YB Land DX Club DX-ing Is Our Life
5V7V, TOGO 2012 DXpedition, February 5-17,2012
Franco Prete I1FQH, will operate as 5V7V from Kapline Village – République Togolaise.
SETUP
ANTENNAS
Spiderbeam 5 bands
Vertical for 30m and 40m (10m high)
Vertical for 80 and 160m (20m high)
Yagi 3 el. for 6 m
Beverage and pennant to North for RX on low bands
RTX
Elecraft K3
Yaesu FT-817 for 6 m
AMPLIFIER
Elecraft kpa500
PROPAGATION
All plots will be provided by Max IK8LOV, the propagation analyst of DX World, and will be updated every 3 days and/or when necessary.
If future DXpeditions are interested in using IK8LOV’s propagation plots then feel free to contact him or DX World. Additionally, if you would like to see a specific plot, then please ask!
Special thanks to DX World for the courtesy.
In the meanwhile you can follow the Solar & Propagation bulletins on DX World‘s propagation pages.
ONLINE LOG-CHECK & STATISTIC
The 5V7V online log-check will be available as soon as Franco – I1FQH – will upload the 1st log-file. Featured services: online log-check by call, tables and charts showing DX activity analysis, interactive map of QSOs. FREE log-check and statistics system powered by IK8LOV (see examples 9H3AT, CE0Y/I2DMI, T2T, 9N7MD, 3D2A).
QSL
QSL Direct with SASE to:
I1FQH
FRANCO PRETE
STRADA VALENZA 1
15033 CASALE MONFERRATO (AL)
ITALY
QSOs will be uploaded on LOTW
MDXC QSL service – for those who are members of Mediterraneo DX Club, will be possible to take advantage of the FREE internal QSL service, offered to all Members
ABOUT
Call: I1FQH
Name: Franco Prete
Personal website: http://www.i1fqh.blogspot.com/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/i1fqh/featured
FORMER DXPEDITIONS:
JERSEY as GJ/I1FQH ( year 2011 )
TOGO as 5V7DX ( year 2010 )
BALEARIC Is. as EA6/I1FQH ( year 2009 )
TOGO as 5V7PRF (year 2009 )
TOGO
The Togolese Republic is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east, and Burkina Faso to the north.
Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with a climate that provides good growing seasons.
While the official language is French, there are many other languages spoken in Togo, particularly those of the Gbe family.
The largest religious group in Togo are those with indigenous beliefs, but there are significant Christian and Muslim minorities.
The climate is generally tropical with average temperatures ranging from 27.5 °C (81.5 °F) on the coast to about 30 °C (86 °F) in the northernmost regions, with a dry climate and characteristics of a tropical savanna. To the south there are two seasons of rain (the first between April and July and the second between (September and November), even though the average rainfall is not very high.
Capital: Lomé
Official language: French
Government: Republic
Area: 56,785 km²
Population: 6,619,00 ( Year 2009 )
Time zone: GMT ( UTC+0 )
Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup, after which he became president. At the time of his death in 2005, Eyadéma was the longest-serving leader in modern African history, after having been president for 38 years. In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé was elected president
