Greetings,
This Tuesday I am boarding my flight with destination Halifax, Nova Scotia, to
be part of the 10 man team going to CY9 St Paul Island this week. I have gotten
several requests from my Topband friends so I thought I hand out some brief
information about our operation here.
CY9M will be active on Topband during the few dark hours we have available too
us. We will use a top loaded vertical based on the 18 meter Spiderbeam pole
with elevated radials.
Depending on WX we have zoomed in on two possible landing sites, one where we
will have more space for antennas (Atlantic Cove) and the other will have less
space but better takeoff in more directions (North Island). For RX we have
prepared both for pennants and beverages and will use whats possible depending
on location. We will use K3 radios and Acom 1011 amplifiers and DXE RX preamps.
A special thanks to the topbanders who contributed to offset our costs,
including the support from TBDXC to help offset the costs for shipping an Acom
amplifier to be used for topband.
Main operators on topband will be N2WB "Wild Bill", AB5EB Mike and me SM0MDG
Björn.
Our activity on Topband will most likely commence in the evening of August 26
and we are schedule to leave St Paul August 1st, so last night will be July
31st. And as always, dates and times are dependent on weather and sea
conditions.
Also worth mentioning is that we will have a dedicated 6 meter station with
main operator VE3EN "Solarham" Kevin.
For more information about CY9M, please visit our website.
www.cy9m.com
73 de Björn,
SM0MDG
SE0X
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