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Story 13DX/ST004
Story from 13DX/ST004 activity.On Thursday 31.05. Didi informed me that he can not participate, he must work, his boss says no.grrr. 02.06. Saturday We reached the island around 6,30 am. The weather was very good 12 ° c in the morning later 26°C and the sun is shining. On the assigned installation location, the antenna was installed, we begin the iWi activation. The first pile-up was very strong, and many station came into the log, but also the FM QRM was strong. Result first day 155 log entrees. At this point we would like to many thanks you for understanding and nice work together with the owner of the hydroelectric plant on the Island. Mr. Kehl (Jr.) and Mr. Kehl (senior) are wonderful people. Each question was answered easily, and help on Sunday (we were able to obtain free energy for the power supplies & KLV500) but also the interest that we do there, even for Mr. Kehl (sen) is CB radio known. For the second Day, Mr. Kehl said it would be better to move the location closer to the water because he is working on the trees on this side of the property. We accepted of course and looked forward to the day ahead. 03.06. Sunday We reached the island around 6,45 am. The weather was not beautiful as the day before 10 ° C many dark clouds overcast sky but no wind. We looked at the new location for the antenna. So it was still possible to insert an element into the pole at 9 meters high to reach.We used the equipment by Wolf on the day. RTX Alinco DX 77 original mike. It was very troublesome to find a clear frequency. Many teams were active again, and "Olga" was strong, .(Local qso´s in Italiy,Spain,Brasil) we had to change several times the frequency. And also, the conditions were unsettled on our site. The weather was bad, it began rain. The biggest connection of the day was Thailand. 153SD777 Jan, and 153DA012 Andy. We was happy as my friend Daniel 13IR074 called us, he was active from the Balearic Islands, as 49IR/EU004. About 3.30 pm 13DX/ST004 was qrt, then took down the antenna in the pouring rain, and 4.30 pm we are at home. Many thanks to all the friends who call to us, also thanks to all the teams, all Island hunters also the organization of this event, to make this event possible for our band. Yours Sincerely 13DX014 Wolf, and Uli 13DX056 return |