PC6IOTA
2006
After the 2005 operation
PC6IOTA was active again during the summer of 2006.
We arrived on the island Tuesday evening 25 July. The station was ready to start
QSO'ing Wednesday morning, the first QSO was made with the Montenegro
expeditions 4O3T on 10 meters. Also this year our main activity was the
RSGB IOTA contest, more info about this you can find in the menu on top of this
page.
The last QSO was made in the early morring of Friday 4 Aug.
Some info about our station:
| Rigs: |
2x Yaesu
FT-920, both 100 Watts
1x Yaesu FT-847, 50 W, used for some 2 meter QSO's.
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| Antennas: |
Cushcraft R7
Vertical, approx. 16 mtr above ground
FD4, feeding point approx. 15 mtr above ground
G5RV, feeding point aprrox 5 mtr above ground, used as inverted-vee
9 el. yagi for 2 meters, 18 meters above ground (not permanent in the
mast) |
Some pictures:
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Our shack.
Next to the shack the mast with the Cushcraft R7 in top of it.
(Picture PA2JJB) |
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The
Cushcraft R7, high above the trees.
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Our
amazing G5RV Inverted Vee.
Feeding point only 5 meters above the ground.
The only wire you see on this picture is the feeding line.
We had to put it this way, otherwise the sheep would eat it.
Believe it or not: we worked all 6 continents with this
antenna!
(Picture PA2JJB)
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These sheep
were guarding our G5RV antenna.
On the background some buildings of Texel airport. |
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Finally the 2 operators:
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PG7V
(Picture PA2JJB)
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PD2J
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