DL7DF
Sigi Presch - DL7DF and Crew DXpeditions
DXpeditioning since 1993
Our next DXpedition goes to Guinea, 3X. We will be on the air between Oct 18, 2011 and Nov 1, 2011.
Our callsign is 3XY1D. We will be active with several stations on 160m through 6m on CW, SSB. One station will be exclusively dedicated to RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. Please check our News Page
Our equipment consists of 5 transceivers (4 x K2, 1 x IC7000), 4 x kW linears , 2 x 18 m Lowband Vertical, a 2 elem vertical for 40, a 2 elem vertical for 30, a vertical R7 for 40/30/20/17/15/12/10, 2 Spiderbeam for 20/17/15/12/10, a 5 elem. Yagi for 6m, some Beverage antennas as well as some laptop computers.
Our experienced crew includes:
DK7LX, Georg
DL4WK, Wolf
DL7DF, Sigi
DL7UFR, Frank
SP3CYY, Jan
SP3DOI, Leszek
Sigi Preschor via the German QSL bureau DARC to DL7DF.
DL7DF
Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123
D-12621 Berlin
Germany
Postage needed for 1 envelope with 20 Gramm (FYI):
| Jan - DL7UFN | Marco - PE2MC | ||||
| Tom - DJ6TF | Jamie - W2QO | ||||
| Stan - KH6CG | Tony - KT0NY | ||||
| Bo - OZ8ABE | Clay - K7HC | ||||
| Andre - V51B | Marco - PE2MC | ||||
| Igor - RA9CMO | Kan - JA1BK | ||||
| Franz - DJ9ZB | Owen - K3CB | ||||
| Zeljko - VK6VY | Pol - ON8BV | ||||
| Mark - K0ABC | Masaiku - JA6CNH | ||||
| Philip - W8UV | Jens - DL2AJB | ||||
| David - N8OC | Franklin - K8FB | ||||
| Olaf - DK2LO | Bjorn - LA5YJ | ||||
| Gunter - DL2RUG | Sake - PA0SKP | ||||
| Rick - K8ZH |
Guinea
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| Country name: | Republic of Guinea |
| National capital: | Conakry |
| Location: | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone |
| Area: | total: 245,857 sq km land: 245,717 sq km water: 140 sq km |
| Land boundaries: | total: 3,399 km border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km |
| Coastline: | 320 km |
| Climate: | generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
| Terrain: | generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior |
| Natural resources: | bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt |
| Population: | 10,601,009 (July 2011 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: | Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10% |
| Religions: | Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7% |
| Languages: | French (official) note: each ethnic group has its own language |
| Independence: | 2 October 1958 (from France) |
| Economy: | Guinea is a poor country that possesses major mineral, hydropower, and agricultural resources. The country has almost half of the world's bauxite reserves and significant iron ore, gold, and diamond reserves. However, Guinea has been unable to profit from this potential, as rampant corruption, dilapidated electricity and other degraded infrastructure, and political uncertainty have drained investor confidence. In the time since a 2008 coup following the death of long-term President Lansana CONTE, international donors, including the G-8, the IMF, and the World Bank, have significantly curtailed their development programs. Throughout 2009, policies of the ruling military junta severely weakened the economy. The junta leaders spent and printed money at an accelerated rate, driving inflation and debt to perilously high levels. In early 2010, the junta collapsed and was replaced by a Transition Government, which ceded power in December 2010 to the country's first-ever democratically elected president, Alpha CONDE. International assistance and investment are expected to return to Guinea, but the levels will depend upon the ability of the new government to combat corruption and reform its banking system. IMF and World Bank programs will be especially critical as Guinea attempts to gain debt relief. Since the 2009 global economic downturn, the price and value of bauxite and alumina exports has steadily risen. Export levels will likely continue to grow as investor confidence returns. International investors have expressed keen interest in Guinea's vast iron ore reserves, which could further propel the country's growth |
| Reference: | CIA - The World Factbook -- Guinea |
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