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| Nigel G3TXF operated as V25XF from Antigua for the 2007 Commonwealth Contest (BERU). 1,074 net QSOs were made in BERU and 926 other Q's in pile-ups, totalling exactly 2,000 QSOs for the slightly less than two-day visit to the V26B Contest Station. The photo (above right) shows the main operating position at V26B with various memorabilia from the many previous V2 contest/DX-ped operations from this QTH posted on the shack wall. |
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| The 4/4/4 10m stack with the lower beam fixed on the USA, the middle fixed on Europe and the top beam rotatable. | The 5/5 15m stack. Top beam is rotatable, the lower 5-el beam is fixed on the USA. | Two shorty-forties (Cushcraft 40-2CDs) beams are used on 40m, with the lower fixed on the USA and the upper rotatable. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A bewildering array of rotators and stack switch boxes is the central point at V26B. | The Telecoms Division is both efficient and friendly in providing visitors with V2 Licences. | The V2 Licence fee has to be paid to the local Inland Revenue (tax office) in St John. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The V26B shack is in the bungalow on the left. The antenna towers visible (from left to right) are 6m, 40m, 10m and 15m. | The V26B contest station is next to a builders' yard and cement business. 40m tower on the left and 10m stack in the distance. | |||||||||||||||||||
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