IG9R(African Italy) on 40m LSB!!!

IG9R(African Italy) on 40m LSB!!!

IG9R  Italy  LUIGI VERDICCHIO CQWW - African Italy - Zone 33 Lampedusa Island - Iota Ref. AF-019 Italy [+] Mailing label
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20131027 2226UTC 7117kHz IG9R
Date : 27/Oct/2013 2226UTC
Freq : 7117kHz LSB
Rig  : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT  : Mini-Whip(PAØRDT)
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Lookups 25379 (26893) QRZ Admin IG9R Last Update 2009-07-03 22:45:59 Latitude 42.779275 (42° 46' 45'' N) Longitude 12.897949 (12° 53' 52'' E) Grid Square JN62ks Geo Source User supplied Bearing 321.0° NW (from JJ5IZX) Distance 5983.3 mi (9629.3 km) Long Path 18873.5 mi (30373.9 km) Sunrise 05:35:18 UTC Sunset 16:09:25 UTC CQ Zone 33 Born 1966 QSL Info IK8HCG Admin For (1) IG9R Apply for a new Vanity callsign...

2013 New location

Thanks to the Navy Forces and the Chief of the Sicily Area lighthouse for giving me a temporary military authorization to work in one of two Military Area Base. Than many thank's too the ENEA the National Agency for the new technologies for helping me in giving me12kw electricity supply

After two years of abstinence due to problems caused by Big noise, i move my setup far away to something unknown thatgenerates Big noise across the HF spectrun. i hope now to say Bye Bye Noise Down Town.

Thank's also to I2ADN (Angelo) for having located the source of the noise in April and June with his equipment.

Capo Grecale lighthouse Aerial view with the delimited area wich will be defined at the beginning of October

Side towards the Nord East

Side towards the Nord West

the best place to run the CQWW (Capo Grecale) lighthouse opened from 270 degrees to 160 degrees crossing via Noth, about asl 70m. (230 feet)

My setup during the CQWW SSB on 40m (2009) Icom 756ProII, OM-POWER amplifier, David Clark Headset, ICE bandpass filter.

Contest software Writelog with latest upgrade.

my antenna setup on 40m. two simple verticals phasing array spaced 1/2 wavelength apart. Last year (2008) in the same Contest i used a 4 square with bad results (too close the system to work europe but very sharp overseas anyway), while this year (2009) i did my self, worked with a stack match by Array Solutions wich has been modified to work bidirectional Broadside and bidirectional Endifre (called BIP/BOP system, both in phase or both out of phase), with the opportunity to work with a single vertical too, getting a little high vertical angle respect the system in phase. IT WORKS GREAT, not too complicated as the 4 square and with the opportunity to listen in 2 directions at the same time. Thank's to WX0B Array Solutions (jay) and W8AV (Goose PJ2T team component) for some details about the right degrees phasing matching array system and a big support to IK2QEI (Stefano) for time spend for various simulations of the phasing vertical array.

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My setup during the CQWW SSB on 40m (2008) Icom 756Pro, Alpha 87A amplifier, David Clark Headset, ICE bandpass filter.

Contest software Writelog.

The Comtek 4 square ACB-40

Comtek relay Box with RG6 foam cable and dummy load

i have had two storms during the week before the contest, but the bigest one during it, This is system after a big lightning storm, we stoped the contest for about 5 hours, i had to repair 2 verticals bend at the base.