5U5U (TL0A), 5U6E (F6EXV) and 5U8NK (DJ8NK) Niamey, Niger

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The TL0A team is at it again, now to NIGER !
5U5U (TL0A), 5U6E (F6EXV) and 5U8NK (DJ8NK)
Niamey, Oct 1st to Oct 15th 2012

Backstory

During the Friedrichshafen 2012 HAMFEST, an informal talk between Jan DJ8NK and Paul F6EXV, along with Kan JA1BK, mentioned the desire for the TL0A team to go on an expedition together again : the 5U idea came up, and a phone call to TL0A (who hosted us in 2010 in Bangui, Central African Republic) very quickly resulted in "all arranged"... Well, not "all" was arranged, but the valuable contacts Chris made on his previous stay in Niger made up optimistics, and we started working on all arrangements in terms of visas, licenses, equipment and so forth. Now that everything is finalized, we are happy to announce this DXpedition to Niamey, the capital city of Niger.

We do promote the DX Code of Conduct !
Frequencies listed below are subject to change, depending on QRM.
This is the rainy season in Niamey. We may sometimes have to close down suddenly in case of heavy rain storm.

Frequencies

This band plan is subject to change, depending on frequency occupancy and possible QRM.

BAND	CW	SSB	DIGI
160	1826.5	N/A	N/A
80	3524	3799	N/A
40	7024	7070	7050
30	10104	N/A	10138
20	14024	14190	14080
17	18084	18150	18100
15	21024	21290	21080
12	24894	24950	24920
10	28024	28490	28080
6	50104	50150	N/A

 

Spliiiiit !

We will ALWAYS work split. Listen to the operator's annoucements.

Six meters, the "magic" or "tragic" band

A 4-element beam (JA1BK's donation - Thank you Kan san) will be put up. Nevertheless, we will not have a beacon on 6m. If  indicators tend to make you think there could be an opening, please contact us on HF and let us know : we will be happy to try a CQ on 50.110 and see what happens...

Internet

We will endeavour to upload our logs to CLUBLOG (see the logs check page) at least once a day, depending on the internet connection efficiency. We do not plan on being connected to the cluster system.

Here below is the QSL information for each call.
Please choose only one option per call (do not do an OQRS request and also send a bureau card, for example).

5U5U via direct only

CHRISTIAN SAINT-ARROMAN
Chemin de Moustéguy
64990 URCUIT
FRANCE

5U6E via F6EXV

 Log will be uploaded to LoTW shortly after the end of the operation.
OQRS : you can use OQRS for either direct or bureau requests. First go to the LOG SEARCH PAGE and click on the QSL request button at the bottom of your log search results.
DIRECT :
PAUL GRANGER
4 Impasse Doyen VIZIOZ
33400 TALENCE
FRANCE
BUREAU : make sure you clearly mark "via F6EXV".

5U8NK via DJ8NK

Log will be uploaded to LoTW shortly after the end of the operation.

OQRS : you can use OQRS for either direct or bureau requests. First go to the LOG SEARCH PAGE  and click on the QSL request button at the bottom of your log search results.

DIRECT :

JAN B. C. HARDERS
P.O.Box 520410
22607 HAMBURG
GERMANY

BUREAU : make sure you clearly mark "via DJ8NK".

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