Joel, F5PAC was in Sri Lanka, activated and operated as 4S7PAG from Barberyn Island, which count for the IOTA AS-171 for Sri Lanka's Coastal Islands group, from around 08oo UTC on 21 July until around 02oo UTC on the 23rd 2005. This was a lighthouse activity also and count as SLI-002 for this program.
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, known as Ceylon before 1972, and as Taprobane in ancient times, is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (19.3 miles) off the southern coast of India. It is home to around twenty million people. The country is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation.
photo © F5PACJoel acrossed the ocean from Beruwala doing the near 1km boat ride. There is no freshwater on the island that is drinkable and the light house from British days manages with rainwater caught off the roof stored in tanks underground. So he carried the drinking water and food.
A short sound-file is aviable here
The following islands nr Colombo count for AS-171:
* Analaitivu * Barberyn [ AKA Beruwala ] * Kachchativu
* Nainativu * Delft * Iranaitivu
* Palaitivu * Punkudutivu
73 de Gerd DL5AWI
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