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Bijilo

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 street is about 200 meter long, and just in the middle you find the entree to my qth.
When I'am in The Gambia my number is : +220 7471282.

Ham Radiostation

Operating in The Gambia as C5YK , starting in February 2007 as C56YK. This 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: TS2000 with Micro keyer II for digimodes
Linear SPE Power :100 / 500 Watt or 1Kw
Antenna :20/17/15/12/10 Meter = Spiderbeam.
80 and 40 meter = Vertical HF2V.
30 Meter = Homebrew Deltaloop .
6 Meter = 6 Elem (home brew DK7ZB) 7.20 m Boom .
Mode : SSB and PSK31 some RTTY some CW ...!!!
CW is not my first mode ,please understanding !!!...
Antennas on the roof of the house with 360 degrees free view.

Mobile Station

FT857 Power 100 Watt and mobile tower up to 10 Meter.
Antenna = Hustler 80/40/20/15/10 Meter.
Antenna = Home brew Deltaloop for 20 and 10 meter.

How I do QSL !!!!!

Firtst : E'qsl
Second : LoTw
Third : Direct
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:
One(1) IRC or Two(2) US dollars will pay for return airmail postage in Europe for up to two cards.
One(1) IRC or 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.

Other Qsl rules:
- Please on your qsl card the time of the qso in UTC
- I'am not a IRC collector so please no IRC's.
- If possible use only green stamps.
- E'QSl will be confirmed by E'qsl.
- QSL cards will be send ASAP wenn I'am back in Belgium,so please a bit of patience.
- 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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Only new IRC's with validity till December 31ste 2013 will be accepted.

WAC and DXCC on Each band

Continent	Numbers of Qso's	Bands	DXCC	Numbers of Qso's
AF (Africa)	160	80 M	2	2
AS (Asia)	196	40 M	27	73
EU (Europe)	2885	30 M	50	311
NA (North America)	1457	20 M	78	535
OC (Oceania)	32	17 M	80	1252
SA (South America)	211	15 M	98	1272
		12 M	60	255
		10 M	63	466
		6 M	49	799

Total DXCC	156