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AND FT8 ON 1R8 THROUGH 50 MHZ, UNTIL OCTOBER 16.  ONCE UP AND
RUNNING, THE TEAM HOPES TO BE ABLE TO USE CLUB LOG LIVE STREAM
WHEREVER IT WILL BE POSSIBLE, //CLUBLOG. ORG/ LIVESTREAM/ S9OK
PROVIDED THEY HAVE A GOOD INTERNET CONNECTION.  FOR TRANSCEIVERS,
THEYLL HAVE THREE ELECRAFT K3S, THREE KENWOOD TS 480HXS, AND A
SUNSDR2 DX, ALONG WITH FIVE JUMA PA1000 AMPLIFIERS.  A WIDE
SELECTION OF ANTENNAS WILL BE INSTALLED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE BEVERAGE
ANTENNAS AND A RECEIVE HOWS DX?  THREE DUAL HEMISPHERE DXPEDITIONS
AS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EASES INTO FALL AND DXERS BELOW THE
EQUATOR BEGIN SPRING, WE ENTER ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR
PROPAGATION ON ALL BANDS.  THE HIGH AND LOW BANDS ON HF SHOULD GIVE
US ALL VERY GOOD CONDITIONS.  IT LOOKS LIKE THIS OCTOBER YOULL WANT
TO MAKE SURE YOUR ANTENNAS CAN POINT TOWARD AFRICA, BECAUSE AT LEAST
THREE MAJOR DXPEDITIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE.  AFRICA IS THE
SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT AND IS IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERES.  J5 GUINEA BISSAU THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA BISSAU,
FORMERLY KNOWN AS PORTUGUESE GUINEA, IS LOCATED IN WEST AFRICA.
GUINEA BISSAU IS POSITIONED SOUTH OF SENEGAL, EAST OF GUINEA, AND
EAST OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  THE COUNTRY RANKS AS ONE OF THE LOWEST
IN THE WORLD FOR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, AND OVER 2/3 OF THE
POPULATION LIVES BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.  DURING THE 13TH CENTURY,
GUINEA BISSAU WAS PART OF THE MALI EMPIRE, EVENTUALLY BECOMING A
PORTUGUESE COLONY IN THE LATE 1800S.  INDEPENDENCE BEGAN IN THE
1960S, AND WAS EVENTUALLY GAINED IN 1973 AND RECOGNIZED 1 YEAR
LATER.  IN 1980, GUINEA BISSAU WAS OVERTHROWN IN A MILITARY COUP.  A
NEW CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED IN 1984, AND THEY HELD MULTI PARTY
ELECTIONS 10 YEARS LATER.  GUINEA BISSAU WAS ON THE FIRST ARRL POST
WORLD WAR II COUNTRY LIST AS PORTUGUESE GUINEA CR5.  SOME OF THE
FIRST CR5 STATIONS CAME ON THE AIR IN 1950, INCLUDING CR5AC, CR5AD,
AND CR5AF.  BY 1965, THE PREFIX FOR PORTUGUESE GUINEA SWITCHED TO
CR3.  AFTER GAINING INDEPENDENCE IN THE 80S, GUINEA BISSAU BEGAN
ISSUING J5 CALL SIGNS.  CURRENTLY, J5 RANKS NUMBER 111 WORLDWIDE ON
CLUB LOGS DXCC MOST WANTED LIST.  IN RECENT YEARS, FATHER GIANFRANCO
GOTTARDI, J52OFM J54OFM, J59OFM, PARTICIPATED IN MANY MISSIONS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HELPED MULTIPLE DXPEDITIONS PUT J5 ON THE
AIR.  THE LAST ACTIVITY FROM J5 WAS THAT OF LIVIO PESAVENTO, J52EC,
IN 2018 AND 2019 FOR A FEW WEEKS, WHO MADE SEVERAL THOUSAND
CONTACTS.  THE LAST MAJOR DXPEDITION WAS J5T IN 2017 BY THE ITALIAN
DX TEAM IDXT, WHO MADE ALMOST 64,000 CONTACTS.  MEMBERS OF THE IDXT
HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO GO BACK TO GUINEA BISSAU.  THEYLL BE
ACTIVE AS J5T ON CW, SSB, AND RTTY, WHILE USING THE CALL SIGN J5HKT
EXCLUSIVELY ON FT8.  PLANS ARE TO BE ON BUBAQUE ISLAND ISLANDS ON
THE AIR IOTA REFERENCE NUMBER AF 020 FROM OCTOBER 7 TO 18.  THE TEAM
INCLUDES ALFEO CAPUTO, I1HJT, ANTONIO PETRONCARI, I2PJA, SILVANO
BORSA, I2YSB, VINICIO RAVIZZA, IK2CIO, ANGELO SELVA, IK2CKR, STEFANO
CASARI, IK2HKT, AND FRANCO PRETE, I1FQH.

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