6V7I operation 2008

DX-VACATION APR 6^th - APR 12^th 2008

Senegal is situated on the west coast of Africa.

Tropical Senegal is lauded for beauties both natural and urbane. With its suave capital, Dakar - many travellers' favourite amongst the larger African cities - and its entourage of internationally known musicians, Senegal brings in more visitors than any other country in the region.

Most of them head to Senegal for its stunning coastline, where lazy beach days can be followed by cocktail-fuelled nights. But just around the corner from the busy resorts, tiny fishing villages tempt with a slice of real life and winding estuaries invite solitary pirogue and bird watching trips.

Standard Time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT 0)
Senegal does not operate Daylight Savings Time

SENEGAL

A few members of the SK7DX Southwest Scania Radio Amateurs (SSRA) will be active from the QTH of 6W7RV in Somona (70 km SE of Dakar) in Senegal Apr. 6^th to Apr. 12^th 2008. Operators will be SM7DKF / Ronnie, SM7DLK / Göran, SM7DXQ / Mats, SM7KJH / Christer, SM7MPM / Tore and SM7TGA / Michael. Look for our call 6V7I to be active on CW and SSB.

Preliminary time schedule

Apr 6^th--Apr 12^th 2008 from Senegal
QTH: The residence Le Calao, Somone 14° 29,4036' N / 17° 04,3950' W, Grid IK14LL

Primary frequencies

All bands between 160 m to 10 m.

Note: Information is subject to change

Operating Hours

-Hmm... hard to say. After all this is a holiday style operation.

Radio equipment

1 Icom IC-7000 / 100 W.
1 Kenwood TS-870S + Heathkit SB-200 PA.

Antenna system

The first tower, which is a 2/3 foot triangular profile, very close to the shack mainly supports:
- 1 monoband yagi 3 el. ITA for 21 MHz, gain is 9,1 dBi.

The second tower, a one foot triangular profile at 50 ft from the shack, is holding:
- 1 monoband yagi 3 el ITA for 28 MHz, gain 10,3 dbi.
- 1 monoband yagi 3 el ITA for 14 MHz, gain 9,1 dbi.

On the field at 150 ft from the shack is erected the V80 Titanex for low bands (40, 80, 160) and WARC with the matching box holding out full kW.

QSL information

More info on qrz.com.

Welcome to step into our log.

SM7DKF / Ronnie