51 natural waterfalls of 10 meters or more. The highest is Bambarakanda Falls, with a height of 263 metres (863 ft).[148] Sri Lanka's coastline is 1,585 km long.[149] It claims an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending 200 nautical miles, approximately 6.7 times the country's land area. The coastline and adjacent waters support highly productive marine ecosystems such as fringing coral reefs, shallow beds of coastal andestuarine seagrasses.[150] Sri Lanka inherits 45 estuaries and 40 lagoons too.[149] Country's mangrove ecosystem which spans over 7,000 hectares, played a vital role in buffering the force in the waves of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.[151] The island is rich with minerals such as Ilmenite, Feldspar, Graphite, Silica, Kaolin,Mica and Thorium.[152][153] Existence of Petroleum in the Gulf of Mannar has also been confirmed and extraction attempts are underway.[154]
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