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3DA/G3SXW, 3DA/G3TXF and 3DA/G4FAM
Piggs' Peak - Swaziland - October 92
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| Operating for eight days from the Highlands Inn, Piggs' Peak, Swaziland, Roger 3DA/G3SXW, Nigel 3DA/G3TXF and Cris 3DA/G4FAM logged 17,512 QSOs on CW. This trip was made possible by Chris ZS6EZ who loaned us a full set of antennas, including two HF beams, a Battle Creek special for 40m, 80m and 160m as well as a trailer to tow them all from Chris ZS6EZ's home QTH Pretoria to Swaziland. |
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| Roger 3DA/G3SXW operating a TS-930 with TL-922 linear. |
Cris 3DA/G4FAM operating a TS-930 with FL-2100B linear. |
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| An elevated 30m vertical antenna worked well from the grounds of Highlands Inn. |
Tri-band beam on short push-up tower. There was an excellent take-off in many directions. |
The Battle Creek Special antenna enabled several 'first QSOs' with 3DA on 160m. |
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| Cris G4FAM and Roger G3SXW fly from Nairobi to Johannesburg. |
Cris G4FAM, Chris ZS6EZ and Roger G3SXW at ZS6EZ's QTH |
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Welcome to Piggs' Peak, Swaziland - Nigel G3TXF poses. |
Dusty town of Piggs' Peak in the highlands of northern Swaziland |
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| The beam in the foreground was used by the DX-pedition, however the taller beam in the background was an HF beam that had previously been installed at the Highlands Inn but which no longer worked . |
Chris ZS6EZ climbs the tower at his impressive home location in down-town Pretoria. Since this 1992 visit Chris ZS6EZ has built a separate major contest station out of town. |
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Roger G3SXW in front of Chris ZS6EZ's Pretoria QTH. ZS6EZ was instrumental to this operation from 3DA because Chris ZS6EZ provided the bulk of the antennas as well as a TL-922 linear for us to use. |
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