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Union’s
End Expedition Adventure
Radio Club is activating a special event station from xLatest Newsx Station ZS3ARC is on the air from Union’s
End. Logistics proved too difficult to erect
the station at Union’s End every day and an alternative plan was made to camp
in Namibia and to originate the signal from Union’s End in South Africa. The antenna mast is erected in South Africa
at Union’s End and the coax cable runs to the camp site on the other side of
the fence in Namibia. Frequencies are 3680, 7080 and 14180 kHz. No time table is published. The operator is Martin ZS1SM. Union's End is not a camp or a town; it
is merely the extreme north-westerly point of South Africa. This historical
point where three countries meet, is marked by a small information board, a
pole bearing the longitude and latitude of the spot and nothing else. Union's
End was named as such because it was the most remote border post in the Union
of South Africa at the time. Namibia is fenced off from Botswana and South
Africa, but, as the spot lies in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, there is
no fence between Botswana and South Africa at this point. From Union's End,
the mostly dry Nossob River bed forms a natural border between South Africa
and Botswana. The expedition will be travelling to
Union’s End from Monday 05 to Thursday 08 August 2013 and using the callsign
ZS1ARC/M on the expedition frequencies. Expedition
Details Callsign: ZS3ARC Location: Union’s End Grid
Square: KG05 Frequencies: 3680, 7080 and 14180 kHz
(Possible operation on 10 MHz) Transceiver: Icom IC-706Mk2G Amplifier: Metron 1000B Antennas: Separate dipoles for 80m, 40m and 20m and a mobile whip with
Icom AH-4 tuner Antenna
Support: Vehicle mounted pneumatic mast – height
10m Power
Supply: Trailer mounted Lister diesel engine
with 220VAC 5kVA generator and deep-cycle batteries QSL
Route: PO Box 180 7435 South Africa A special QSL card will be issued
depicting a photograph of the area. Contact: Email All the latest
news will be published here. Please
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Published 23:55B 10.08.2013 Copyright 2003-2013 |