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PZ – Paramaribo, Suriname

Dates: 15 to 21 February 2012

Callsign: PZ5RO

PZ – Paramaribo, Suriname 2025-01-17T02:22:45-05:00

All Inclusive

Three hams from Western New York traveled to Suriname to operate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. We stayed at the shack rental of Ramon Kaersenhout, PZ5RA.
Ramon offers a complete package as he took care of everything and did a wonderful job at it. He provided airport transportation, all meals, use of the shack, arranged for the license and even spend a day giving us a driving tour of Suriname.
PZ5RO Operators
PZ5RO Operators: Redd, AI2N; Ken, N2ZN; Dave, WJ2O
Ken operating PZ5RO
click image at the top of the page to watch a YouTube video of Ken operating PZ5RO.

Operators

Ken, N2ZN operating
Ken, N2ZN
Red, AI2N operating
Red, AI2N
Dave, WJ2O operating
Dave, WJ2O
Operating table
Operating table
Acom 2000A amplifier
Our Acom 2000A amplifier is one solid amp!
PZ5RA QTH tower
PZ5RA QTH. Ramon’s house is to the left with the shack on the right. Tower is in the middle.
Ramon, PZ5RA
Ramon, PZ5RA and the vehicle that got us around.
Stringing a BOG
Stringing a BOG. Here’s Redd before the contest stringing a BOG (Beverage On Ground) down the street.
Rum and Coconut Salute
Rum and Coconut Salute. The start of our after contest celebration.
Mosley PRO-67-B Yagi
Our antenna: a Mosley PRO-67-B Yagi.
Mosley PRO-67-B Yagi
Another perspective of the tower.

Inside The Shack

Bedroom
Bedroom. One of two almost identical bedrooms with 2 twin beds each.
Kitchen at PZ5RO
Kitchen at PZ5RO
Ham radio operating room
Ham radio operating room
Shower
Shower
Surinam Airways

Waiting at the airport. Our Surinam Airways flight back to Aruba was 4 hours delayed.

QSLing

3,000 qsl cards
3,000 qsl cards arrived from Germany and ready to start qsling
QSLing station
QSLing station. This is a photo inside AI2N’s (Redd) house who has been very diligent in doing the QSLing chores

PZ5RO QSL Card

PZ5RO QSL Card front
PZ5RO QSL Card back

QSL ByQSL Shop

Licensing:

Our host, Ramon, PZ5RA, made all the arrangements for our license.
Licensing
License for PZ5RO from Suriname.

Equipment:

Elecraft K3 Transceiver
Acom 2000A Amplifier
HP NC6120 Laptop Computer
Green Heron Radio Boss Keyer Interface
Mosley PRO-67-B Yagi
Dipoles for 80 and 160
Below is the contest results over the weekend:
Equipment
ARRL DX CW Contest Results.
Megapoint Award
Megapoint Award for the ARRL contest.
Suriname Visa
Documents sent for my Suriname Visa

Travel:

First we flew to Aruba (see section on P4). Then we boarded a flight to Suriname via Surinam Airways (yes, that is correct, they don’t use the ‘e’ in their name).
Surinam Airways
Travel visa for Suriname.
airport bar in Aruba
Ken and Redd waiting at an airport bar in Aruba for our Suriname bound flight.
Suriname Airways ticket
Ticket from Aruba to Suriname via Suriname Airways