[ADXA] [Fwd: [425ENG] TAKING XMAS SPIRIT TO ZA-LAND]

Earl [email protected]
Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:18:41 -0600 

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The following has been received from Martti Laine, OH2BH.

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IT'S NOW YOUR PLEASURE TO TAKE  THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT  TO ZA-LAND AND  FURTHER
ENHANCE AMATEUR RADIO IN ALBANIA - ONCE THE RAREST COUNTRY OF THEM ALL

Project Goodwill  Albania 2003  closed on  December 15,  2003 as  one of  the
richest experiences shared by  more than forty  (40) volunteer amateur  radio
operators who participated in the event  at various times during a  five-week
program. The best  of Albania's youth  with their  professors and  associates
were introduced to the joy of  international amateur radio. Thirty-nine  (39)
new licensees are ready to join this great hobby of ours. Unfortunately radio
equipment is  currently  out  of  reach for  these  new  Albanian  hams,  and
therefore it is reasonable that a collective effort should be launched.

We now seek your personal help to ensure that these licensees will soon  meet
us on the bands. Here is the recipe to make them active on the bands.

A: We all have old functional radio  equipment around that will better  serve
     these fine new licensees than us. It may be a unit that once served you so
     well that it can now travel  to Albania and bring  happiness to those  you
     will soon talk to. Let's limit ourselves to fully functional transceivers,
     preferably solid-state, although your TS820s and TS830s and the like would
     go straight to the point.

B: If you have no spare equipment,  your monetary support for buying a  piece
     of ham gear is welcome. We target  a small new transceiver priced at  less
     than USD 1,000. A minimum donation  of USD 100  will be processed  through
     the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) and it can be tax deductible
     to you.

Just search the  web http://www.za1a.com/help/help.htm  and you  may wish  to
select your own future sponsored amateur  radio licensee in Albania based  on
his/her picture and personal profile of individual interests. One day you may
be talking to your selected friend in ZA-land and/or even visiting her/him in
Albania. Upon receiving your pledge, we will be delighted to provide you with
direct contact information - email, phone and postal address - so you or  any
of your friends can communicate with  your selected Albanian ham. The  actual
equipment shipment may be consolidated within your country.

The First Albanian DX Convention will be organized in June 2004, and you will
be personally invited to be there and meet your new ZA friend and others  who
responded to this call for help. I am  looking forward to seeing many of  you
there and sharing the adventure and operating from ZA together with you.

Practical Arrangements

Please contact one of these Project Goodwill Albania 2003 representatives:
      Uli, DJ2YA          [email protected]
      Carsten, DL6LAU     [email protected]
      Angel, EA1QF        [email protected]
      Roger, G3LQP        [email protected]
      Mario, I2MQP        [email protected]
      Max, I8NHJ          [email protected]
      Yoichi, JP1NWZ      [email protected]
      Chip, K7JA          [email protected]
      Warren, K7WX        [email protected]
      Carl, K9LA          [email protected]
      Ole, LA2RR          [email protected]
      Wayne, N7NG         [email protected]
      Martti,OH2BH        [email protected]
      Pertti,OH2PM        [email protected]
      Jim,VE1JF           [email protected]
and you  will receive  instructions on  how to  proceed with  your  equipment
donation.

In case of  a monetary donation,  please write your  check to NCDXF,  Project
Goodwill Albania and  mail it to   Bruce Butler,  W6OSP, 4220 Chardonnay  Ct,
Napa, CA 94558, USA or contact Bruce ([email protected]) for his instructions and
advice.

We plan to get the equipment to Albania as  soon as possible so that all  the
new licensees will be operational before  the June Convention. Your  callsign
will be  listed  on the  Honor  Board which  will  be displayed  at  the  new
University club station (ZA1UT - University  of Tirana). The University  club
station will be  officially opened during  the spring in  time for the  First
Albanian DX Convention.

Martti Laine, OH2BH
Project Goodwill Albania
2003








Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
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