IOTA
Contest 1999
NA-018
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The access to the shack, equipment and accomodation was made possible by the very friendly help of:
Rene OX3HX
Jan OX3DB
Many thanks to the Greenlandic amateur radio association.
| Some Greenlandic OM seen
during our stay were so kind to let us visit some nice places: OX3EM Jan from Qeqertarsuaq OX3HI Holger from StromFjord and many others ... |
| The object of the contest is to contact by radio, as many islands as possible, all over the World, within the 24 hours allocated |
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Announced Operations (1999)
| This contest was made
at the end of a touristic trip in Greenland. Martine, Amik and Fred traveled via StromFjord, Sisimiut, Aasiat, Qeqertarsuaq, Ilulisat.
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Rene OX3HX and his son were waiting for Fred in the airport. They took care of him for the next 60 hours of stay in the capitalcity of Greenland.
After a first round view of the region and the OX3NUK' shack,a visit in Jan's home (OX3DB) was planed to improve the equipment and find the missing pieces !
A sheduled meeting with the Belgian hams was very busy: the station was heard in Europe and many OM came on 20 meters to say hello to Fred.
After a very busy evening, trying to get everithing working as good as possible, a little rest was necessary to be ready for the great day.
On 10am local time, the IOTA contest started.
But not realy for Fred: he chosen to operate in the mixed mode 12 hours, so he had time to
look around and spot the signals.
The rate was very low at the begining, but increasing gradualy to reach a maximum just before ...12 UTC ( end of the contest !)
No signal at all on 10 m and 80 m.
This was the 5th participation of Fred in the IOTA Contest :
not the best score but what a nice island !
| QSO SSB | 466 |
| QSO CW | 73 |
| Total QSO | 539 |
| Multi SSB | 73 |
| Multi CW | 18 |
| Total multi | 91 |
| Claimed score | 304.395 |
The QSL Manager is: ON4GO-Mike
Ch. de Wavre 1349
B-1160 Brussels
BELGIUM
[email protected]
For more information, contact Fred ON6QR at on6qr@ pandora.be or look the Web Page of the Belgian DX Pedition Committee: http://users.pandora.be/on6qr .
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Last Updated on 21 mars 2001.
The land of the Iceberg generator
Nuuk, the capital city
TThe surrounding of the shack of OX3NUK
Shore in the fjord of Nuuk
QTH: almost the top of the world !
