<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> David C <k3lp@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ANTHONY MC CLENNY JR. <bernie@dailydx.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> ANTHONY Bernie MC CLENNY JR. <bernie@dailydx.com>; Carl Smith <N4AA@dxpub.com>; "dxer59@gmail.com" <dxer59@gmail.com>; "flo@f5cwu.net" <flo@f5cwu.net>; "i1jqj@425dxn.org" <i1jqj@425dxn.org>; "info@dxcoffee.com" <info@dxcoffee.com>; "kb8nw@arrl.net" <kb8nw@arrl.net> <br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 9, 2011 12:33 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> ET3AA Youth Project Status - K3LP<br> </font> <br>
<div id="yiv460500864"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div>Good Evening DXers:</div><div>Our Team, David (K3LP - Team Leader), Paul (N6PSE), Al (K3VN) and Bill (N2WB) arrived at the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia International airport this morning at 7:30 AM, Thursday, December 8, 2011. Our amplifier, 1,000 feet of coax, power meters, 160 and 80 meter antennas and other items were all held in Customs until about 1:30 PM. After paying the required 65% tax fees for electronic equipment and providing a letter from the university, we now have all the equipment in hand.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul (N6PSE), Al (K3VN) and Bill (N2WB) arrived at Sid's home, had dinner and headed for bed. They plan to get up early and be on the air around 3:00 AM local time on Friday, December 9.</div><div><br></div><div>I was able to set-up a laptop PC, CW Keyer and other
equipment at the ET3AA university station
and made about 50 QSOs on 10 meters CW about 1.5 hrs before local sunset. There was a nice opening to EU and NA at the same time. Stations were being heard and worked from W5, W8, W4, W3, W2 and W1 areas. I QRTed after a brief exchange of QSOs in order to complete more enhancements to the station.</div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, I plan is to install the 160 meter and 80 meter vertical antennas with the students. In addition, if time permits, we complete a 10 Meter 6 element Vee Beam at 70' that could be used during the 10 meter contest. We will have both the ET3SID and ET3AA stations on for the 10 meter contest.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll (K3LP) be on 160 meters Friday at Sunset thru Sunrise, 1.823 Mhz for JA and 1.835 Mhz. I'll be using the 500w solid-state amp. Depending on the activity, I may bounced to 80 meters CW for a few minutes. We were not able to get a large amp into the country during this time.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll see
everyone on the band tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div><br></div><div>David -K3LP<br></div><div><br> </div></div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>