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Amateur Radio operation from Alphonse Island.
Operator Frédéric, HB9CQK
May 2nd 2005 - May 7th 2005
Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Alphonse Island
Latitude: 7 deg 0 min south
Longitude: 52 deg 44 min east
Grid Square: LI63IA
IOTA Reference Nr: AF-033,
Amirante Islands Group
Prefix: S7
ITU Zone: 53
WAZ Zone: 39

Information and pictures about Alphonse

Pictures taken in 2005

S79QK Alphonse Island QSL card in 2005 (same as the 2000 card):


All QSL cards have been answered
Conditions in 2005 were by far not as good as in 2000. I mainly used 15, 17 and 20m. The antenna was a simple vertical, 10m long with its radials going across the beach into the Indian Ocean.






QSL Manager: HB9CQK via Bureau, or if no Bureau available direct to the following address:
Despite the bad conditions I could log more than 800 contacts during the short operating time.

Frédéric Furrer, Winkelhalde 11
CH-6048 Horw, Switzerland