DX news : EL Liberia

27.09.2007

"DAGOE" stands for "Dutch Amateurs Going On Expedition". The club members Arie Kleingeld,PA3A (EL2AK), Ad van Ginneken,PA8AD (EL2AG), Arie Noordzij,PA3AN (EL2AN), and Henk van Oosterhout, PA3AWW (EL2AO), are planning a major activity from Liberia from Oct 3-24. The operation on 80m/160m shall start on Oct 7 at latest. Due to the high demand they decided to work in RTTY as well.

Liberia's infrastructure was totally destroyed during the civil war (1989-2003) and shall be supported with this DXpedition financially. You may request your QSLs with a donation after the DXpedition at: http://www.liberia2007.com/qslpolicy.php
The DAGOE members have three main goals:

Activate Liberia in a major style operation
The charity project with a call for donations
Supporting the "Liberia Radio Amateur Association" (LRAA) with equipment

The DXpedition will use two radios with amp's having the aim to log at least 25000 QSOs mainly in CW and SSB. Following antennas will be used:
160m/80m: vertical (80 radials)
40m: vertical (30 radials)
WARC: triband vertical
20/15/10m: 2ele tribander and a 3ele tribander.

QSL cards may be requested online at the address printed above. This applies only to direct QSLs and a donation for the charity project is mandatory for that. If you send your QSLs direct you should enclose at least 2 US$ and send them to PA3AWW, Meelbeshof 8, 3355 BD Papendrecht, Netherlands. If you prefe QSLs via bureau please send them also via PA3AWW. There will be no eQSLs