The Verona Section of A.R.I. (Italian Radioamateurs Association) is organizing, by means  of a group of its members, called Verona DX Team, a DX Expedition, with humanitarian and  ham-radio purposes, in J5 Guinea-Bissau, one of the poorest countries in the world. The Call J5 is a "most wanted", especially in RTTY, CW and digital modes, and has never been activated in  EME. The expedition will be on air between 24 March and  6 April 2012.  This date was chosen given the good conditions for VHF EME activity and the possibility to operate on all HF bands in all modes. The location will be in the Cumura Mission, where a  Franciscan Friar, who is an OM  member of A.R.I. Verona, offers his work. Father Gianfranco  Gottardi has worked for nearly 20 years in several Missions in Guinea-Bissau where his  presence was requested by the Bishop of Bissau. He was active in HF from these Missions with  the calls J54OFM, J52OFM, J59OFM. The OFM suffix standing for Order Friars Minor, which refers to St. Francis. Our goal is also to help Father Gianfranco with our work. We'll be active on all  bands including VHF EME. All the money received with QSL cards will be donated to the mission. During our stay  we'll do some work such as the creation of a LAN in the Hospital of Cumura and the connection  to the Leper Hospital. We'll fix and improve the mains power system which now works only for a few hours a day for the Hospital. We'll fix the generators so that in the periods of power outage the 24V batteries will be charged and ready for emergency services, such as incubators and  medical equipment. We'll form small groups of operators that will take turns so as to be present in radio and at maintenance work.  We ask you to help, if possible, our expedition with a financial contribution or radio equipment.  We'll put your logo or that of the brand of equipment you want to promote on the QSL cards  and on this site. For each QSO we'll send a QSL card via the bureau except those requested  direct. We'll send articles about the expedition to ham-radio magazines (Italian and  international) with a list of sponsors that have helped  our expedition. If you have a flag it can  appear in the expedition's pictures. We thank you for a possible cooperation, awaiting kind reply. Best regards. 73, Verona DX Team          INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS CORPORATE & CLUB SPONSORS HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT STUFF FOR THE MISSION DONATIONS I3EJ EME VHF setup IK3JBP Spiderbeam 20 & 17 m IZ3ATU QSL printing I3LDP router and switches IK3ESB stationery articles IK3YAD 1 printer IW3ILT PC accessories IZ3FRJ WiFi repeater IZ3HAE router IZ3HPH PA amplifier IZ3STA electrical equipment IW3HXO radio gears Donation 2 m & 70 cm amplifiers solid state 1KW RF cables and connectors CW key Preampli EME 2 m low noise LAN and PC network cables various stuff for Mission n. 1 PC for Mission FOR THE DXPEDITION Log program 1 EURO = 1.3 USD 1 USD = 0.8 EURO RTX TS-590S DXpeditions info-news-prop. Donation Donation La Tabanka Preampli EME 432 MHz Team transport Baggage weighing See: QSL & Donations 2E0NCF AA4SC AB4SF AF6AV AI4SV CT1WO DE THOMATIS G. DF2ZC DG0OPK DG1VL DH3YAK DJ7AL DK3WG DK4TG DK5EW DK5WL DL4WO DL7APV DL8GP DL8YHR DL9KR DL9MS DO1KY DO2AT EA3EZD EA3KU EA6VQ EA7HNI EI4DQ F6FHP F8DO F8FAZ G3YQA G4RHR HB9BHY HB9Q I1ANP I1TXD I2FAK I2NFW I2RV I3DUB I3EVK I3MEK I3VHF I3VJW I5NPH I7TAZ IK1UWL IK2LZT IK2NUX IK3ASM IK3ESB IK3JBP IK3JLV IK4CCE IK8MRD IQ2CU IV3MGN IW4ARD IS0BZR IZ3ATU IZ3DBA IZ3JKI IZ3KGJ JA1BK JA5BKR JH0BQU K0BYN K1CA K2DLS K3CWF K4JC K4SSM K5QE K6ML K8SI K9MRI KB1JZU KB8RQ KD3UY KE3VV KF6ILA KF7IUH KI4PG N1HO N1IA N1NK N1UK N4ENE N4ST N7NW N7WEJ N8PR NU1B OE6IWG OH2BC OK1IL OK1MP OK1XD PA0JMV PA1BVM PA3CMC PC5Q PERRIER S. PY2EB RA9CMO RW9UB S52LM VE1KG VE3YF VIANELLO M. W2IRA W2JU W4MAY W4OTN W6DXO W6GJB W7NUW W8UV W8WEU W8WN WA2VQV WA3WZR WB1ATZ WM5H WM9Q YO3DDZ