MZ5A - Shetland
IOTA : EU-012 - WAB : HU27 - Eshaness Lighthouse : SCO-075
73 - Ian G3WVG
Three A's Contest Group (M5A - MW5A - MZ5A)
|
MZ5A - Shetland IOTA : EU-012 - WAB : HU27 - Eshaness Lighthouse : SCO-075 |
Click here for the 2006 MZ5A Report | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| Sunset at the Eshaness lighthouse CQWW CW QTH of MZ5A on the west coast of Mainland Shetland. | Ian G3WVG operated SOAB as MZ5A from the Eshaness Lighthouse in Shetland (GM/s) in CQWW CW Contest. | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| Over 150kg of radio gear including antennas, two radios and a linear were taken to Shetland for the MZ5A operation | The powerful light from the Eshaness Lighthouse has a range of about 24 miles out to sea. | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| The antennas at MZ5A included a 80m and 160m dipoles (on mast at right) as well as the driven element from an HF tri-bander. | The MZ5A 40m vertical perched on the edge of the 150ft cliff at the Eshaness Lighthouse bends in the high winds. | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| Ian G3WVG sets up the station (FT-1kMP and Alpha 89) at MZ5A prior to the Single-Operator All-Band (SOAB) CQWW CW operation. | Ian G3WVG ties off the ends of the 80m and 160m dipoles in the open ground next to the Eshaness Lighthouse. | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
| For the 2006 CQWW CW Contest MZ5A operation a 40m vertical antenna was positioned close to the edge of the 200ft cliff at the lighthouse - an ideal, if somewhat windy, location for a 40m vertical! | ||||||||||||||||
| The 2006 MZ5A QSL shows Ian G3WVG at the station installed in the Eshaness Lighthouse for the 2006 CQWW CW Contest. | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigel G3TXF made a short pre-MZ5A recce trip to Shetland in early November - this coincided with the RSGB 160m Contest which was entered as GM3TXF/p. | ||||||||||||||||
| QSLs for MZ5A - via G3TXF:
73 - Ian G3WVG |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||