QTH / QSL and DXCC status.

My Qth in Bijilo till 2016 .

Bijilo is about 2 km South of the Senegambia hotel area.(Kololi). About 25 minutes drive from the national airport Yumdum . (Banjul) On the road to the Senegambia area you find on the right side a street to Bijilo Medical Center/Hospital . Take that street, after 200 meter go right and take the first small street on the left, still direction of the Bijilo Medical Center . This small street is about 200 meter long, and just in the middle you find the entree to my qth . When I'am in The Gambia you are welcome to visit me .
Operating in The Gambia as C5YK , starting in February 2007 as C56YK . My station is not a dx-expedition or a contest station ,so please my friends a like HAMSPIRIT!!!!! Powercut offs during day and night is normal in Africa , sometimes for more than 1 to 15 hours . So please understanding if our qso will be interrupted .

Station setup in 2014 :

• TS2000 with Micro keyer II for digimodes and home brew preamp for 6 meter .
• Linear SPE Power : 100 / 500 Watt or 1Kw .
• 5 Band Spiderbeam : 20/17/15/12/10 Meter .
• 40 Meter home brew Dipole .
• 30 meter home brew dipole .
• 6 Meter : 6 Elem ( home brew model DK7ZB ) 7.20 m Boom .
• 6 Meter : 8 Elem ( home brew model G0KSC ) 12.5 m boom . New !! since 2014 .
• Mode : SSB / JT65-HF and PSK31-63 - 125 , RTTY some CW ...!!! CW is not my first mode , please understanding !!!

Active :

• From : April / May till October / November most active on 6 meter. Have a look on my 6 M DXCC Status page .
• From : October till April / May active on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 Meter .

How I do QSL !!!!!

• Firtst : E'qsl
• Second : LoTw
• Third : Direct to my home adress ON7YK see on : qrz.com ( see on Qrz.com)
• Last : by the bureau ( can take very long time , there is no qsl bureau in Gambia all goes to Belgium UBA bureau .)
• For qsl direct please send a SAE with :
• Two(2) US dollars will pay for return airmail postage in Europe for up to two cards .
• Two(2) US dollars are needed for outside Europe for up to two cards .

I have a number of direct cards who have not enclosed either dollars or IRCs or SAE. I have already stated that if no postage or SAE is sent with your card I will treat your card as a bureau request .

Qsl rules , see also on Qrz.com :

Please on your qsl card the time of the qso in UTC.
Only green stamps will NOT more be aceptted !!!!!!! QSL cards are managed by myself , See Qrz.com . If the qsl is confirmd for band x I don't send a second card for the same band . Only when the mode is different . Confirming of maximum 3 qso 's on your qsl card !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Important information : I do not longer accept IRC's.

Important:

Please don't put my callsign or name etc....... on Youtube or in some database without my permission.
I don't like it.

DXCC Status C56YK / C5YK November 2017 :

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