Radioamateur without Frontiers

Radioamateur without Frontiers
Bolivia Project 2015 – Phase V

Final report by Antonio Gonzalez EA5RM

Maniqui River
Santa Maria 248m ASL 15º 14’ 13,42” S – 66º 52’ 34,7” W
Installation radio HF Vertex Standard VX-1700, serial number 814Q230222 , anti insects box , broadband antenna folded dipole, solar panel 55W , charge regulator, 100Ah Gel Battery and low energy lamp.

San Jose de Yaranda 254m ASL 15° 16′ 45,77″ S – 66° 50′ 50″ W
Antenna, radio and solar system check. Radio cases opening and disinsectisation operation. Antenna connector change.

Cosincho 263m ASL 15º 21’ 44,25” S – 66º 49’ 30,92” W
Antenna, radio and solar system check. Radio cases opening and disinsectisation operation. Installation low energy lamp.
Radio was full of cockroaches excrements and it has a problem with encoder. We should to send it to Tech Service after the new anti insects box will be installed. Battery is also at the end of his life.

Mision Fatima 293m ASL 15º 27’ 17,4” S – 66º 44’ 41” W
Antenna and radio test. Antenna reparation , 600 Ohm case broken. Solar system optimization. Anti insects box installation

Iñañare 261m ASL 15º 25’ 50,3” S – 66º 43’ 36,7” W
Installation radio HF Vertex Standard VX-1700, serial number 814Q230221 , broadband antenna folded dipole, solar panel 55W , charge regulator, 100Ah Gel Battery and low energy lamp.

Emey 263m ASL 15º 28’ 44” S – 66º 39’ 29,7” W
Antenna, radio and solar system check. Radio cases opening and disinsectisation operation. Low energy lamp change.

Dunuy 268m ASL 15º 29’ 31,8” S – 66º 37’ 51,8” W
Antenna, radio and solar system check. Radio cases opening and disinsectisation operation. Solar panel installation. Two or three full sun days are needed for battery restauration.

Catumare 288m ASL 15º 30’ 53,1” S – 66º 38’ 57,2” W
Antenna, radio and solar system check. Radio cases opening and disinsectisation operation. Low energy lamp installation.

San Ignacio de Moxos

Centro Multifuncional La Pascana
Antenna and HF radio test. Installation VHF net composed by 25 watts radio, ground plane antenna and 4 handies Luthor LT-11.
Donated Materials

VHF radio and switched 15 amp power supply donated by Canary Is. Police to Solidaridad Medica NGO.

2 anti insects boxes donated by por Antonio Gonzalez

Donated materials by Radioamateurs Without Frontiers NGO and Solidaridad Medica France:

2 Radio Vertex Standard VX-1700
2 Broadband HF antennas
2 Solar panel 55 w
2 Charge regulators 5 Amp.
2 Gel batteries 100Ah
1 VHF antenna Comet GP1
2 VHF handies Luthor LT-11
4 Switch
6 led low energy lamps
Installation hardware

Recommendations

Looking to Bolivia Project 2016 phase VI , I want to do the recomendations listed below:

– Mision Fatima. I left two spare low energy lamps to use if needed.

– Cosincho. Radio must to go to Tech Service and we need to find financial support to change battery and charge regulator.

– Dunuy. We need to find financial support for charge regulator and battery change. Dunuy and Cosincho batteries were installed on 2009 so they are close to their life end.

– Anti insects boxes It is imperative to install anti insects in all radio we have on duty in Maniqui river so I strongly recommend to find finacial support for anti insects boxes to protect radios installed in Dunuy, Cosincho, Catumare, Emey, San Jose de Yaranda and Iñañare, also in all radio we will install in the future. Anti insect box and hardware needed to pass antenna cable through the box is around 300 pesos bolivianos each one.

San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia, September 15th 2015

Antonio Gonzalez Guillen
Radioamateur Without Frontiers and
Solidaridad Medica NGO Volunteer

http://www.rsf-rwf.org/eng/portada_eng.html

Source: 

Recent Posts

IARU Receives Gift of hamradio.org Domain

February 04, 2021 No comments

Andrew J. Wolfram, KI7RYC, has donated the hamradio.org domain to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) for non-profit educational us... Read more

49:1 End Fed Half Wave Multi-Band HF Antenna 80m – 10m

March 29, 2020 No comments

Read more

CubicSDR v0.2.0 has been released

December 06, 2017 No comments

CubicSDR is a cross-platform Software-Defined Radio application which allows you to navigate the radio spectrum and demodulate any signals you might d... Read more

RH-CS1 – Callsight “Your Callsign on the Top”

December 10, 2016 No comments

•Each personalized and exclusive piece is made in high quality acrylic and aluminium •Powered by 12 Vdc (very low current drain). You can connect the... Read more

The K1N Story – Navassa isl

March 12, 2015 No comments

  Courtesy Twin City DX Association’s (TCDXA) The History of Navassa (The Poop on Navassa) Before1997, getting permission to activate Navassa was... Read more

The End of Ham Radio? by VA3BD

February 11, 2016 No comments

THE END OF HAM RADIO? There’s an old saying “if you can’t hear them, you can’t work ‘em.” Over the years, hams have built ever better receivers, desig... Read more

ARISS to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with SSTV Event

July 10, 2017 No comments

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is planning a slow-scan television (SSTV) event starting on Thursday, July 20, an... Read more

KB5UBY – Jose Feghali found dead

December 11, 2014 No comments

Sad News! KB5UBY – Jose Feghali found dead Check Full Article from Jim Douglas, WFAA  :       Read more

Wouxun REVEALS the KG-UV8H Dual Band 8-watt HT Radio

March 26, 2021 No comments

Brand new from Wouxun is the KG-UV8H Handheld, which features a different screen than earlier models, an 8-watt output power, and a 3200mAH battery. L... Read more

With region 2756 approaching the west limb and already starting to fade away

January 10, 2020 No comments

“With region 2756 approaching the west limb and already starting to fade away, here is a little graph I put together showing the number of sunsp... Read more

Radio Call Saves SOTA Climber Following Fall

May 28, 2015 No comments

  A Littleton, Colorado, radio amateur and mountaineer was happy to have his hand-held transceiver along on May 17 after he slipped and fell from... Read more