T32RC
In December of 2013 the group consisting of Tim NL8F, Dick N7RO, Paula NX1P, Dave AH6HY and Dean KW7XX made their way to Kiritimati Island (pronounced Christmas Island in Gilbertese) in the Republic of Eastern Kiribati.
The call T32RC was used to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Russian Robinson Club, of which we are all members. In jus over 5 days of operating the group made almost 11,000 QSOs. Included in this total were 351 QSOs on 160M during the ARRL 160 Contest. Luck was on our side as Europe never really opened up to the states and our 351 Q's was good enough for !st Place as a DX station. Thanks going to Dick N7RO and Paula NX1P. They made the vast majority of the Q's as Dean KW7XX filled in for a few.
This trip was really an interesting one. Not only was it a first for a few of us, it was also the first time Paula NX1P tried her hand at real-time ClubLog uploads. After a few hiccups to start it went beautifully. Having the ability to log online in real-time is certainly a huge benefit. Once it was working well we rarely had a dupe. This led to a great number of "unique" calls in the log. Anytime that happens you can rest assured that you are giving more people the opportunity to put an "All Time New One" in their log.
I would be remiss without mentioning 2 other members of our team who were not along with us on the island. Paul W7IV was a tremendous help in securing a borrowed 160m antenna for our dxpedition. It was this antenna that gave us a win in the DX category for the ARRL 160 contest. The other member who wasn't with us in Eastern Kiribati was Ed K6HP. Ed spent a lot of his spare time putting together the T32RC website (click link below to visit please). He also acted as our pilot station. His advice throughout the whole process was greatly appreciated.
The call T32RC was used to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Russian Robinson Club, of which we are all members. In jus over 5 days of operating the group made almost 11,000 QSOs. Included in this total were 351 QSOs on 160M during the ARRL 160 Contest. Luck was on our side as Europe never really opened up to the states and our 351 Q's was good enough for !st Place as a DX station. Thanks going to Dick N7RO and Paula NX1P. They made the vast majority of the Q's as Dean KW7XX filled in for a few.
This trip was really an interesting one. Not only was it a first for a few of us, it was also the first time Paula NX1P tried her hand at real-time ClubLog uploads. After a few hiccups to start it went beautifully. Having the ability to log online in real-time is certainly a huge benefit. Once it was working well we rarely had a dupe. This led to a great number of "unique" calls in the log. Anytime that happens you can rest assured that you are giving more people the opportunity to put an "All Time New One" in their log.
I would be remiss without mentioning 2 other members of our team who were not along with us on the island. Paul W7IV was a tremendous help in securing a borrowed 160m antenna for our dxpedition. It was this antenna that gave us a win in the DX category for the ARRL 160 contest. The other member who wasn't with us in Eastern Kiribati was Ed K6HP. Ed spent a lot of his spare time putting together the T32RC website (click link below to visit please). He also acted as our pilot station. His advice throughout the whole process was greatly appreciated.
Left -Right The T32RC Operators (also Tov T32TV, with whom we dropped in on for a short visit
Paula NX1P - Dave AH6HY - Dean KW7XX - Tov T32TV - Dick N7RO - Tim NL8F
Paula NX1P - Dave AH6HY - Dean KW7XX - Tov T32TV - Dick N7RO - Tim NL8F
Dick N7RO running a huge pile to the east coast
Dean KW7XX running 10m SSB state
side pile.
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Paula NX1P plowing thru a CW pileup to JA
Dave AH6HY working 12m SSB
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Tim NL8F working 15m SSB
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Dean KW7XX and Dick N7RO at Honolulu Airport waiting to check in with Fiji Air
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Antenna Farm at The Captain Cook Hotel
One of two operating huts that were used. 160m vertical in foreground. 80m Vertical back right and Hexbeam back right
Dean KW7XX finishing the installation of the 160m vertical
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Dean KW7XX and Dick N7RO attaching fee point and radial plate to 1/4 wave 80m vertical
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20m thru 10m Hexbeam on a 21ft mast
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N6BT Bravo 7. A seven band vertical dipole. Worked very well at the surf. Here it pictured set up for 10m.
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CQ CQ 160....this antenna was a great player!