Cebu City Amateur Radio Station  4 F 7 R W W   former   4F1RWW in Manila This Page had its last up date on August 1, 2004

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QSY to Cebu City DU7 Visaya Region
Since November 2000, I moved my old Manila Station to my QTH in Cebu City.
I will maintain this station to operate during the CQWW DX and WPX CW Contest I hope I can do so
in 2000 already if I finish the setup in due time.

My new call is now 4F7RWW and the QSL manager   remains OM Thomas DJ6OI (ex DL4OCM) .
The change of Prefix from 4F1 to 4F7 is necessary due to Philippine Amateur Radio laws, since I changed my QTH to
Cebu City located in the Visaya Region 7.

Unfortunately my new QTH is not perfect my beam is heading a mountain side in 0 degree North. Europe is behind  the mountain and Japan/US is just getting free. My Beam is on 15m high and just on the same level as the tip of the mountain.

Klaus
4F7RWW

Visit also my previous Amateur Radio Home pages :
http://www.qsl.net/4f1rww
 
 

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Amateur Radio Clubs where  4F7RWW  is a member of:

Bavarian Contest Club   BCC	Fulda Germany, Fulda F06 Local German home town Radio Club
	DARC OV Fulda F06
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club   DARC German Amateur Radio Club
Philippine Amateur Radio Association  PARA	Radio Philippines Inc.  DX1RPI My first local Philippine Amateur Radio Club
	My Quezon City based Club DX1RPI Home Page

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Solar Activity and HF Propagation for South East Asia

The actual Solar Activity Report and Sun Spot Number chart for  a one month period or the
hourly updated Sun Spot Hourly, are available here in the Inter Net and with the help of a
propagation tool you can predict the best time for DX.

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My Amateur Radio Station :

Type of	Brand	Specification
Transceiver             Main	YAESU FT-1000 MP	Power 100W CW-Filter  250Hz/455kHz & 8.2MHz            500Hz/455kHz
QRP and Portable	Elecraft  K2   QRP   for the beach	Power           up to 10W    QRP All mode QRP Rig 10m to 160m
Back up	Kenwood    TS830S     now Backup	Power      100W Kenwood CW Filter 250Hz
Antenna	KLM  KT34A G5RV MFJ  Ground Plane  Upside-Down for 160m	Gain       7dBd on 10/15/20m 0dBd on 12/17/30/80m matched Bamboo to be build soon as of CQ Magazine March 1997
CW Keyer	ETM-9C	electronic keyer 18 memory
HF Matching	MFJ-949D
Rotator	Yaesu G-800SDX
Noise Cancelling	MFJ-1026
Data Communication Modem	SCS PTC II	PACTOR I and II, RTTY, PSK31
Tower	4F3GLB Model	height       15m
Station Computer		486 PC, 33MHz, 16MB Ram Dos 6.2 and Window 3.11
Log Book	SWISSLOG CT Version 9	DOS Version 3.4Ca Contest Log Software
QSL-Manager Program	"DF6EX's QSL Manager" -  Software Call Book 1998 CD ROM

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ELECRAFT K2

The Elecraft K2 QRP Transceiver is an excellent Transceiver Kit easy to build and without the need of any kind of Test Equipment.
It operates with up to 10 Watts only and has all the features you request from a modern transceiver and all is a do it your self Kit.
 

I bought this Kit in September 1999 and assembled it in only 35hours. It worked on the spot and it is a very easy to build Kit, absolutely perfect. In matters of support by Elecraft, I never had an equipment with an support like this, unbelievable top of the line what Elecraft is doing.          The K2 was designed from HAM's for HAM's. It is operating on all Bands, all modes with an Power adjustable from 0.1 up to 10Watt. Features like in one of this big expensive Rigs, you can buy from Japan and all extremely small and portable. The price believe it or not the Basic version for less then 600US$.

To read more about the ELECRAFT K2 go to http://www.elecraft.com
 

Somewhere I saw a banner with the "Live is to short for QRT". It really depends when you start it :). This picture I took in Germany during my annual vacation back home. The antenna used during this time was a wire GP style put into the tree. The very excellent K2 Antenna Tuner matched almost all bands and I was able to have some US and VK contacts during this time with 10W only. My daughter posed for this picture she doesn't know CW yet, maybe later who knows.

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Internet DX sites

DX Clusters in the NET

OH2AQ DX Cluster and Information System
Internet Relay Chat IRC on channel #CQDX   you might find me here. Look for _4F1RWW.
DX Cluster in Japan    not so frequently used, but good for ASIAN DX Spots.
 

Other Interesting Internet Sites

Internet Radio    you can hear your own signal as it is heard in the USA
CEPT information about the European Amateur Radio License System
F5CCO's  Electronic QSL-Card  and On-Line Logs for some rare DX Stations  and  other useful information's
QSL Manager Information needed, send the calls where you need the QSL Routing here and keep the subject free.
CQ Amateur Radio Magazine my favorite Amateur Magazine
Go here for a very interesting webpage from AC6V

My QTH located in the northern part of Cebu City mountainous region residential area.
The QTH is approximately 100m above Sea Level viewing to the South is over the Mactan Street.

Geographical Coordniates     10° 20’ 00”    and   123° 53’ 10”

                   PK10WH

Cebu City is part of the Visaya Island Group of the Philippines as this
 

IOTA	OC-129
IARU	50
ITU Zone	27

Panorama view from my QTH

Towards North I been obstructed with a mountain just 100m close covered with trees. Thats where my HF is going into to Japan and US.

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Direct QSL-ing comment and information

Direct QSL for 4F7RWW send only to my QSL Manager DJ6OI.

Do not send your QSL  to DL5ZAH's address in Germany, the Philippines or via Buro to 4F1RWW, 4F7RWW, DU67RWW or DL5ZAH, since the QSL will be not be answered at all!!!!

Send your QSL only via DJ6OI .
Direct send Cards are not required, you can use the Buro as well.

Read also my comments about sending a QSL card to a DX Station.
View my QSL-Card .

E-QSL  for closed LogBooks
get your eqsl (electronic qsl card) for our QSO´s. If I requirer your QSL Card on paper I will send you one by buro or direct.
For your eqsl  click on the eqsl label.

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Direct cards for my Philippine 4F1RWW and 4F7RWW Calls should be send only to:

Thomas Steinmann
Po. Box  1117
D-37162 Uslar
Germany

Visit the Homepage of my QSL Manager Thomas.

Please read    Direct QSL-ing comment and information   first before you send you valuable card.

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1. Check out my ON-LINE Log book if our QSO is logged. I make sure to verify all parameters
    like Date, Time, QRG, if I cannot locate your call. To eliminate mistakes on my site.

2. Use only  IRC preferable before money. JA OM's do not send this fancy IRBS envelopes, we can not use them in DL or DU,
    they are without any value! Your card will be answered by BUREAU.

3. If you have to send money, use 2 US$ (two US$), this is enough to pay for an Air-Mail from Germany to anywhere for one
    QSL Card only. Insert the money in the return envelope, it is more difficult to detect it inside the second envelope.

4. Please note 1 US$ (one US$) is not enough to cover the cost for an Air-Mail Letter from Germany. QSL arriving which do
    not have suffiicient founding will be answered by Buro. Two US$ (2 US$) is the amount currently needed to cover the cost
    for an air way bill letter to abroad. My QSL Manager Thomas, DL4OCM, will strictly implement this procedure. We do not
    want earn money on direct QSL request, but we do not want spent it either. Please understand this guidline.

5. Take note of my QSL Card size 14.5cm to 10.1cm (US amateurs attention     5.7'x4'   !!!!)
    and enclose an envelope what could accommodate my card. Otherwise enclose only an address label, we do have glue and some
    envelopes.

6. SWL, I am always very happy to get a QSL from a SWL and we will take time to answer the SWL very detailed.
    But make sure you catch up at least one of my QSO partners call correctly! I prefer the old fashion way in
    decoding CW..............:-)))) DX-Cluster SWL's are cheating only themselves...
 
 

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QSL-Card
 

My QSL Card just came out the printing press this February 2001 and card are shipped now. The picutre showes Mt. Mayon in the Albay Provines in early 2000 during its last errupion You can see the lava stream running down the mountaine.       Back to the Top

 
 

VK3WWR QRV in Australia
Since December 2000 the faith moved me from my beloved Cebu City to Melbourne Australia.
I will spend the next years here gaining more professional experience and provide my daughter
an European based education.

Anyway, I will try to be on Air temporary mostly in QRP using my small K2 QRP Tranceiver.

I will operate on small feets with Ground Plane Antennas in the Garden.

If you in Melbourne contact me I am happy for any disturbance in the usual daily live.

73 de Klaus
4F1RWW, 4F7RWW
DL5ZAH
VK3WWR

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