Sponsorship

The Verona Section of A.R.I. (Italian Radioamateurs Association) is organizing, by means  of a group of its members, called Verona DX Team, a DX Expedition, with humanitarian and  ham-radio purposes, in J5 Guinea-Bissau, one of the poorest countries in the world. The Call J5 is a "most wanted", especially in RTTY, CW and digital modes, and has never been activated in  EME. The expedition will be on air between 24 March and  6 April 2012.  This date was chosen given the good conditions for VHF EME activity and the possibility to operate on all HF bands in all modes. The location will be in the Cumura Mission, where a  Franciscan Friar, who is an OM  member of A.R.I. Verona, offers his work. Father Gianfranco  Gottardi has worked for nearly 20 years in several Missions in Guinea-Bissau where his  presence was requested by the Bishop of Bissau. He was active in HF from these Missions with  the calls J54OFM, J52OFM, J59OFM. The OFM suffix standing for Order Friars Minor, which refers to St. Francis. Our goal is also to help Father Gianfranco with our work. We'll be active on all  bands including VHF EME. All the money received with QSL cards will be donated to the mission. During our stay  we'll do some work such as the creation of a LAN in the Hospital of Cumura and the connection  to the Leper Hospital. We'll fix and improve the mains power system which now works only for a few hours a day for the Hospital. We'll fix the generators so that in the periods of power outage the 24V batteries will be charged and ready for emergency services, such as incubators and  medical equipment. We'll form small groups of operators that will take turns so as to be present in radio and at maintenance work.  We ask you to help, if possible, our expedition with a financial contribution or radio equipment.  We'll put your logo or that of the brand of equipment you want to promote on the QSL cards  and on this site. For each QSO we'll send a QSL card via the bureau except those requested  direct. We'll send articles about the expedition to ham-radio magazines (Italian and  international) with a list of sponsors that have helped  our expedition. If you have a flag it can  appear in the expedition's pictures. We thank you for a possible cooperation, awaiting kind reply. Best regards. 73, Verona DX Team         

Sponsors

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS

CORPORATE & CLUB SPONSORS

HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT

STUFF FOR THE MISSION

DONATIONS

I3EJ EME VHF setup IK3JBP Spiderbeam 20 & 17 m IZ3ATU QSL printing

I3LDP router and switches IK3ESB stationery articles IK3YAD 1 printer IW3ILT PC accessories IZ3FRJ WiFi repeater IZ3HAE router IZ3HPH PA amplifier IZ3STA electrical equipment IW3HXO radio gears

Donation

2 m & 70 cm amplifiers solid state 1KW

RF cables and connectors

CW key

Preampli EME 2 m low noise

LAN and PC network cables

various stuff for Mission

n. 1 PC for Mission

FOR THE DXPEDITION

Log program

1 EURO = 1.3 USD 1 USD = 0.8 EURO

RTX TS-590S

DXpeditions info-news-prop.

Donation

Donation

La Tabanka

Preampli EME 432 MHz

Team transport

Baggage weighing

See: QSL & Donations

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