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The Romsdal Fjord
The island of Sekken, clearly visible in the far background (large dark shape) is
the
largest island in the township of Molde. The town of Molde is in the foreground.
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Getting there
We loaded the van with all our gear and rolled aboard the local ferry early
Saturday
afternoon. The ferry brings us to Sekken in about 45 minutes.
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The Site
We are overlooking the site of the operation and planning antenna installation
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Triband Yagi
LA8PV Knut is busy assembling the yagi for 10, 15 and 20m. LA6LDA Leidulf standing
by to
assist.
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Vertical Antenna
The vertical used for PSK31 is already up.
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LC2XAT
Dag Håkon connecting the wires to his multiband vertical
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Triband Yagi
The triband yagi is up and ready to go. So is the multiband vertical to the left
and the
W3DZZ multiband trap dipole behind the house
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Monoband Yagi for 20m
LA9SN Harald (right) and LA4FKA Jan assembling the four-element yagi for 20m.
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Mounting the Antenna to the Mast
We left the mounting bracket for the antenna at home and had to improvise with
steel
bands that were bolted on to the thin mast.
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Final Touch
The two-section aluminium ladder came in handy as an improvised stepladder.
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The Mast
We strapped the long aluminium ladder to the thin, fragile steel mast pipe to
reinforce
it. This made it very easy to raise and lower the whole assembly using only two pull
ropes
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Ready to go
The 20m yagi ready for action
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Beaming Japan
Beautiful antenna in beautiful surroundings. The snow-capped peaks of the Romsdal
Mountains in the background.
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Overlooking the Site
20m beam in the foreground
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The Shack
We lined up three stations along the south wall.
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Action
From left: LA3LJ Arnljot "Arnie", LA6LDA Leidulv, LAXKA Ole Johnny, LA8PV Knut and
LA9SN
Harald "Al"
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LA9SN
Harald operating his own rig
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Ole Johnny
LA4XKA busy working the pile-up on 20m SSB
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PSK31
From left: LC2XAT Dag, LC9PBT Frank and LC9OBT Øyvind.
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PSK31
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Night Operation
LA9SN working 20m CW after midnight
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Midnight
The summer nights are light in May this far north
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LA6LDA
Leidulv operating CW
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LA8PV
Knut worked CW most of the time
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Teamwork
LA6LDA on the key while LA8PV taps the data into the log on the computer
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LA9SN
Harald looks very happy. Have we reached 2000 QSOs yet?
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Dinnertime
A happy gang enjoying dinner ("Innherredssodd")
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More Food
Jan admiring some of the "svele" (local pancake variety) that one of the locals
surprised
us with
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LA9SN
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LA4FKA
Jan is very proud of his ex-military vintage Volvo "jeep" which he used to get away
to a
quiet QTH for 80m and 40m SSB operation.
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