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4X/G3TXF- Visiting Israel to do the ARI Contest ! OQRS QSLs
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| DXers in 4X: Mark 4Z4KX, Zvi 4X6FR, Ilya 4Z1UF, Slava 4Z5MU, Ros 4Z5LA, Nigel G3TXF, Dov 4Z4DX and Ami 4X4DK. |
Mark 4Z4KX speaks to Daniel 4X1FC from the yacht marina in Tel Aviv. |
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| Daniel 4X1FC uses a K3 as his main radio. |
A two-element Stepp-IR beam on the roof of Daniel 4X1FC QTH in Natania near Tel-Aviv. |
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| Daniel 4X1FC's paper log show several FOC Members: 7Q7BP, WL7E, MD0CCE, DK1WU, DL6LBI and HB9QO. |
Two of the many keys in Daniel 4X1FC's extensive collection of Morse telegraphy keys and paddles. |
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| Mark 4Z4KX and Avi 4X1WQ during the visit to Daniel 4X1FC's shack in Natanya. |
Daniel 4X1FC who was formerly a sea-going radio-officer 'sparks' [including on board ZMPT/4XYP] collects Morse keys. |
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| Nigel G3TXF makes his first 40 QSOs as 4X/G3TXF from Daniel 4X1FC's shack. Another 1,800 4X/G3TXF CW QSOs were made from 4Z1UF's QTH during the 24-hour ARI Contest. |
Slava 4Z5MU, Dov 4Z4DX, Mark 4Z4KX, Ami 4X4DK, Zvi 4X6FR (whose father Kuti 4X6OM is 4X QSL In-Bureau manager), Ros 4Z5LA and Ilya 4Z1UF at the Crowne Plaza in Tel Aviv (no, not the CP in Dayton!). |
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| Arthur 4X4DZ operates major contests with the call 4X2M. |
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Arthur 4X4DZ and Mark 4Z4KX on the roof with 4X4DZ's TH-11 antenna. |
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Arthur 4X4DZ (formerly UC2OO / RC2AT) has done well in many contests as 4X2M. |
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| Arthur 4X4DZ's neat contest station with a K3 and an Acom 2000 which feeds a TH-11 on the roof of the apartment block. |
Mark 4Z4KX and Arthur 4X4DZ with their TX6G and VP6T QSLs during a welcome lunch break before the start of the ARI Contest. |
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| Ilya 4Z1UF's QTH is in Lod, not far from Tel Aviv airport. A 12-el beam is on the roof. |
Ilya 4Z1UF first started Amateur Radio as EZ7PAW / RL7PAW in Kazakhstan [UL7]. |
The 12-el Force 12 beam is mounted on a short tower bolted to the side of the wall. |
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| Ilya 4Z1UF in his well equipped contest station. The main radio is an FT-DX-5000 with an Emtron DX-2sp amplifier. |
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"Lod by night": photo taken from the roof of Ilya 4Z1UF's apartment block in the middle of the night during the 24 hour ARI Contest. |
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| Nigel G3TXF with St Peter's Church, Jaffa, in the background... |
...but a much earlier visitor to Jaffa was Napoleon. |
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| The various countries of the former Soviet Union have been the source of well over 250 new 4X-4Z Radio Amateurs in Israel. |
The view from the roof at Arthur 4X4DZ's QTH shows how the use of solar energy for heating water is very popular in Israel. |
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