5H1HS on Zanzibar (2005)


After a short flight from the Kilimanjaro Airport to Zanzibar we landed at noon. There we met our wives, they flew from Berlin to Zanzibar at the same day.
First day I erected only the antenna and did a few QSO's, because I was very tired from the Kilimanjaro tour and our wives wanted to hear some stories about it.
I used two different dipoles, a HyGain from 80 m to 10 m and a DX-Wire from 40 m - 15 m. First time I used MixW for logging and digital modes. Its a very easy and comfortable program. The other parts of the setup were Yaesu FT-897, MFJ-945E, RFT-Key and a Notebook. Despite of wrong conditions I had many fun with the radio. During the local sunrise I had very good openings on 40 m with America. With more discipline it would be possible to make more QSO's on 80 m.

QSO - Statistic:

CW - 3012
RTTY - 495
BPSK - 147
SSTV - 2

MHz 1,8 3,5 7 10 14 18 21 24 28
QSO 1 180 397 894 365 787 820 176 36

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I had contact with the following c o u n t r i e s

QSL is possible via the DARC bureau or direct to Harald Schlesinger, Buergerheimstr. 19, 10365 Berlin, Germany (SASE) QSL card

02/13/2006 QSL-cards are back from the printing office.

02/18/2006 All direct QSL's are answered.

04/17/2006 All bureau QSL are answered.