African DX Safaris
A2 - Botswana DXpedition
5 JULY-20 JULY 2007
We operated from the Stevensford Game Reserve located on the Limpopo River in Botswana's Tuli Block, about 450 KM northeast of Johannesburg, RSA.
Grid Square: KG47AC
Longitude 28.03.44E, Latitude 22.90.15S
We were active on all bands from 160-6
meters on CW and SSB,
with operations also on 6/2 meters and 70cm EME. Hal, ZS6WB (A25HL),
did most of the Digi modes. We had a M2 6 meter beam up on top
of one of the towers which was about 60 feet high using at least
300-400 watts or more.
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Team Botswana Callsigns & QSL Routes
Botswana callsign * | Home callsign | Name |
| A25CF | K5LBU | Frosty |
| A25HQ | QSL via K5LBU | IARU contest callsign |
| A25KDJ | W5KDJ | Wayne |
| A25SL | W5SL | Jay |
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A25OOK |
9M6XRO QSL VIA M5AAV |
John |
| A25HL | ZS6WB | Hal |
| A25DW | ZS6JR | Daniel |
| A25OB | ZS6OB | Jan |
| A25BUN | ZS6BUN | Dick |
All logs are now online.
Botswana A2 Spot Database Searchfrom DX Summit |
Testimonial from a previous DX Safari team member:
"Hi Frosty,
Hope you are well recovered and getting ready for Bots! We had a really great trip to Swaziland and we cannot praise Daniel and yourself enough for all the effort and planning that went into making the expedition such a success. The IRTS hold their AGM Sunday week and many Presidents from European Societies as well as Dave Sumner from ARRL and IARU will be attending our 75th Dinner on the Saturday evening. We will be showing a presentation on the expedition so it will be good publicity for African DXsafaris. I will get you a copy of the presentation as soon as it is available.
Daniel has asked me to put a few thoughts together on any matters which might be improved...marketing, equipment, accomodation etc etc. To be really truthful, it is very difficult to find any elements that were not scoring 100%.
However, in return for all the excellent effort put in on your side, we will, over the next few weeks, put together some notes which may be of use. I think the main critique will be that you are underselling your product!
On a personal note, it had been 12 years since I had worked in East Africa, and I had great memories. I was fearful that Africa would have changed, and you know when you go back to places they never seem to quite measure up to the rose tinted memories that we guard with our lives. Well, you picked a winner for us, Swazi was great and lived up to everything that I hoped for, both for myself and the team. They have the feel of a bit of African dust in their boots, and I think they will be back for more before too long!
Best 73s
Paul EI2CA"
If you would like to join Frosty and crew for a future DX African Safari,
contact Frosty - K5LBU at frosty1@pdq.net.
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