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Kevin
2E0LSR
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Scottish Isles Prepwork
Posted: 25/07/2011 in Activations, IOSA, RadioTags: DXpedition, radio, Scotish Isles Activations, Scottish isles activations
Well after having some problems on the last activations..
prep work is to be started for the next visit to the Outer Hebrides
Places of interest that will be activated are:
EU-010 Isle of North Uist + surrounding islands
EU-010 Isle of Harris (whilst waiting to get ferry)
EU-059 Island of St Kilda
(St Kilda will not be activated like a contest station, the 5/9 73 attitude is appauling)
The planned activations will be around end of June / start of July 2012
Watch this space for more details
Kevin
2M0LSR
W3DZZ+5 Antenna
Posted: 16/07/2011 in Activations, Portable, Radio, UncategorizedTags: Antenna, W3DZZ+5
Many thanks to IK Telecom for Supporting this Expedition.
Their “W3DZZ+5” antenna worked fantastically!
Through the windy conditions on North Uist the antenna held together brilliantly, propogation and natural noise (QRN) was slightly against us but still we had great reports back with it cutting through the noise to contacts up and down the country plus those who we contacted further affield across the water,
I would Happily Recommend this antenna to anyone and everyone I come accross for either a Portable holiday or even a fixed station use,
Its very light, easy to set up and tunes perfectly
The set up i was using with this antenna was a Yaesu FT 897 with LDG AT-897 Tuner.
No problems at all tuning 80m through to 10m
The receive side of the antenna was as equal match to the transmit,
During the period of its use the antenna was held up by roach poles either end and the centre around 20ft above the ground, which showed fantastic results..
Cant say again how much I RECOMMEND this antenna
http://www.ik-telecom.com/catalog/antennas/dipole/w3dzz5/eng/
Many thanks to all the staff at IK Telecom for making a fantastic antenna
Tapahd Leibh (Thank You)
Posted: 16/07/2011 in UncategorizedTags: Scotish Isles Activations, Thanks
Thanks to all who contacted us over the 9 day period on North Uist,
Log Details will be added as soon as they have been typed up and uploaded,
QSL Cards have all been sent 100% so hopefully you’ll get them soon!
Special Thanks to those who spotted us on the cluster and spread the word of us being up there and also Big Thanks to Steve (2E0TZY) and Nicky (2E0NKI) for keeping the local club up-to-date with our trip
Kevin & Julian
2E0LSR + 2E0DJR
Well time is ticking away and we are getting closer to the trip
We will be on the Isle of Skye Friday morning after driving through the night from Norfolk leaving around 18:00 Thursday
Active on 40m /portable on Skye waiting for the ferry on Friday evening
Stay tuned for more up to date info or follow me on Twitter 2e0lsr
Kevin
Many thanks to IK Telecom
for Supporting this Expedition
in letting us use their “W3DZZ+5” antenna
http://www.ik-telecom.com/catalog/antennas/dipole/w3dzz5/eng/
