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| Nigel G3TXF made 2,100 CW QSOs operating as 6Y8XF from Jamaica for the 2009 Commonwealth Contest. [945Qs in the contest and 1,155Qs before/after.] 6Y8XF was a guest-op at the huge 6Y1V contest station near Montego Bay. Log-Search here. Unfortunately power cuts reduced 6Y8XF's BERU contest operating time from the originally planned full 24 hours to about 18 hours! |
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| RSGB Commonwealth Contest :
Details on the RSGB Commonwealth Contest ["BERU"] can be found on Bob G3PJT's BERU website.
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| The rotating tower with the 20m (6el), 15m (6el) and 10m (7el) stacked monobanders. | The two Stepp-IR Monsters can be rotated separately with the O-ring rotators. | Stacked 20m-15m-10m monobanders on rotating tower with Mo'bay in the distance | ||||||||||||||||
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| Station resident George 6Y5GR with local Montego Bay radio amateur Colin 6Y5CR at one of the three 6Y1V operating positions. | Stacked Monsters are on the left; stack of 20m-15m-10m [6el/7el] monobanders on the right; two of the 80m 4-SQs in foreground. | |||||||||||||||||
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| The Stepp-IR Monsters shown here in parallel, working as a stacked array. | The Monsters can be fed separately or in parallel. Shown here in separate directions. | View of the O-rings used for the separate rotation of the two Stepp-IR Monsters. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chad WE9V at one of the three operating positions at the 6Y1V contest site - each position has an Icom 7800 with an Acom amp. | The 80m four-square is perched up the hill. Despite the imbalance in the heights, the 4-SQ antenna works well in different directions. | |||||||||||||||||
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| The numerous coax and control cables that run up the hill from the shack to the two towers, the 80m 4-SQ and the 160m antennas. | Nigel G3TXF warms up for the 2009 Commonwealth Contest (BERU) by running some general CW pile-ups as 6Y8XF. | |||||||||||||||||
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