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XR0YG - CW DX-pedition to Easter Island : Mar 2013
Michael G7VJR, Nigel G3TXF, John G4IRN and Martin G3ZAY made 24,000 CW QSOs in seven days. More photos on XR0YG.com
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| Easter Island (CE0Y) is a five hour flight across the Pacific Ocean from Santiago. En route the plane passes Juan Fernandez (CE0Z). |
John G4IRN, Martin G3ZAY and Michael G7VJR arriving at the airport (IPC) on Easter Island after long flights from London. |
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| Antenna work on arrival starts with the unpacking of the two large ski-bags which contain various fibre-glass poles and coax cables. |
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Within a short time after arrival: Michael G7VJR with several vertical antennas now ready for the start of the XR0YG operation. |
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| The famous Moai statues are found in many places around the island. Not all are standing like these. Many have toppled over. |
John G4IRN's KPA500 worked faultlessly throughout the XR0YG operation. G3TXF and G7VJR used Tokyo High Power amplifiers. |
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| Water carriers Michael G7VJR and John G4IRN. Several large bottles of water were purchased for use in the shack each day |
By chance each of the four operators at XR0YG had brought along his own Begali Traveller CW key-paddle. Excellent they were too. |
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| A TH-550X amplifier, small lap-top, external keyboard, Elecraft K3, Begali paddle and 12v PSU at G3TXF's operating position. |
John G4IRN had some excellent high-rate CW pile-up runs on the HF bands, particularly on 12m and 10m. |
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| Ferrites (as seen here on the 30m antenna) helped reduce the inter-station interference. |
The 160m inverted antenna (on an 18m mast) with a Norfolk pine in the back-ground. |
Michael G7VJR and John G4IRN photograph a model Moai statue. |
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| A 2:1 Un-Un (together with many radials) at the base of the 160m inverted-L antenna. |
Power cuts: the local electricity supply failed twice during the XR0YG operation. |
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These two Moai do not seem interested in the XR0YG DX-pedition. Seen it all before? |
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| Meeting up with local DXers/contesters while passing through Santiago on the way to Easter Island: Dale CE2/VE7SV (now CE2AWW), Michael G7VJR, Roberto CE3CT, Pedro CE3FZ, John G4IRN and Martin G3ZAY at lunch soon after arriving from the UK. |
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Contesters Pedro CE3FZ and Roberto CE3CT at CE3CT's excellent contest location on the outskirts of Santiago. Dale CE2/VE7SV (now CE2AWW) is also part of the contest team at CE3CT. |
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