Dear friends:
*I have plans to operate from S0 land. Western Sahara will be my next
destination to run the CQ SSB WPX contest. I will be alone, Mono-operator,
multiband, high power.
*The antennas and equipemment arrived last week to destination; Western sahara
territory.
*Normaly I am using Yaesu transceivers. In my shack I have a FT-1000D, but It
was impossible to bring it with me, ( I did it normaly in EA9AM and EA6URP) but
transport this excelent equipement in the middle of the dessert is no possible.
Any way I do not hesitate to take the FT-900. This excelent transceiver do an
excelent job, and I saw in some photos that good contesters are working with the
TS-850, I thought that with the FT-900 I can do better, much better.
*The antennas was also a big problem. What can I use?. But I did not think too
much longer, I decided for the Cushcraft A4S for 10, 15 and 20 meters. For 40
meters I will work with another Cushcraft antenna, the D40. I used it in Melilla
(EA9 CQ SSB WW 1994) and in balearic island (EA6 CQ SSB WW 1995), and I am very
happy with it. For 80 meters I will use a new antenna from Cushcraft, the new
vertical. Of course I must have lot's of radials. The desert is not very good
for that!!.
*Maybe you want a speak about power, let's talk!. The linear I will use is the
FL-7000 from Yaesu. 500~600 watts output. Full automatic. and of course, no
tubes. Normaly I use the Ameritron amplifier. NEVER FAILED!!! but this time I
have no power to use more watts. Of course the Yaesu is Full automatic and it
will be great for me, I will be only for the pile-up!! hi hi.
*I also sent a power generator. The bigs generators from S0 are not open all
day, for that i must sent one to have full power during the 36 hours of contest.
Well now it's time to leave, I must prepare all transceivers to go to EA6
tomorrow for the SSB ARRL DX CONTEST.
Best Regards
EA3NY
(EA9AM CQ SSB WPX 1995)
(EA6URP CQ SSB WW 1995)
S01LYNX, S01EA
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