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| New luffing winch on an M80 Versatower. | Excellent sea-view to the West. | Second M80 seen through an M100. |
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| Wire dipoles for 80m, 40m and 20m. | 5,000 QSOs : 123 DXCC in first two weeks. | N5J : One CW QSO ...Two QSOs on FT8 ! |
| Date | Callsign | Contest | QSOs | Notes |
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| 25-Jul-24 | G3TXF | RSGB 80m DATA | 50 | RTTY only |
| 27-Jul-24 | G3TXF | IOTA Contest | 750 | 12 hour : CW |
| 03-Aug-24 | G3TXF | EU HF Champ | 770 | CW : 153,230 pts |
| 10-Aug-24 | G3TXF | WAE CW | 500 | CW : 169,830 pts |
| 17-Aug-24 | G3TXF | RDA | 400 | CW : 944,000 pts |
| 24-Aug-24 | G3TXF | YO-DX-Contest | 800 | CW : 694,272 pts |
| Total | Net QSOs | All Contests | 3,270 |
Individual wire dipoles were used for 80m, 40m and 20m. There were no antennas for 15m or 10m, but where necessary other antennas were "force-fed" on those two higher bands.
In order to work N5J on 17m, the 20m dipole was folded back to make a 17m dipole. For a 12m FT8 QSO with N5J, the 80m dipole was used. The wire dipoles are supported by a partially cranked up Versatower M80.
The YO-DX-Contest on 24-25 August 2024 was the last contest from G3TXF's North Devon Contest QTH which has been in use for over 30 years.
The first operation from the North Devon Contest QTH (WAB SS44) was in May 1994.
Here is a summary of the many Contest operations from North Devon.