Bert - 3B8/PA3GIO

DXpedition to Mauritius Island

I got the 3B8 license with a 3 day delay.
I was QRV 10 - 16 October. A big problem was the S8 local noise on all bands.
QSO total: >3200

10 - 16 October 2002: Mauritius Island IOTA AF-049
Operating on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10M
Equipment: Kenwood TS-50S 100W and 2 x 20M Doublet.
QSL (preferable by the bureau or by e-mail) to PA3GIO
Mauritius local time: UTC + 4 hours

The QSL. The last two hours I was operating from this position.

View from the operating site, on the left is the direction to Europe.	The operating site is a beautiful designed house on a beautiful spot.
The house on the right a little uphill is the operating site.	The QTH is at Le Morne, the Mountain in the distance.
And this is where I got the license.	And in this building I got the license.
I got the 3B8 license with a three day delay.	Local noise S8 and nice pile-ups.
Le Morne Mountain, the house on the right is the operating site.	The view from the QTH to Europe, the doublet ant was 10M above the sloping ground.
The outside shack with the doublet ant.	The house in the centre is the operating site.
The "coloured earths".	A beautiful landscape.

More pictures can be found on this photo gallery page of Sander van den Berg (Bert's son):
http://www.pbase.com/svdberg/mauritius

Last update: 30 November 2002