CQ Worldwide DX Contest - CW
Call: J3G
Operator(s): G3TBK, G3TXF AND G3WVG
Station:
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Grenada
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 20 7 19
80: 287 17 63
40: 1167 26 93
20: 794 30 103
15: 829 31 97
10: 2016 31 103
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Total: 5113 142 478 = 7,887,020
Club/Team:
Comments:
Rigs : 2x TS570D + 1x IC706
Amps : 2x AL-811H
Ants : A3S beam at 10 agl (no rotator) + R7000 vertical
40m dipole + 80m dipole + 160m dipole.
We arrived on site just eight hours before the start of the contest [having
only arrived in Grenada the night before] to find that both linear amps were
damaged with bits of glass all over the place (instead of valves/tubes!). The
mains transformer in one of the amps was no longer where it was originally
intended that it should have been!
Despite these set-backs, and thanks to the technical ingenuity of Dave G3TBK
and Ian G3WVG, we were able to be on the air as J3G for the full 48 hours apart
from the SID on Sunday.
The only station audible on any band during the SID was J3A a few miles down
the road. We were surprised at how fast the bands appeared to recover after
what have must have been a near total radio black-out.
The choice of "G" as the suffix somehow seemed appropriate as the operating
team at J3G was Dave G3TBK, Nigel G3TXF and Ian G3WVG.
[QSL via G3TXF]
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