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PJ2G - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
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| Nigel G3TXF operated as PJ2G from the Caribbean Contesting Consortium (PJ2T) QTH on Curaçao (SA-006) during the 2007 WAE-CW Contest. Non-contest QSOs were made as PJ2/G3TXF. 1,600 CW QSOs were made during this short operation. QSL via G3TXF. |
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| Curaçao is close to Venezuela. On a clear day the Venezuelan coast is just visible from the PJ2T site on the South of the Island. |
Three towers at the PJ2T site - 100ft "EU tower" on left, the lower WARC tower in middle and the 80ft "USA tower" on the right. |
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| The PJ2T antenna farm is perched on the South-West side of Curaçao. Europe is to the North-East, right across the island. |
View towards Europe: there's a 100ft rock escarpment followed by several miles of continuously rising ground across the island. |
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| The 100ft "Europe" tower on the left has large 10m-15m-20m-40m beams. The 80ft "US tower" on the right also has beams, but fixed on the USA. The take-off to the US/Japan is over slightly rising ground, but is relatively much less challenging than the immediate and steep uphill take-off towards Europe. The original tower on the site is the smaller one in the centre supporting a WARC beam. |
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One of the four stations at PJ2T: this is the main single-op position as used by PJ2G for the WAE-CW Contest. Although WriteLog is the standard logging program at PJ2T, PJ2G used Win-Test which has an ever expanding reputation as a reliable contest logging program for "ex-CT users". Stack Match boxes are used to switch the fixed monoband beams between "Europe" and "USA". |
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| "Which band now, Sir?" A well designed antenna switch system provides flexibility between each of the operating positions and the various fixed and rotating beams. |
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The seven fixed monoband beams at PJ2T are impressive. A huge amount of work is involved in maintaining the towers and antennas at the salty ocean-side location. |
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Mail-box at 1 Groot Santa Marta, the home of PJ2T - Caribbean Contesting Consortium. The CCC team have crammed many large antennas into a relatively small plot! |
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| Up the tower. Looking up one of the three self-supporting towers at PJ2T. The "US tower" has fixed beams for 10m, 15m and 20m as well as a rotatable CL33 tri-bander for multi-spotting etc. |
PJ2 sunset in the West: The Signal Point location of PJ2T is on the southern side of the island. The two main directions of interest NW (USA/Japan) and NE (Europe) are both across the island. |
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| Curaçao with the capital city Willemstad on the south of the island, and with the PJ2T site located further along to the west. |
Spectacular views along the south coast of Curaçao are seen through the shack windows at PJ2T. |
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