East coast of Africa Indian Ocean Adventure from July 17 th until
July 31th
Welcome
to the home page for East Coast of Africa Indian Ocean 2010 Adventure.
Create a Web site relating everything about this
Seychelles adventure.
Promote more amateur radio adventures and explain how it’s easy to
prepare and participate on DXpedition with low costs resource. Try
to incentive others to do the same and specially use Amateur Radio
serving as for Preserve Nature and Islands.
Establishment of a true friendship between operators and their
families, and of course all people involved all people about this
situation on Global Warming and "SAVE PLANET!"
Testing antennas and others equipments, for future actions and also
for the manufacturers and promote this equipments, softwares,
radios, accessories . .
After these last
3 years of active participation in the DXciting, I understood that
it was time to come back to walk alone and take my own challenge it
proper me and the limits of my creativity and effectiveness. This is
Not NEW, is true, but the experience gotten during more than 20
years in Expeditions DX and Amateur Radio activities radio give me
comphortable on
this matter. The individual success, is the faithful certification
of the effectiveness of this method to make radio. Basically, the
method is to reduced structure of people, that therefore, allows to
present reduction of costs. A Budget is elaborated and in function
of this an analysis of the destination of the DX pedition is made. Is
activated then one "internal connection" due
to get the maximum of information such as, Licenses, Flights,
Village and equipment. It's clearly that all these projects has my
personal intervention directly, but all with coordinating with
the the Xyl. At this time and analysis of our Ham Radio activity, if
they do not glimpse good times for DXpeditions, not only for the
imposed restrictions each time more for the equipment transport over
all for airplane, but for the crisis that it compels us cuts in
budget for areas as in the trips, and acquisition of equipment.
These two subjects had come to question future shares and strategies
for DXpeditions and activities of DX. The expeditions are so
interesting when we know to give " our personal touch!"
My
first contacts at the Seychelles National Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission led me to believe that if I acted quickly
there was a chance I could get a license in time for my holiday
planning for next July. With that in mind, I downloaded the
application forms and had all the required documents couriered to
the island. The licensing process in Seychelles is somewhat easy.
The main problem is that the process is much the same no matter
whether you are applying for a temporary amateur license or a
commercial broadcasting license.
This
DXpedition gave me another experience, ... what happening if
you're Baggage get lost ? are you prepaired? in fact every
year I bring a wire antenna separately from the other
baggage...just in case! Well this year the problem comes
to me. When I arrived at Mahé Airport i didn't believe that
the baggages are lost and didn't come on airplane. Due the
Problem on Airfrance Strike in Paris only at 26 of July I
receive the antennas. Anyway I made all effort to have a
signal on the air even with a 100 Watts. The propagation
conditions didn't help and I know that my signals are Not as
expected, the good things are that most of the Stations I've
worked most have a good antenna system.
Most
of Hams spend lot of money on amplifiers and superfolus things
like equalizers, special microphones etc.etc and forgot that
the most important think ...the antenna. If you don't
have a good antenna you can copy DX stations working barefoot.
Unfortunately I couldn't use my ALS500 with Swittiching High
Current PSU. But Enjoyed very Much working Asia, Pacific,
North Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. I've
lucky to cover all Japan ( over 800 QSO's) copy most of Asia
with good RST Levels. North European has excellent
Signals instead South of Europe very low signals. North and
South America when opening the signals were very good. Was
nice to work Pacific Stations and Oceania. Here how you
The team from left to right Juan Carlos S79SAL, Nela (ct1bww xyl)
Marije (ea2rc xyl) and Marq S79BWW
We've a great
Honour and Pleasure to meet personally Thomas Fonseca S79TF ex
VQ9TF great CW Operator during "Seventies". The
Vertical antenna that I use for 10 to 40 Meters.
Here you Can see
the QSL Cards, as usual a excellent work from LZ1YE Printing Service. The
Cards Show the GIANT TURTLE , My Working Conditions and the
Famous Anse Forbans BAY! I will inform on the Web-site when
the package arrives and when I Start sending the QSL Cards.
Cards Just Arrived from LZ1YE Qsl Printing Choise! First Group about
150 Cards have already been send by
Post mail today
08.10.10. Thanks for you interest on
Seychelles 2010.
It's with a great pleasure that we receive the News that our
DXpedition was on the list of the Best 28 for German DX
Foundation more information you can see
here! Only Members can Vote !
The Best Place for a GREAT
Vacations Please take a look at the Blog here
The
fact is the World became's Small with This is one of the Best Web-Site
for DX Informations and all Amateur radio activities around
the world. Please take a
look here : http://dx-world.net/
Choose
the best time to call S79BWW . Be aware of
propagation. Check the solar figures and propagation
predictions.
Getting
permission to operate from Seychelles took many weeks of
negotiating and the total budget Flight and Village cost me a lot of
money. I had almost given up even before It wasn't long before I
changed my mind. However, once the XYL finally agreed to it the rest
was relatively easy. Since this will be a holiday trip I don't
want to spend all the time playing radio. IOTA It's one
of my favorite contests and would make the perfect opportunity for a
little DX operating on this South East Africa adventure. S79 is a
rare multiplier in the contest "DX" contact. Signing
S79BWW from the sunny South East Africa Indian Ocean . I
started. Back in the winter after the URE Convention in Madrid at
December. I started looking around for a Village or a Resort
for the station on the island to operate from. A few inquiries were
made I've some difficulties but finally I founded a place with
permition for antennas . Since all available information said it
took several months to get a S7 license I was pretty sure my time
had run out. I mentioned the situation to George, DK7LX, during is
stay with his Xyl at Lisbon last year, (before
the Macao Trip) we've met for
the dinner . Soon I was corresponding with some others that have been
operated from Seychelles.
All
applications have to be personally signed by the Minister of
Telecommunications and of course they have to negotiate several
layers of burocracy both before and after they hit the Minister's
desk. Fortunately, the islanders are the friendliest people on earth
and there was certainly no lack of will on their part to get me
licensed in time for the holidays. A special thanks, though, is
reserved for Bernd DL7UCX. His detailed information on how to obtain
a S7 license was invaluable due to complete the final
paperwork. Concurrent with licensing was the issue of finding
a place to operate from
Seychelles
a very nice place for Radio at Holliday
.
During past
Amateur Radio expeditions was the only way to keep in touch
with the modern world from the remotest of the places. Nowadays this
is Not difficult, but still are some places that NO Amateur Radio
activity give the chance to have some fun .
Now with my own
gear radio equipment for this operations the first step was
easy. It will only be a short stay there (just 2 weeks),
so not necessary big
effort on the antennas for longest time. I will operate holliday style having
my XYL with me,
That
our QTH is located at Anse Forbans National Park it's a great
pleasure to give a SEY004 as New Reference for all World Fauna
and Flora enthusiasts.
I've
look for
some more detail about seychelles lighthouses and found only that
near by is the Police Point Light, so decide to ask a NEW REFERENCE
to ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society unfortunately this LIGHT
is NOT Valid for ARLHS. I will use
a Kenwood TS480s, with a vertical Force 12 XK40 and some
wire, hardware, and operate HF to 6m. QSL as usual via home
call.
One of the real thrills offered to licensed amateur radio
operator is the opportunity to work DX.
That thrill is trebled when the DXing is done from some exotic
out-of-the way place like Seychelles (DXCC S7) in
Indian Ocean.
Unfortunately most of us have neither the time nor the money
to travel extensively... crossing oceans to far-flung islands
on Pacific. We may never visit the other continents nor hope
to ham from the moon.
However, there is nothing to prevent any ham from sharing in
the thrill of a DXpedition within reach of a simple
transportation, in short vacation periods, and best of all on
a exotic island, like this place.
Here
some entities that offer support for SEYCHELLES DXpedition:
The islands were first sighted at
the beginning of the 16th century, by Vasco da
Gama, a Portuguese
navigator in 1502, but the Portuguese did not attempt to
settle there there.
The first settlers arrived in the 1770's, these were French planters
and their slaves.
In 1810 the British took control of the islands and
administered them from Mauritius
until the beginning of the 20th
century, when they were made a separate Crown
Colony.
It wasn't until 1964 that political parties surfaced, and at
this point two parties
formed: the Seychelles People's United Party (SPUP) led by France-Albert Rene
and the Democratic Party (SDP) led
by James Mancham.
The SPUP demanded complete
independence, but the SDP wanted the Seychelles
to have
association
with Britain.
Divulge Seychelles and hospitality of the islanders people. Promote DX and Preserve Amateur Radio, occupy HF Amateur radio
frequencies.
Alert on World-wide Preservation the fauna, birds, animals,
and
nature…
The first elections in the country resulted in stalemate.
Although in the 1970 elections the SDP won by a majority,
Mancham could not persuade Britain that association would be better
than complete independence.
In 1976 independence was granted, and the first government was
formed through an amalgamation of both the SPUP and the SDP.
The
president of this group was Mancham and the prime minister was Rene,
Mancham only remained in power for a very short time
due to his
extravagant plans and in 1977 when he was away attending a
Commonwealth Conference in London, a coup was staged, and Rene
assumed
the presidency.
In 1981 a group of mercenaries attempted a coup, this nearly
succeeded, but its cover was blown when going through airport
customs an officer discovered
a sub-machine gun.
In mid 1982 there
was an army revolt, but this was quickly suppressed. Mancham still
has some support.
UMA AVENTURA
NO OCEANO ÍNDICO. Que
existem lugares e momentos únicos no mundo, já todos sabemos.
Mas sabia que estes momentos e lugares
podem
passar de
sonho a realidade? Pois bem Seychelles é um Paraíso ao alcance dos
aventureiros
e de todos
os que amam a Natureza. Lembram-se de Aldabra e o seu Paraíso
Natural ? Pois este ano decidimos viajar para SUL o destino
é o
Arquipélago das Seychelles, o QTH foi na Ilha de Mahé a
maior do Arquipélago aonde se enconta a sua Capitalç Victoria e o
Aeroporto internacional .
Esta
actividade tem a particularidade de ser a Primeira válida para o
Diploma dos Parques Naturais. A operação vai ser em Fonia
e
em
maioria em CW, lembramos que a Referência IOTA é AF-02.
Após
estes últimos 3 anos de participação activa na DXciting, entendi
que era tempo de voltar a caminhar sozinho e
desafiar-me a mim próprio
e os limites da minha criatividade e eficácia. O projecto Não é
NOVO, é verdade ,
mas a experiência obtida durante mais de 20 anos
em Expedições DX e actividades de radio são um aliado.
O sucesso
individual, são o testemunho fiel da eficácia deste método de
fazer rádio. Básicamente, o método acenta
numa estrutura reduzida
de pessoas, que por conseguinte , permite apresentar redução de
despesas .
É entãoelaborado um Budget e em função deste é feita uma
análise do destino da DXpeditiion, é activada então uma
"rede" interna no sentido de obter
o máximo de informações tais como,
Licenças, Flights, Village e equipamento.
É claro que todos estes
projectos têm a minha intervenção directa e individual , mas
todos devidamenete coordenados e com
o
acompanhamento da Xyl. Neste
época de balanços e análise da nossa actividade Radioamadorística,
não se vislumbram
bons tempos para DXpeditions, não só pelas
restrições cada vez mais impostas para o transporte de
equipamentos
sobretudo por avião, mas pela crise que obriga-nos a
cortes nos budget para áreas como nas viagens, e aquisição
de
equipamentos.
Estes dois temas vieram questionar acções e estratégias
para futuras DXpeditions e actividades de DX.
As expedições são tão
interessantes quando sabemos lhe dar o "toque certo" quero
com isto dizer
que não precisamos
de ir para uma ilha nos confins
do planeta para conseguir um bom "pile up!".
Que
existem lugares e momentos únicos no mundo, já todos sabemos.
É este projecto que queremos partilhar
consigo. Ao consultar o nosso site, terá acesso a toda a informação
relativa
a esta aventura, Esta é a nossa
aposta. Faça também a sua aventura, Turismo, Natureza e
Radioamadorismo.
Durante
muitas décadas, o principal argumento de captação de novos
radioamadores era o DX , hoje em pleno Século XXI os desafios das
comunicações
são mais abrangentes e envolvem mais o radioamador. Não basta
saber sobre as formas e meios de transmissão e
recepção
e técnica torna-se necessário
adquirir mais conhecimentos técnicos tais como física,
informática etc.. Também é verdade que hoje é mais fácil obter
informação
mas sobretudo o que torna mais
aliciante é sem dúvida a obtenção livre de conhecimentos.
I
will take my Force 12 XK40 Antenna and Wires Dipoles . He suggested
that while he'd squeeze me in somewhere if it became necessary,
he
also had a well-equipped suitcase portable station Kenwood TS480S
with internal tuner, and ALINCO DM33OMVE power supply.
I've
permittion for the antennas which I scoped out the resort and found the perfect spot to
string
up the G5RV from a 4th floor stairwell window over to a convenient
tree in the courtyard and our 2nd floor balcony was exactly half
way
in between. I thought long and hard about how to ask about putting
up the antenna. In the end I decided it sounded better to describe
it as 'a wire aerial for my radio' instead of a 'hundred foot long
ham radio antenna'. I shouldn't have worrried. The resort
specialized in
catering to their guests needs and the best line I
heard on the whole trip was 'Are you sure you wouldn't like us to
have the maintenance
workers put up your antenna for you?' Now
that's service!
With the license in hand (it's actually a very
official looking 10-page document, printed and bound!) and the
XK40 hung in the garden
near
the beach it was time to get on the air.
I knew what I wanted to do so after an
hour of flipping through the manual I had
the mic gain,
ALC
and
compression set up and programmed the voice memories.
I
want with this to say that we do not need to go for an island in the
confines of the planet to obtain good " pile up! "
Listen
listenlisten! If you hear S79BWW pileup or
see us spotted on the DXcluster, please don’t jump straight
in.
You will not be able to work S79BWW if you can’t hear ME,
so first find exactly teh transmission frequency and set up
your transceiver
and antenna properly.
Choose
the best time to call S79BWW . Be aware of
propagation. Check the solar figures and propagation
predictions.
If conditions are poor to your part
of
the world, please hold on until they improve. If propagation
opens up for DX QSOs, I may start
calling specific areas or
continents but only for a while, I promise. I'm
conscient of the short greyline openings to North America and
Asia,
and I will be looking for long path as well as short
path openings when the time is right.
If
I work some juicy DX in a run of ordinary QSOs, we may put the
pileup on hold and call for more DX to take advantage of the
opportunity.
Be
patient with me: I like working DX too!
When
you call, please give your complete callsign just once or at
most twice, then listen for a moment and, if I have not come
back to
someone, call
again in the same way. Everyone should be
listening far more than they transmit.
Listen
carefully to what we are sending. Always send your
full call. If we send “B?” and your call does not
contain an L,
then just stand by for a moment:
I'm
not talking to you. If we send “EA3B?” we are
probably not calling SP3C something, and certainly not IV3AAA.
If you keep on transmitting regardless, you
will only prolong the agony for everyone and you may be
blacklisted. Be nice people.
We all want to play.
I
will
use a Microm HamKeyer interface for the computer .
I
will bring my Square Racer Vibroplex Paddle, I'm not a big CW
operator but
i
will take part at the IOTA contest
I was going to give the CW part
of the contest are two of the few where
the exchange is simple
and the operators don't seem to feel the need to send
CW at
40wpm
We
know lots of you will be calling and I will do our level best
to work you all
as effectively as possible. I will try to
adopt a consistent rhythm and sensible
speed for
the conditions . I enjoy DXing and contesting, though, so ...!let's
go!
S79BWW
will be the First OFFICIAL Operation for WORLD FLORA AND FAUNA
Award.
Transmiting integrated at Anse
National Park SEY WWF 004.
This
Operation is valid for "W-ZONE 39 AWARD" . All Rules
about this beautiful award you can get
here.
On
September 2008, Richard Wright leave us, but we will never forget
all the good things.
You
are, by far, the best musical group of all time. you’ve been my
favorite since the ’70’s. I was very stunned to hear
of Rick
Wrights passing. He’s playing that “Big Gig In The Sky” now.
Rest In Peace, Rick. You’re in a better place now!
Pink-Floyd still
one of the Best Bands in the world. I will never forget they are the
greatest band there ever has been
and
ever will be … just like someone below said you changed my life
forever and to see a reunion so i can see you
guys
live before we all die i would just die feeling accomplished even if
i die poor i don’t care i got to see pink floyd
in a sense …
also just like dark side of the rainbow there is a new ... life!
Pink Floyd’s music helped me through some
of the hardest times in
my life. Every musician involved in the making of there music from
Piper to The Final Cut to their
solo careers is absolutely amazing.
My life couldn’t be what it is today without them all.
A
1600 Kms da Costa Oriental de África sem pleno Oceano Índico
situa-se o arquipélago das Seychelles.
Formado por cerca de 115
ilhas todas diferentes de umas e outras têem em comum a Natureza .
Diferentemente de outras ilhas oceânicas, as Seychelles não são
de origem vulcânica, mas parecem ser os picos
de um enorme planalto
submerso que se destacou da Índia há 65 milhões de anos.
As três
ilhas centrais - Mahé, Praslin e La Digue - são de formação
granítica, enquanto as circunstantes são
atóis coralinos. As
Seychelles estão entre as ilhas mais fascinantes do mundo graças
às suas praias brancas,
dignas de cartão-postal, à beleza do
fundo do mar e também às paisagens internas enriquecidas pela
flora exótica e
por montanhas maravilhosas. Por estar muito
afastado do continente e ser de colonização recente, o arquipélago
abriga espécies de pássaros que não se encontram em nenhum outro
lugar do mundo, e por isso algumas ilhas são
verdadeiros santuários
ornitológicos.
As estações são marcadas pelos ventos alísios
que sopram de sudeste, de maio a outubro, influenciando
positivamente
o clima; a temperatura nunca é inferior a 24°C.
As
Seychelles ficaram desabitadas até 1609, quando um navio inglês da
Companhia das Índias Orientais aproou numa
das ilhas. Nos anos que
se seguiram, o arquipélago tornou-se uma base de piratas que se
transferiram do Caribe para o
Oceano Índico. Em 1742, o governador
da Ilha Maurício, Mahé de la Bourdonnais, mandou um navio
de reconhecimento.
O capitão, chamado Picault, deu à ilha o nome
de Mahé, em homenagem ao governador, abrindo assim o caminho para a
colonização francesa. Em 1770, a França enviou um navio de
colonos e de escravos que deram início à cultivação
de
especiarias, mandioca, cana-de-açúcar, café, batata-doce, milho.
Em 1814, após a derrota de Napoleão,
os ingleses tomaram posse das ilhas.
Em 1976, o arquipélago obteve a
independência e logo se tornou uma das metas turísticas tropicais
mais exclusivas;
porém, ao mesmo tempo teve início um longo período
de instabilidade política
que se prorrogou até os anos 90. Durante
esses anos, consolidou-se um tímido processo de democratização
que ainda
hoje continua. Nas Seychelles não existe uma população
autóctone e, por isso, são fortes as influências da cultura
africana,
malgaxe, indiana e europeia, geralmente definida como
"Cultura Crioula". Os idiomas oficiais são o inglês e o
francês, falados
pela maioria da população; todavia, o idioma
mais usado é o crioulo francês, também chamado "kreol
Seselwa",
que foi declarado semi-oficial em 1981 e difunde-se
sempre mais na imprensa e na literatura. A maior parte da população
é católica e quase todos são praticantes fervorosos, mas muitos
ainda acreditam nos "Gris", os antigos espíritos mágicos,
e recorrem aos 'Bons-hommes" e às "Bonnes-femmes du
bois", ou seja, feiticeiros que fazem sortilégios e preparam
poções,
sem levar em conta o fato que em 1958 foi banida
oficialmente a feitiçaria.
Para
chegarmos ás Seychelles teremos que percorrer quase 10.000
Kms voaremos primeiro até Paris e depois dali para o Sul
para
Mahé. Já tivemos a Grande satisfação de provar a comida Creoula
primeiro em São Tomé e Principe depois em 2006
em
Moçambique e finalmente em Saint Martin em pleno Caribe também
desgustámos a comida Crioula.
Seychelles
estão entre as melhores
ilhas do Oceano Índico onde saborear a cozinha crioula.
Os
ingredientes básicos são o peixe e o arroz; a fruta, a verdura, as
ervas e as especiarias
são usadas de modo extremamente criativo.
Mahé
é a maior ilha entre as de formação granítica; tem 27 quilômetros
de comprimento, 8 de largura e acolhe
aproximadamente noventa por
cento da população do arquipélago. É coberta por uma vegetação
tropical densa e
luxuriante, onde crescem coqueiros, bananeiras,
mangueiras e árvores do pão. São muitas as praias que são
caracterizadas
por uma areia branca incontaminada e por rochas de
granito, principalmente na região sul; a parte interna é
extremamente
sugestiva graças às montanhas, sendo o "Morne
Seychellois" o pico mais alto, com cerca de 903 metros de
altitude.
Situada na ilha de Mahé, Victoria, ou Port
Victoria, é uma das menores capitais do mundo, e também o único
porto das
Seychelles caracterizado pelo tráfico constante de
ferries-boat, barcos, iates e navios de cruzeiro de todas as partes
do
mundo.Victoria é a única cidade do arquipélago
propriamente dita, pois os outros centros habitados são apenas
vilarejos.
Na capital, típica cidade crioula com uma mistura de raças
e culturas, tem lugar um mercado muito original que propõe uma
grande variedade de peixes, legumes e especiarias, bastante usadas
na cozinha local.
Victoria é, no seu conjunto, uma
cidade jovem, cujas ruas, que iniciam no centro, foram reconstruídas
nos últimos vinte anos,
dando à cidade um aspecto moderno e limpo.
O Palácio da Justiça e o Correio Central remontam ao período
colonial e,
juntamente com algumas casas antigas e algumas lojas, são
os únicos testemunhos arquitetônicos do passado.
No centro
encontra-se o "Museu de História Natural" com alguns
exemplos da grandíssima variedade da interessante fauna
da ilha,
com os restos de um navio de 1570 e diversos artefatos.
O "Museu
Nacional de História" repercorre os acontecimentos do arquipélago, desde o descobrimento até os dias
actuais.
Worked All Zones is a Great
challlenger for every Amateur Radio Operator. Zone 39 is
one of the World Zones with some difficulty
to get this is because there
aren't Not Many Hams actives.
There mostly on 3 islands with residente
Hams 5R-Madagascar, FR-Reunion Island and VQ9-Chagos
Island. The other DXCC entities are
rare just for temporary
operations you can get S7 Seychelles, D6 Comoros, FR/G
Glorioso FR/J Juan de Nova , FR/E Europem FR/T Romelin,
3B6 Agalega, 3B7 St.Brandon, 3B8
Mouritius , 3B9 Rodrigues , FT5W Crozet, FT5X Kerguelen, FT5Z
Amstedan and St. Paul and VKØ Heard Island.
S79BWW
East coast of Africa Indian Ocean Adventure from July 17 th until
July 31th
Index
l Location l Operator l
Equipment l Frequencies l
Beaming head l QSL and Logs-on-line l
Cards Just Arrived from LZ1YE Qsl Printing Choise! First Group about
150 Cards have already been send by
Post mail today
08.10.10. Thanks for you interest on
Seychelles 2010.
It's with a great pleasure that we receive the News that our
DXpedition was on the list of the Best 28 for German DX
Foundation more information you can see
here! Only Members can Vote !
The Best Place for a GREAT
Vacations Please take a look at the 
This is one of the Best Web-Site
for DX Informations and all Amateur radio activities around
the world. Please take a
look here : 
