Bert - V31GI

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26 March - 29 March 2000: Little Water Caye, Belize

No. of QSO's: 2900. The best day was Tuesday 28 March with 1200 QSO's. IOTA: NA180 on IOTA or DX frequencies (only SSB)  80-40-20-15-12-10M Equipment: Kenwood TS-50, 100 W, Doublet. Belize Local time: UTC - 6 hours.... Sunrise  11.25  Sunset  00.14  UTC QRV from around  15.30 UTC  - 19.00 UTC (Lunch   19.00 -20.00 UTC) QRV  20.00 - 01.00 UTC 20M: the best time is propagation permitting 23.00- 01.00 UTC (20M is very crowded) (Dinner 01.00- 2.00 UTC) Sometimes QRV 2.00 - 03.00 UTC

Click to enlarge The nice cabana (one of the three) is surrounded by water, the antenna is on fishing rods IN the water! QSL preferable by the Bureau to PA3GIO	Click to enlarge Art - V31JZ I had eyeball QSO with Art V31JZ - NN7A & his XYL Dede, N7NUR on 25 March 2000 in Belize City. Thanks to him NA180 & NA123 got on the IOTA Map! He was a great help for me last year. Art V31JZ was QRV again in CW on NA123 again from 26-31 March 2000 ! Visit his website at: http://www.qsl.net/nadxa/v31jz/
Click to enlarge V31GI is on the map! Little Water Caye is a small island 33 km from the Belize coast at Placencia .
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My XYL is going snorkling around the Island, and she waves when she is passing by! There are only a few places you can go through the coral reef from the island. It is a wonderful place... despite the sandflies again!

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V31GI  19 March - 24 March 2000
NA180  Glovers Reef, Southwest Caye

Related websites:	Little Water Caye Little Water Caye images Belize First Coastal Zone
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