[amsat-bb] Adding Notes to PY0S DX-pedition

[Joaquim das virgens <dasvirgens@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Friends,

	Adding notes about the PY0S DX-Pedition:

Call of Expedition:	ZY0SAT

QSL Manager:		PS7JN - Joaquim "Kim" das
                        Virgens

QSL Manager Address:	Rua Carlos Serrano, 1969
			CEP: 59076-740  Natal-RN
			Brasil
			(Send 2 IRC and a SASE. Any
                        contribution will be
wellcomed)

Operating QRG:		HF: 3.780; 7.085; 14.180; 
                        21.280; 28.450
			SAT: AO-10 (145.9); UO-14 
                        (435.07); FO_20 (435.850); 
                        FO-29 (435.850)
			Some frequencies and 
                        Satellites may not be operate 
                        by tecnical problems

RIG and Antennas:	SAT: FT-480R + 20dB amp + XY 
                        7+7 el; 4800 Standard + 20W PA

                        + XY 15+15 el. HF Atlas 210 + 
                        inverted V all band.

Operating Date & Time:	Begin Apr, 01 2001; to Apr, 15 
                        2001 just in free times of my 
                        primary objective (Geochemical

                        of São Pedro e São Paulo 
                        Archipelago), afternoon and 
                        evening.


São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago:
This island group is situated at 0°55' North and
20°20' West in the Atlantic Ocean about 1100 km off
Natal on the Brasilian coast. The distance to Guinea-
Bissau in Africa is approximately 1800 km. Within an
area of 350m x 200m you can find 11 rocks, the biggest
23m high. This rock has a lighthouse on it, which was
built in 1933 but has now only ruins left. The next
island is 625 km away. 

These islands are habitated only by researchers with
permanence of 15 days each realising Geological,
biological and psycological works, there is no
vegetation and drinking water is taked by special
equipment with unsalthing water. The rocks are of
volcano-tectonics origin and belong to Brasil. 

Today one cannot say exactly who discovered these
rocks. It could have been Juan da Nova de Castello who
saw them first in 1513, other sources say it was
Capitán Manuel de Castro Alcoforado who arrived there
already in 1511. Even the origin of the name is
unknown. When the French adventurer Laperouse visited
these rocks in 1738 the name "Penedos de Sao Pedro e
Sao Paulo" was already in use. The first scientific
expedition was conducted by Charles Darwin in 1832. 

Amateur radio: own DXCC entity, prefix PY0S, locator
HJ50HW, IOTA SA-014, DIB 03, DFB OC-01. Several
DXpeditions are operating from here irregularly. PY0S
is on rank 42 on the German List of Most Wanted DXCC
Entities. 



Joaquim das Virgens - PS7JN

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