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VK9DLX / VK9LM - Lord Howe Island - 2014

Team

VK9DLX / VK9LM Team

From left to right: Christine, Peter (DB6JG), Robert (SP5XVY), Bernd (VK2IA), Dietmar (DL3DXX), Michael (DL6MHW), Dieter (DL8OH), Heye (DJ9RR), Chris (DL1MGB), Tom (DL5LYM), Markus (DJ7EO), Joerg (DF7TH), Ben (DL6FBL), Gerd (DJ5IW), Joerg (DF6JC), Mathias (DJ2HD), Paul (DL5CW), Joerg (DL8WPX).

QSO statistics

VK9DLX
 CWSSBRTTYBand
160m1,418001,418
80m3,51235603,868
40m6,3372,9523079,596
30m8,58701,91910,506
20m10,3716,9901,83819,199
17m8,5867,4552,42118,462
15m12,2775,6801,36419,321
12m8,8696,4002,10017,396
10m7,9156,6541,40415,973
6m87325401,127
Mode68,77236,74111,353116,866
VK9LM - CQWW Contest SSB (Multi-Multi)
BandQSOsZonesCountries
160:1745
80:2182345
40:1,5653196
20:3,71738151
15:2,96437136
10:2,92231116
Total:11,403164549
Total Score = 23,347,185 (claimed)

QTH

Lord Howe Island - Beachcomber Lodge
Location: Beachcomber Lodge, Lord Howe Island, Australia (31°31' S / 159°04' E)

Stations

  • 11x HF transceiver Elecraft K3
  • 2x power amplifier OM 2500HF
  • 3x power amplifier OM 2000HF
  • 2x power amplifier OM 2000+
  • 3x ACOM1000 power amplifier
  • 11x Notebook computers with Win-Test logging software
  • 11x Microham MK2 interface

Antennas

  • 160m: Titanex V160E (27m high vertical
  • 80m: Fullsize 4-Square for 80m
  • 40m: Fullsize 4-Square / 4 Element Vertical dipole Array
  • 30m: Fullsize 4-Square / 4 Element Vertical dipole Array
  • 20m: 2x 3 Element Monoband Yagi @15m height
  • 17m: 3 Element Monoband Yagi @ 10m height / 4 Element Vertical Dipole Array
  • 15m: 3 Element Monoband Yagi @ 15m height / 4 Element Vertical Dipole Array
  • 12m: 3 Element Monoband Yagi @ 10m height / 4 Element Vertical Dipole Array
  • 10m: 5 Element Monoband Yagi @ 15m height / 4 Element Vertical Dipole Array
  • 6m: 5 Element Yagi
  • 130m beverage dir. NA
  • 120m beverage dir. EU

Schedule

DateWhat happened?
10 October 2014Departure of team in Europe
12 October 2014Arrival on Lord Howe Island
13 October 2014Building antennas and stations
Start of operations
14 October 2014VK9DLX operation
15 October 2014VK9DLX operation
16 October 2014VK9DLX operation
17 October 2014VK9DLX operation
18 October 2014VK9DLX operation
19 October 2014VK9DLX operation
20 October 2014VK9DLX operation
21 October 2014VK9DLX operation
22 October 2014VK9DLX operation
23 October 2014VK9DLX operation
24 October 2014VK9DLX operation
25 October 2014VK9DLX operation
26 October 2014VK9DLX operation
27 October 2014VK9DLX operation
28 October 2014VK9DLX operation
29 October 2014VK9DLX operation
30 October 2014Main team flies back home
DF7TH and SP5XVY continue operations with small equipment
09 November 2014End of operations

Sponsors



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