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V26MH

 

Antigua Island Second Mini-dxpedition is successfully over.

 

Start: 30.10.2006

End: 04.11.2006

Location: Antigua, Gunthorpes, NA-100

 

 

 

(that's N3OC!)

 

 

 

Many Thanks to all HAM to have made QSO with me and thanks for the patience.

 

I was using the V26B Super Station. It's really a big station:

- tower 10m: 4 over 4 over 4 el. yagi

- tower 15m: 5 over 5 el. yagi

- tower 20m: 3 over 3 el. yagi

- tower 40m: 2 over 2 el. yagi

- 80m: 3 el. Wire on Europe and 1 el. Wire on USA

- 160m: inverted V dipole

- WARC: 3 elements

- another tower with 3 el. 6m

 

 

Main results:

1558 QSO

85 DXCC

450 WPX

 

82 Spots on DXCluster: link

 

PICTURES : link

 

Travel:

Flight Zurich - Miami - San Juan - St. John, with Swiss Int. Air Lines, then American Airlines.

 

Base:

V26B, for more infos see: http://n3oc.dyndns.org/v26b/

 

 

Working Conditions:

- Icom IC-7000 - works great !

- antennas se upper description

 

Other Informations:

 

Time to get the Licence: 1/2 day, better on morning

Price to get the Licence: 63 USD

Request on site at the Cable and Wireless building, in front of the post office, 4th floor, Licensing Authority, St. John, Antigua

Contact person: M. William Henry at william.henry@ab.gov.ag, phone 268-562-1868, fax 268-562-1872

 

 

Approx. Price/person for the stay 2 weeks on Antigua including flight from Italy: USD 2500-3000

 

 

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