9L1X - Sierra Leone

I was able to work 9L1X while operating from our contest location with better antennas.
QSL route was over the German DX Foundation GDXF.

The operators from Italy were Silvano/I2YSB, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA and Stefano/IK2HKT with three stations active on SSB, CW and RTTY.
The location was Sherbro Island with IOTA number AF-056.
photo © 2008 I2YSB
Wikipedia about that:
Sherbro Island, is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, located in Bonthe District off the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The Sherbro make up by far the largest ethnic group in the island.
The island is separated from the African mainland by the Sherbro River in the north and the Sherbro Strait in the east.
It is 32 miles long and up to 15 miles wide, covering an area of approximately 230 square miles.
The western extremity is Cape St. Ann.
Bonthe, on the eastern end, is the chief port and commercial centre.
The island has over 65 miles of tropical beaches and has been earmarked by the Ministry for Tourism and Development of Sierra Leone for tourism development.
Sherbro Island is the site of an early 19th-century British post against the slave trade.
73 de Gerd DL5AWI