Mike, K9NW returns to Southern Africa, this time operating
under the call A25NW from Botswana. Mike was active
from 23 November to the 30th November 2009, on all bands,
160m to 10m, and operating various modes, culminating
in participation in the CW leg of CQWW on the weekend
of 28/29th Nov.
Mike’s previous visit was to Swaziland in November
2006 with the call 3DA0NW where he made a total of 10
352 qso’s. In CQWW he was placed 12th overall,
wining the dxpedition plaque with a total of 6.8 million
points and 4451 qso’s.
A25NW Nov 2009
Mike K9NW operating as A25NW exceeded his totals from
his previous visit as 3DA0NW, making a grand total of
over 11k qso's. Just under 5000 qso's were made in the
contest CQWW alone. Favoured by good conditions, flux
averaging around 76 for the duration of the stay, resulted
in many good totals on the higher bands working well
into the night. WARC bands proved popular and resulted
in Mike spending an evening on SSB on 17m. Mike achieved
just under 5k qso's resulting in a points total of around
7.5 million in the contest. Tropical thunderstorms and
the problem of rain static interrupted Mike's progress
on Sunday afternoon which certainly prevented his total
exceeding 5k. The hosts at Stevensford, Sandra and Ryan,
excelled themselves in catering providing varied starters,
main courses and desserts as well as quality fruit for
breakfast. By all accounts, another successful dxpedition
by CQ DX African Safaris. We look forward to your next
visit again soon Mike.
Images courtesy of Daniel ZS6JR
