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Roger G3SXW and Nigel G3TXF made 2,100 CW QSOs as JW/G3SXW and JW/G3TXF from Spitsbergen in Svalbard during 3½ days in early November 2007. HF radio conditions from 78°N can be really difficult. Operation was from the JW5E Longyearbyen club-station - Tnx to Mathias JW5NM ! - QSLs via home-calls. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The main island in Svalbard (JW) is Spitsbergen at 78°N. The capital Longyearbyen is on an inlet off the Isfjorden. | Nigel JW/G3TXF standing at the icy water's edge just behind the JW5E club-station, showing the take-off to the East / South East. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Roger JW/G3SXW and Nigel JW/G3TXF outside the front door of the JW5E club-station in Longyearbyen. | View to the North across the inlet from the JW5E club-station. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The moon in the sky above part of Longyearbyen the capital of Svalbard with the take-off from JW5E to the South-West. | SAS Braathens flight takes 1½ hours to fly from Tromsø in Northern Norway north to the Norwegian dependency Svalbard (JW). | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Roger G3SXW operating as JW/G3SXW in the JW5E shack. Roger's K2 is in the front of the other radios used at JW5E. | Roger G3SXW pretends to be shovelling snow outside the JW5E shack in Longyearbyen! | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The view to the South-East from the JW5E shack in Longyearbyen along the ice covered inlet at midday in early November. | Roger G3SXW presents Mathias JW5NM with a copy of "Contesting in Africa" -- a suitable title for JW at 78 deg North? | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The 30m tower with 5-el HF beam at the water's edge just behind the JW5E shack. | Roger G3SXW with the JW5E tower and the midday sky in the background. | Several wire antennas hang off the 30m tower including 40m and 80m antennas. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Mathias JW5NM, XYL Inger-Maria JW8KT and son Inge-Mathias at Longyearbyen airport (LYR). | Rag LA5HE has been a regular visitor as JW5HE as evidenced by both his Alpha amplifier in the shack and his boots on the floor. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Nigel JW/G3TXF operating at the JW5E club-station. Both stations operated barefoot despite there being several amps in the shack. | The grey-line in Win-Test shows that the sun never breaks above the horizon in JW in early November. By Nov 14 it is 100% dark. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Mathias JW5NM and Roger G3SXW study a Svalbard guide-book, while Svalbard's Governor [JW1?] sits at the table behind. | The best take-off from the JW5E shack is towards the US (north-west) which is flat along the icy inlet and out to the main fjord. | |||||||||||||||||||
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