9G5XA Ghana by Alan G3XAQ

15+20M were good from Ghana. 40 was very noisy and, being in the 12hr category, I only had a 2 hour slot for that band. I mistimed it and wasted the first hour 2000-2100. From 2100-2200 the noise dropped 3 S-units and I could work a few. I daren't use high power on 40 though. It caused the hotel's satellite TV decoder to do a full reset! 80
was hopeless due to noise; just an unlucky evening. I only worked 4 stations. 10M never opened for me. I had 2 hours operating on the Sunday morning 0730-0930, mostly on 20. I initially thought conditions were dire, with mostly very weak Gs. That was until a couple of the big guns called me as they did their S&P scan and they blew my head off. What had happened was I'd worked everyone except the guys with 5W to an indoor aerial. I think this is a good indications that my home made Moxon beam worked OK, though doubtless the 400W from the local club's linear helped too. I thoroughly enjoyed this first attempt at BERU and I hope to be back in Ghana again next year.

I've attached a few more photos of my trip to Ghana for BERU.

The Caprice suburb of Accra Ghana                General view of hotel

Dual band Moxon being assembled                                        Moxon on 20ft pole on hotel roof