DL7DF
Sigi Presch - DL7DF and Crew DXpeditions
DXpeditioning since 1993
Our last DXpedition took us to Burundi, 9U. We were on the air between Sep 26, 2007 and Oct 09, 2007.
Our callsign was 9U0A. We were active with several stations on 160m through 6m on CW, SSB. One station was exclusively dedicated to RTTY, PSK31, SSTV and one for WSJT 6m. Please check our News Page as well as the Pictures Pages 1 and 2.
Our equipment consists of 4 transceivers (2 x K2, 1 x IC 706, 1 x IC7000), 3 x kW linears TY900 , a linear 9U800 for 6 m, a Titanex V80E Lowband Vertical, 2 x 18 m Lowband Vertical, a 4 square for 40, a 4 square for 30, a Hexbeam for 20/17/15/12/10, a Spiderbeam for 20/17/15/12/10, some Beverage antennas, a 6el. Yagi for 6m as well as some laptop computers.
Our experienced crew includes:
DK1BT, Manfred
DL4WK, Wolf
DL7DF, Sigi and XYL Sabine
DL7UFN, Jan
DL7UFR, Frank
SP3DOI, Leszek
Note: This is NOT the DXpedition crew!
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):
Tom - SP5UAF
Johan - ON4IQ
Burundi
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| Country name: | Republic of Burundi (short form: Burundi) |
| National capital: | Bujumbura |
| Location: | East Africa, bordering to the countries Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km, 3 30 S, 30 00 E |
| Area: | 27,830 sq km (slightly smaller than Maryland) |
| Land boundaries: | 974 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Climate: | equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January) |
| Terrain: | hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east, some plains |
| Natural resources: | nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone |
| Population: | 8,390,505 (July 2006 est.) |
| Religions: | Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10% |
| Languages: | Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) |
| Independence: | 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration) |
| Economy: | Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. The economy is predominantly agricultural with more than 90% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture. Economic growth depends on coffee and tea exports, which account for 90% of foreign exchange earnings. The ability to pay for imports, therefore, rests primarily on weather conditions and international coffee and tea prices. Food, medicine, and electricity remain in short supply. Political stability and the end of the civil war have improved aid flows and economic activity has increased. |
| Reference: | CIA - The World Factbook -- Burundi |
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