HC8N 6m Operation - Nov 2001Compiled by Dave Pascoe KM3TRecordings by KM3T Email: km3t@contesting.com 4 December 2001 |
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| 50MHz Antennas | N5KO/K6AW @ 6m | Dave KM3T | K1KI and N0JK | N0JK @ 6m |
This operation took place from Sunday, November 18th through November 27th, 2001 from the HC8N station located on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos. about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. A lower level of operation took place (by N0JK) during the daylight hours of the CQWW CW DX Contest. Jon N0JK was our 160m op so had nighttime duties on Top Band.
The HC8N 6m station consisted of a Kenwood TS-690 (50W output on 50 MHz) and a M2 7el Yagi @ 18m (see picture above). Also note the 6m halo in the picture. That is the antenna for the HC8GR beacon on 50.035 MHz.
Propagation was generally outstanding. We were pleased to have openings to North America, Europe, the Far East (Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong), Oceania, and Africa. And we were delighted that we could work so many stations with only 50W of transmit power on our end. The pileups were all pretty well behaved and we did our best to work the pileups down as quickly as possible. Good practice for CQWW. :-)
Final results (November 18 through 27, 2001):
CW
North America CW 667
South America CW 4
Europe CW 232
Asia CW 547
Africa CW 1
Oceania CW 2
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Total 6m CW QSOs 1,453
SSB
North America SSB 1057
South America SSB 25
Europe SSB 39
Asia SSB 425
Africa SSB 4
Oceania SSB 8
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Total 6m SSB QSOs 1,558
Total QSOs (before dupes): 3,011
Total QSOs (after dupes): 2,625
Main 6m ops were Dave KM3T, Trey N5KO/HC8N, Jon N0JK, Mike K9NW, Tim N4GN, and Tom K1KI. Ward N0AX, Steve K6AW, Bob N6TV, and Dan K1TO also put in a little time.