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EI8GQB/EI1A activation between 21st and 30th October 2012

Date Until: 
01/11/2012
Once again, Olivier ON4EI will travel to Ireland to operate EI8GQB/EI1A from a caravan with green energy. He will activate EI1A during the CQ World Wide DX SSB contest (27th-28th). More details can be found on his website, including frequencies and activities.

Equipment: 18m top loaded vertical monopole for 160m-80m-40m + 32 radials. 3 elements east-west directional inverted V beam for 40m. 200m long beverage RX antenna east-west directional. 2 Spiderbeam antennas for 20m/15m/10m. Rigs are Elecraft K3+P3 & Kenwood TS2000 100 W. 500 Ah battery bank + 180W solar panel and 400W wind generator.


Targets:
- new 160m inverted L antenna experiment.
- running the 48h contest on green energy only.
- score: among TOP 10 European stations in SOABLP category.