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1998 Expedition summary |
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| BAND,
CALL |
160m SSB
VA2DO |
80m SSB
VA2BY |
20m SSB
VE3RHJ/VE2 |
| CLASS | single op
single band high power |
single op
single band high power |
single op
single band low power |
| RESULTS | 356 QSOs
12 Countries 7 Zones 13,528 points |
870 QSOs
31 Countries 21 Zones 60,414 points 17th in class worldwide (as posted in CQ magazine, June 1999) |
471 QSOs
23 Countries 13 Zones 33,372 points |
| RIG | Kenwood TS530S transceiver
Viewstar PT3000 linear, 1 kw Yamaha 6 kw generator |
Yaesu FT1000 transceiver
Heath SB220 linear, 1 kw Honda 6.5 kw generator |
Yaesu FT757GX transceiver
Honda 850 watt generator |
| ANTENNA | Tx: 68 ft. top loaded vertical
Rx: three 500 ft. Beverage |
Tx: 65 ft. 1/4 wave vertical,
1/2 wave dipole up 30 ft. Rx: four 500 ft. Beverage |
"Hybrid-Quad" 2 element beam
up 30 ft. |
| ASSISTANTS | Aiverus (SWL) | Kim, VE3DXE | Wendy, VA3RHJ |
| QSL INFO | Ivan Payne, VE3DO
Box 146, Station E Toronto, Ontario M6H 4E1 Canada |
Carl Styan, VE3BY
RR #1 Glencairn, Ontario L0M 1K0 Canada email ve3by@bmts.com |
Brad Rodriguez, VE3RHJ
Box 84 Markdale, Ontario N0C 1H0 Canada email ve3rhj@rac.ca |
Some casual contacts were made on 15m and 10m SSB, and 160m CW.
