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CQWW CW 2015 : Shetland : MZ5A 40m SOSB --- MZ5B 20m SOSB |
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| The Eshaness Lighthouse in Shetland was the location of two CQWW CW 2015 entries : MZ5A on 40m and MZ5B on 20m. | The Eshaness Lighthouse provides spectacular sea views as well as an excellent (but highly windy and exposed) contest location. | |||||||||||||
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| MZ5A's 40m vertical at sunrise on the Monday morning after CQWW CW 2015. | Two permanent poles at the Eshaness Lighthouse. One was used for a 40m dipole. | MZ5B's simple 20m vertical dipole, strapped to a fence post by the Eshaness Lighthouse. | ||||||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG inspects the remains of the 160m vertical which collapsed in the winds early on Friday morning before CQWW CW. | The 160m vertical smashed into several pieces. It was replaced by a vertical for 40m, but using the extensive 160m earth mat. | |||||||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG operates MZ5A on 40m with an Elecraft K3 and an Acom amp into a vertical with about 40 one-wavelength radials. | Nigel G3TXF operates MZ5B on 20m with an Elecraft K3S and an old Alpha amp into a simple 20m vertical dipole at ground level. | |||||||||||||
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| MZ5A's 40m vertical with large earth mat in front of the Eshaness Lighthouse. MZ5B's 20m vertical dipole is just visible on left. | A horizontal 20m dipole was installed at the cliff edge about 120ft above the sea as a second antenna for MZ5B. | |||||||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG loads car with two stations (and two complete standby stations!) ready for the drive to Aberdeen and ferry to Shetland. | The Eshaness Lighthouse on Shetland has been the site of several radio operations, but usually in the summer and not in the winter! | |||||||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG packing up after CQWW CW ready for the ferry and long drive home. |
40m vertical for MZ5A with about forty one-wavelength radials.
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40m dipole for MZ5A on one of the two Eshaness masts (one with a halyard).
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| Ian G3WVG at a bay near the Eshaness Lighthouse on Shetland. | Ian G3WVG assembling an antenna by the Eshaness Lighthouse. | |||||||||||||
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MZ5A Single Op Single Band : 40m
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MZ5B Single Op Single Band : 20m
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