The place and the antennas mouting
HSCW Meteor Scatter DX'Pedition
CQ1MS DX'Pedition in IM69aa
12 of August 1999, Montargil
On the 8th of August A.R.U.A. V-U-SHF Team: CT1DNF, CT1FAK, CT1FOH, CT1ETZ, CT2GKN, CT5GKT and CT2GPW.
All the expedition we consider very good, the Perseids where with very goods reflections we have seen a lot of meteors.
Thanks to ICOM - DCXL Telecomunicações that provide us several equipment. Many thanks to Guido, DL6EBW that help us with his knowledge of this type of operations and organize the skeds.
Te place was good to east, and the conditions were also good, thanks to Mr. António's son Paulo it was his house.
The weather was fine, no rain, no thunder storm. Take a look in our log.
The place and the antennas mouting
The improvised Shack: 2xPC 486 running 9A4GL and OH5IY software;
Rx: FT-1000+144MHz Downconverter+mast mouted pre-amplifiers; TX:
IC-745 +Solid State PA 200W; IC-706 (our Beacon during dead time
in vertical 5/8wl 5W output)
CQ1MS in operation. CT1DNF(CW listner in 9A4GL v.0.51 software)in
front the third guy Paulo CT1ETE (Tx controler in OH5IY) and Sena
CT1GPW, in the midlle Paulo, CT1FOH. In the left up corner Rui
CT1FAK
.
The antennas at sunrise