A very strange set of circumstances were about to unfold that would set my path for DX-Peditions over the next 10 years.  I bought a photocopier for my Electronics company in early 1981.  A few months later I found out that I had won a trip to Noumea because my name had been drawn as the prize winner for all those who had bought photocopiers from Nashua in the month of July '91.

I immediately applied to the authorities for permission to operate an Amateur Radio station in New Caledonia and after a long wait I received my first DX call sign, FK0RR.  The next ten days were just great for propagation on all bands and I got my first taste of being at the other end of the DX pileups.

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EQUIPMENT

HF

Icom IC-720A
Kenwood 2KL Linear (kindly loaned by local club)
Home Brew Tuners

Antennas

Dipoles for 10,15,20,40
Long Wire for 80,160

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OTHER

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