EL2EL/4 Team will be active from Telengbe Island, IOTA AF - 111, 5 - 9 November 2018.
Team - EL2EF, MM0NDX, MM0OKG
They will operate on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15m SSB, CW, FT8.
They will also operate as EL2JB from mainland.
QSL via M0SDV, LOTW, ClubLog OQRS.
Ads for direct QSL:
Jamie Williams, 41 OVERTON LANE, HAMMERWICH, STAFFORDSHIRE, WS7 0LQ, England.
DXCC Country - Liberia, EL.
EL2EL/4 News 25 October 2018
With just 10 days until the EL2EL/4 , the team are pleased to report all our plans are coming together.
You may not be aware this a 100% charity expedition meaning all donations raised go directly to MAF Liberia an organisation who fly the only humanitarian flight service in that country. In 2017, Liberia was ranked 4th poorest country in the world.
Today, we are delighted to announce that 50% of our target has been raised and we thank everyone who has taken the time to donate and understand exactly what MAF do. Consider only £25 covers the cost of fuel for a 30 minute flight, then already 40 more flights have been secured through this charity expedition. Thanks a lot!
In addition to the above, we will also be bringing surplus reading glasses and old mobile phones to Sasstown. We have been informed theres a need for reading glasses in rural elderly communities – as such simple cheap spectacles can transform a personas basic well-being. Equally, the simplest of mobile phones, that we all discard as being obsolete or outdated, can open up new opportunities for rural communities in Liberia, too.
We arrive in Sasstown, southern Liberia on the morning of November 5th. Plans are to set foot on Telengbe Island (IOTA AF-111NEW) before sunset that day. We will be QRV on 40-30-20-17-15m using a combination of VDAs and vertical dipoles, all on 100W. Other bands will be checked time-to-time should openings occur. Mostly SSB will be used with some CW and possibly FT8.
Keeping in constant touch with local villagers and elders, we can also report the seas around the island have calmed since an earlier recce trip so landing on Telengbe Island looks very promising.
You might be curious why we will use /4 in our callsign. Basically, we do not have to, but to emphasis we will be on AF-111NEW it was thought prudent to distinguish this fact.
Note: If you work EL2JB, this will be our mainland station if there are delays in landing on Telengbe or issues forcing us to come off early. [In these instances we will attempt to setup from the mainland beach].
Behind the scenes, GMDX Group and GM0OBX have been very helpful. Together with Spiderbeam, we are very grateful to them all.
This is our final news release prior to departure we look forward very much to working you !