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VP5CW Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands ARRL CW DX Contest February 19-21, 1999 |
Site and Antenna Photos |
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VP5CW Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands ARRL CW DX Contest February 19-21, 1999 |
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Left: The 40 meter monobander, with evidence of the arid provo climate in the foreground. Right: Sunday morning during the contest: situation perfect!! |
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| Above: The 40 monobander at work. This tower was airlifted to Provo in 1998 for VP5FXB and stored at Jody's. | Above: Looking toward the states from the business end of the N8LGP home-brew 5 element 10 meter monobander. | Above: A hummingbird nest with an N8LGP penny for size-calibration. |
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| Above: N8LGP's
10 meter yagi (24 foot boom) back in the checked-baggage airline tube. Only Steve can get
it all in there right! Below: The N8LGP homebrew 15 yagi hard at work, with the K8RF 80 meter loop above it at 70 feet. |
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Ham Heaven. Below: W0CG and K8RF preparing to lower the 10 yagi. |
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The 10 meter monobander at work making points Sunday morning. K8MFO reported that this
antenna made us the loudest of all Caribbean signals on 10. Below: W0CG working on the 10 meter yagi, refusing to come down and go back to the cold and dark and snow of Ohio. |
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