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We operated all HF Bands from 40m-10m (Including WARC) plus 6m in SSB, CW and various Data modes.
Up to 3 stations have been active at once. Over the day, 2 stations were operating on HF and the third
station wass beaconing on 50.110 MHz, in the night all three stations could operate on 3 different
HF-Bands simultanously.
For HF, an A3S (3-el Yagi 10/15/20m) and an A3WS (3-el Yagi 12/17m + 30m dipole), a Carolina-Windom
and a 40m-wire-vertikal have been used. The two HF-Stations were both equipped with a FT-900
kindly lent to us by CDXC and one PA which ran on the main-station. The third station for 6m
and HF used a IC-756PROII very kindly loaned to us by Icom and a 5-el Yagi for 50 MHz. All antennas
were about 10m agl. and very close to the sea with a free takeoff to both JA and EU/USA! Our WWL was MJ64IT (determined by GPS).
To avoid missing any 6m-opening, the our beacon was calling CQ on 50.110 MHz all day long, and the
audio from the 6m-receiver was re-transmitted on 145 MHz in FM. This way we were able to monitor 6m
while lying at the beach with a handheld radio!
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