GI0AAA/p - CW Field Day - June 2012
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View of GI0AAA/p CW Field Day QTH Rathlin Island (EU-122) from the Northern Irish coast near Ballycastle. |
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GI0AAA/p (CW Field Day) and GI3TXF/p operations were from the Rue Light on southern tip of Rathlin. |
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The short ferry crossing from Ballycastle on the mainland to Rathlin (IOTA: EU-122) takes about 45 minutes. |
Rathlin Island's Rue Light (CW Field Day location) on the southern tip of the island. |
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Arriving in the small harbour on Rathlin Island. It was a two mile drive from here to the Field Day location. |
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Two local Rathlin Island residents greet us as we arrive at the GI0AAA/p Field Day location near Rue Point. |
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Ian G3WVG points to the small promintory in the sea used for the GI0AAA/p and GI3TXF/p operations. |
Ian G3WVG operating GI0AAA/p CW Field Day with a Kenwood TS-590 from a windswept Rathlin Island. |
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A 6m beam is purchased en route from Peter MI0CIB in Coleraine. |
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High-Visibility jacket on the Rathlin Island ferry. |
Walkway down to the Rue Light at Rue Point on southern tip of Rathlin. |
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Nigel G3TXF with the 4el 6m beam used to make just seven QSOs in the UK SMG Contest, but 1,290 CW QSOs were made on 30m as GI3TXF/p from EU-122. |
Keeping the generator running is a vital part any Field Day operation. Ian G3WVG tops up one of the two Honda E10 generators (one E10 was just for back-up). |
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Operating tent at the windy CW Field Day site on Rathlin. |
Mid-summer dawn with the Rue Light on Rathlin. |
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GI0AAA/p used a 20m two-element phased array right by the sea. |
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Marconi's first commercial wireless link was made to Rathlin in 1898. |
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The small car ferry "Canna" arrives into Rathlin harbour. |
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Ian G3WVG returning home on the Belfast to Liverpool ferry after a fun weeklend operating GI0AAA/p on 20m only in the European CW Field Day from Rathlin Island. |
Nigel G3TXF made just seven [!] CW QSOs operating as GI0AAA/p in the UK SMG's Summer 6m Contest, whereas GI3TXF/p made 1,290 CW QSOs on 30m. |
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