Bad News today Wednesday, February 6th, 2013:

A terrible earthquake with a magnitude of 8 initiated a tsunami hitting the TEMOTU Province Nendo island, City of LATA, where I'm usually operating my radio H40FN. Several villages were distroyed and according to the news 10 people died. Just last december 2012 I handed over a second donation to the LATA hospital Mr. Augustine Bilve of 700 US $ which now I can see was a good help from donations of many amateurs and the money will be used to support Temotu hospital even now after this tsunami. You see hunting for new DXCC entities also can be combined with help for the local people. If you want to help with your donation to rebuilt Temotu your payment is most welcome. Each $ counts. Payment will be transfered 100% directly to the Lata hospital. Donations can be made either to the QSL manager HA8DD or to DK9FN directly by letter. Thanks so much. Up to now (March 4th, 2013) more than 500 US $ donations have been received which will be handed over during my next DX-Expedition in 2014.

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Announcement:

Next H4ØFN DX-Expedition will be in 2014

 

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Online Log available for 2011 - 2012 -2013, see: www.mydarc.de/dk9fn and click Temotu button !

Thanks to DG1FK and HA8DD

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Equipment used during last activity Dec. 2012 - Jan. 2013:

Elecraft KX3 (10 W) TVR + PA WiMo HLA-300 Plus (300 W)

Power Supply MEANWELL 14 Volt / 100 A

Vertical L-Antenna for 160/80/40m fed with 600 Ohms Twincable

40-10m G5RV Inverted Vee

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QSL manager: HA8DD

BERENYI Geza

Rudnay György u. 53.

H-6800 HODMEZÖVASARHELY

Hungary

 

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Please NO EMAILS to advice me to do SKEDS or QSY or asking whether QSO is in the log ! I DO NOT ANSWER !

H4ØFN = mainly CW. No chance for QRQ-er. Keep your CW at a moderate speed.

H4ØFN = occasionally SSB. Please use only international letters for spelling like Alfa, Bravo, Charly etc. I do not accept national dialects or slang words, like Santiago, Mexico, Honululu !!! I do not take those!

Remember, I'm a handicaped old man and also I'm only a one man show, suffering in heat with moskitos and rats around, threatened by Malaria and Dengue Fever, no real food there, earthquake and tsunami dangered, extreme high costs . etc etc. That's all because I want H40 to get into your log while you sit relaxed at home beside aircon, beer and big steaks served by an excellent XYL ! After I will come back home please no complaints about me.

Please read the advice given in: www.dx-code.org

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QSL rules: There is no need to send direct QSL cards since all QSO will be confirmed automatically via buro free of charge. So for those who want to have the QSL card directly via mail please add minimum 3 US $ which includes a donation for the children hospital and suffering people of TEMOTU. Please no IRC !!! Hams who do not participate in the TEMOTU donation activity with less than 3 US $ will be excluded from the QSL direct delivery (only via buro).

February 2012: A first donation about 700 US $ was handed over in February 2012 to the TEMOTU hospital Director of Nursing Mr. Augustine Bilve as a result of payments from direct QSL deliveries by H4ØFK and H4ØFN. Thanks for a few $ extra in your letters.

December 2012: H40FN was proud to handover to Lata Hospital again 700 US$, the second part of the donation activity "Children of Temotu", collected by H40FN and H40FK by their direct QSL-ing. Thanks to many hams round the world for their help. Many donations of 5 US $ have been received in letters.

About RST: Please use real and true RST reports. I hate permanent "599" liars.

NO commercial sponsors wanted for my personal ham pleasure. I still can finance my hobby by myself.

Sponsors who want to support the TEMOTU children hospital are most welcome.

Sponsors for the TEMOTU Hospital (700 US $ in total):

1) Silikal GmbH / Germany (Chemical Company)

2) WiMo-Antennas/Germany (HAM Radio Supply)

3) PERMO Electronics/Norway (HAM Radio Supply)

4) A lot of hams adding 3 or 5 or even 20 US$ to their direct QSL request

5) Peter Galster DG1FK ex H40FK

 

Important: In order to avoid my QRT because of QRM please keep in mind that I will switch off my radio if there is no discipline on the band.

Please reply only once or twice your call sign when I call "QRZ" or "UP" !

Do not hammer continiously your callsign 5-10 times even I'm being in QSO with others.

My call saying "UP 1/5" means please spread out 1-5 KHz up and stay on one frequency stable. I will go up and down within this section to pick out one after the other. Remember, I always do RX-QSY after each QSO and I do not answer a call on the same frequency I just worked before.

It makes no sense to give me advice via DX cluster or email since I don't have access to internet and I also do not follow your advice or answering questions on the band like QSY x-band?, QRV when?

My weapon to fight back against rule ignorers is NOT to send a QSL card.

More information and fotos about the last expeditions to TEMOTU are given on my webside www.hari-ham.com

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