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OY/G3SXW - OY/G3TXF - Faroe Islands
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| Roger G3SXW and Nigel G3TXF made 3,150 QSOs operating as OY/G3SXW and OY/G3TXF from Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands for slightly less than three days in July 2007. |
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40m
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30m
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20m
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17m
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15m
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12m
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10m
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6m
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G3SXW
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G3TXF
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G3SXW |
G3TXF
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G3SXW |
G3TXF |
G3SXW
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G3TXF |
Both
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524
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1,004
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1,006
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520
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nil
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3
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nil
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93
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3,150
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E-mail Bureau QSL requests:
OY/G3SXW :
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| Most of this operation was in the usual CW-only format with G3SXW on the traditional HF bands and G3TXF on the WARC bands. A few QSOs were also made on 6m during VHF Field Day. |
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OY is about half way between GM and TF. |
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Roger OY/G3SXW and Nigel OY/G3TXF in Tórshavn - capital of the Faroe Islands. Note TXF's RSGB plastic carrier bag! Foto: OY1CT. |
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| View from above Tórshavn town and harbour towards the East and past the WARC-band vertical antenna used by Nigel OY/G3TXF. |
View up the hill to the Hotel Foroya and beyond to a large coastal radio station. OY/G3TXF's WARC vertical is in the foreground. |
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| Three tall towers at the Tórshavn OY6FRA club station. The shorter tower to the right has an antenna for a 4m (70MHz) beacon. |
OY6FRA is the callsign of the Faroese Amateur Radio Union (FRA) society which has an impressive club station right by the sea. |
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| One of the three OY6FRA towers with both a 10m beam and a water's edge 160m vertical. |
A 40m four-square hangs off a OY6FRA tower (it's also used for a cellular antenna!). |
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View up one of the three large water-front towers at OY6FRA Tórshavn club-station. |
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| Six-element 6m beam at the OY6FRA club-station used by OY/G3TXF in an attempt to make some 'Magic Band' QSOs. |
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OY/G3TXF gets excited at hearing stations on 6m. Unfortunately conditions were poor for most of the short 6m operation. Foto: OY1CT. |
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| Carsten OY1CT and Roger G3SXW (in a GB95MGY tee-shirt) in the club-station shack, in just part of a whole OY6FRA house. |
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Otto OY9R in front of OY6FRA's impressive collection of CQ WW Contest certificates. |
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| Tórshavn Harbour lighthouse which is close to the OY6FRA club-house. |
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Five-band quad and VHF LPA on Versatower at the Kvivik QTH of Carsten OY1CT. |
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One OY6FRA tower is used as a loaded 160m vertical right at the water's edge. |
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| Roger G3SXW and Carsten OY1CT discuss the HF6V vertical at Carsten's hilly (but with a clear southerly take-off) QTH in Kvivik. |
Carsten OY1CT in his shack: FT-1kMP, Amp Supply linear, FT-847 for VHF and various ETM keyers for Carsten's favourite mode : CW. |
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| Roger G3SXW boards an Atlantic Airways BAe 146 (with the appropriate registration OY-RCW) in the Faeroes. |
Roger signs a copy of his book "Up two" for Carsten OY1CT in the OY/G3SXW hotel-room shack. Rig: K2/100, Ant: dipole 20m/40m. |
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| Win-Test was used (in DX-ped mode) by both OY/G3SXW and OY/G3TXF. This excellent contest logging program is rapidly gaining huge popularity with many erstwhile CT fans. |
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The twice-weekly Atlantic Airways BAe 146 flights from London (Stansted) to Faroe makes getting to OY much easier, especially for a short visit such as the OY/G3SXW and OY/G3TXF operation. |
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