DK3ZL visiting southern Africa from 17 January to 18 March

Dr Charly Eichhorn, DK3ZL is visiting southern Africa from 17 January to 18 March.

In Namibia, he will operate as V51QO with activity on the QO-100 satellite and as V5/DK3ZL at other times using SSB and CW.

Charly, ZS1/DL3ZL will spend 5 days in Cape Town around the end of 29 February.

In March, Charly will pay a visit to Gary Immelman, ZS6YI and spend a night or two with Gary and his family. Charly will give a talk about QO-100 to the amateurs in the region. Listen out for ZS6/DL3ZL.

Charly has also applied for a call sign for Botswana for his visit from 7 to 11 February and for 4 days in the middle of March.

The QO-100 portable equipment used by Charly is an ADALM Pluto (with modifications by Sigi, DG9BFC) using a SDR-Radio.com console v3 by Simon Brown with a 20 W PA (by Sigi, DG9BFC) into a dual feed POTY (by Joerg, DJ4ZZ) into a 90 cm off-set dish fixed on a tripod.

More and updated information is available on the DL3ZL QRZ.COM page.

QSLs for V55QO is via LoTW, direct (SASE or SAE plus 2 US $) or via the bureau to DL3ZL.

At the end of the DXpedition, Charly will leave the two stations he brought with him, in Namibia and will be regularly active on QO-100.
In addition to the already active Derek, V51DM, Werner, V51JP, President of the NARL and Robert, V51RS will continue with the call V55QO, which DL3ZL initiated.

For all the QSOs made by these call signs via QO-100, DL3ZL is the QSL Manager.

SARL