Greetings from Papua New Guinea (PNG)!

Papua New Guinea is the land of the unexpected.

I was born and raised in central Ohio, USA. I have lived in 6 states and 4 countries (USA, Canada, Mexico, Cameroon) before settling down in Ukarumpa, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG) in 1996.

My hobbies are amateur radio, football (soccer), Ultimate, computers & traveling. I have circumnavigate the earth 4 times and have been to 25 different countries.

Happy DXing and 73's,

Jerry - P29ZAD

QSL Instructions for P29ZAD

1. Send all QSL cards to my QSL manager (NI5DX) via the Buro (Bureau) or Direct. (Direct instructions below)
2. Do NOT send QSL cards direct to me.
3. Do NOT send QSL cards to the Papua New Guinea Buro. It is no longer in service.

QSL Direct Instructions
Mail all three required items (listed below) to
NI5DX (His previous call was N5FTR)
Buzz Loeschman
717 MILTON
ANGLETON TX 77515
USA

If you are sending your QSL card direct to my QSL manager (NI5DX), you MUST send the following items, or your card will be return via the Buro:

1. Your QSL card
2. Self Addressed Envelope (SAE) (Please address the envelope yourself. Do not send your address on a separate slip of paper.)
   
3. Sufficient payment for return postage: Sufficient U.S. postage stamps, $2 U.S. "Green Stamps", or an International Reply Coupon (IRC)

Include your email address on your QSL card. This is not required, but if my QSL manager has any questions or problems with your QSL, an email is the easiest and fastest way to contact you.

Buzz (NI5DX) is my QSL manager at his financial expense. If you could add some extra “Green Stamps” to help cover his other QSL costs (QSL cards, labels, buro fee...), I would greatly appreciate it.

I do NOT electronically upload my log to any websites. (In other words, I do not eQSL or LoTW.)

I send my log to my manager the first week of each month, for the previous months QSOs.

QSL Tips

1. QSL Tips
2. QSL Misc
3. IRC Tips
   

My DXpedition Trips

Simberi Island
DATE: 2005 Jan 19-26
IOTA: OC-099 Tabar Islands (Simberi); RARE (10%) (rating at time of activity)
QSL: NI5DX
Please write OC-099 on your QSL card
Map

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Kranket Island
DATE: 2006 March 17-20
IOTA: OC-258 PNG's Coastal Islands North (Kranket); RARE (9%) (rating at time of activity)
QSL: LZ1JZ
Map
P29K.blogspot.com


Buka Island
DATE: 2009 Feb 7-26
IOTA: OC-135 Soloman Islands; (25%) (rating at time of activity)
QSL: NI5DX
Please write OC-135 on your QSL card
Map

My QTH

COUNTY: Papua New Guinea

PROVINCE: Eastern Highland Province

"TOWN": Ukarumpa - (See Map)

CQ ZONE: 28

ITU ZONE: 51

IOTA: OC-034, New Guinea Island

COORDINATES: E 145 52 / S 06 20

GRID: QI23wq

UTC: +10

PNG TIME:


ALTITUDE: 5,500 feet (1,670 meters or 1.04 miles)

Nearest Town: Kainantu is north 4.5Km (3 miles)

WEATHER:

• Average Year Temperature: 17C (62F)
  
• Average Year Rainfall: 195cm (77in)
• Kainantu weather averages
• Kainantu weather forecast
  
• World weather averages
  

Click on photos to enlarge.

Above: My house / Below: Local Village

Left: Ukarumpa / Right: My House

My Shack

• Radio: Icom 7000
• Amp: Barefoot
• Antenna: Mosley TA33M, three element tri-band yagi, @ 60 feet (See Photo above) & a home brewed dipole.
  
• Rotator: Alliance HD-73
• Tuner: LDG Z100 Autotuner
  
• Headset/Microphone: Heil Pro-Set "ic"
  
• Computer Interface: Digi Keyer

P29ZAD Contact Information

• Radio Sked: Sorry, but I do not set up radio skeds with stations. Feeling obligated to be on the radio a a set time a frequency takes the fun out of the hobby for me.
  

Other Links

Ukarumpa & Papua New Guinea

• Post Courier (News Paper)
• Papua New Guinea Tourism and Business Directory
• PNG Radio Broadcasting Stations
• PNG Divers Association (PNG Scuba Diving Info.)
  
• PNG Tourism
• PNG Embassy
• PNG Sunrise & Moon Rise ...
• PNG Statesmen (PNG Country Information)
  

Amateur Radio

• AC6V Amateru Radio & DX Reference Guide
• Island On The Air (IOTA)
• Island Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF)
• Island Chasers
• Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLS)
• Internet Ham Atlas
  
• SM3CER Contest Service
• Papua New Guinea Radiocommunication and Telecommunication Technical Authority (PANGTEL)
• UTC

Application for PNG Amateur Visitor License

• Download the TR 105 application for a Amateur Station License from http://www.pangtel.gov.pg/

• If you can not get the form from the website, contact Nivot Changei (Mrs.), nchangei@pangtel.gov.pg Licensing Officer, and ask her for the form.
• Facsimile: (Country code 675) 300-4829

• The fee was K110 (Kina or about $40USD as of Aug 2007)

DXing Slang

73	Best regards
88	Hugs / Kisses
99	Prayers / Blessings
Antenna Farm	A collection of antenna
ARLHS	Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
Antenna Party	A gathering of hams to help a fellow ham mount an antenna / tower
Barefoot	Transmitting without an amplifier (transceiver only)
Bird	Satellite
Boat Anchor	Heavy / old radio equipment
Cans	Headphones
Clear	"I'm done with this frequency and it is free to be used by others" (QRT)
Cloud Warmer	An antenna that radiates mostly straight up
DXpedition	An organized trip to a remote place to operate ham radio
Elmer	An experienced ham who helps / mentors a newcomer
Eyeball	Meeting face-to-face meeting with another ham
Gallon	Maximum transmitter power authorized for ham
Green Stamp	A dollar bill (US) sent with a QSL card
Handle	Ham's name
Hi Hi	Exclamation
Hollow State	Vacuum tube equipment
Homebrew	Home made noncommercial radio equipment
IOTA	Islands On The Air
Island Hopping	Traveling from island to island to DX
IRC	International Reply Coupon
Jerry Rig	To fix in an unorthodox manner
Junkbox	A collection of spare parts
Lid	Incompetent, unskilled ham
Long Path	The longest transition distance, around the earth, between two stations
OM, Old Man	Male, regardless of age / husband
Pile-up	Lots of stations calling one station at the same time
Pink Ticket	Notice of rule violation
Pond	Ocean
Pirate	Someone illegally transmitting
Que-so	QSO
Rag chew	Just talking
Reading The Mail	Listening without transmitting
Rig	Ham radio equipment
Rock Bound	Transmitter using crystals
Shack	The room where a radio station is operated from
Tail Gating	Transmitting quickly right after another transmission is complete
Short Path	The shortest transition distance between two stations
SK, Silent Key	A ham who as has died
Skyhook	Antenna
Ticket	Amateur radio license
Traffic	To send a radio message
Wallpaper	Awards / certificates
Work	Make contact with a ham
XYL	Wife (ex-young lady)
YL	Female, regardless of age / girlfriend (young lady)
QRM	Interference with the signal
QSX	I will listen ... (Working Split)
QRN	Static
QRP	Decrease power / Low power station
QSB	Fading signal
QSL	Acknowledging receipt / "Roger" / "Yes"
QSO	Communicate with
QSY	Change frequency
QTH	Your Location / My Location
QRT	I am signing off
QRZ	Call station(s) / Good website
QPP	I gotta go
QZZ	Are you awake / I am sleeping / Bored