Reprinted with permission from the Daily DX. Please help Dale however you can.
73, Carl WS7L N3BNA and friends are "definitely going to Haiti," and have acquired a 300-foot tower in The States they plan to ship down and build there. Details are not finalized. Once the tower is up, there will be concentration on working Europe on the low bands - past operations haven't had enough tower height to have great antennas. Dale says he's looking for operators too. Anyone interested may contact N3BNA or haiti.friends...@gmail.com. The ARRL 160 Contest is an early goal, then possibly the CQ 160 Contest. Operators are needed for the ARRL 160 Contest and volunteers are needed for the tower project, including some technical advice from guys who would like to help from back home. The 9-acre site is half salt marsh, near the ocean. The 300-foot tower with complete radial field will be for a popular Haitian Christian radio station that was important in helping in the recent Haitian disaster relief efforts. The station agreed to let the ham group use the tower if they would help get it put up. The AM broadcast station would potentially be turned off during ham contests! A tribander has been donated by JH5GHM. SteppIR has loaned a BigIR vertical. Funds are needed for feedlines, with the tower 700 feet from the transmitter building. $5,000 is also needed to ship the tower from the US. The Haitian International Friendship Amateur Radio Club has been set up as part of the effort. haiti-international-friendship-arc.org. You may also email them at haiti.friends...@gmail.com with support, comments or inquiries of any kind. Dale emphasizes, "our biggest need is volunteers and operators to join us." _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband