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CW DX-pedition to SYRIA : 9-15 April 2008
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| In the shack at YK9G : Roger G3SXW, Nigel G3TXF, Lionel G5LP, Fred G4BWP and Rob GM3YTS with FT2000D station. | Out on the roof at YK9G : Roger G3SXW, Rob GM3YTS and Fred G4BWP get set to install a dipole for 40m/80m. | ||||||||||||
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| Fred G4BWP and Roger G3SXW working on the roof-mounted antennas used by YK9G at the YK0RJ club station. | Rob GM3YTS making some of the first 17m QSOs at YK9G using an FT2000D. YK9G made 6,300 (net) CW QSOs in the first 24hrs. | ||||||||||||
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| Nigel G3TXF with Omar YK1AO and Marwan YK1AU who are hosting the YK9G team at the YK0RJ club-station in Damascus. | Lionel G5LP operates a K2 and Acom 1010 at one of the two YK9G stations on the air simultaneously from the YK0RJ club. | ||||||||||||
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| Hikmat YK1AM (son of Syria's first ever radio amateur Rasheed YK1AA) with Omar YK1AO | Roger G3SXW using a K2 to good effect running USA pile-ups during the short 20m opening every day. | ||||||||||||
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| The 30m quarterwave vertical antenna mounted on the roof with just four radials. | Nigel G3TXF, Fred G4BWP and Rob GM3YTS with hills towards north behind. | A roof-mounted trapped vertical was used for 17m and 12m. | |||||||||||
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| Fred G4BWP winkling out weak stations on 160m. A 160m dipole was erected for the last two days of the YK9G operation. | The YK0RJ club station of the SSTARS is located within a Syrian Telecom Establishment (STE) building in Damascus. | ||||||||||||
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| View across the hilly city of Damascus through the base of the 30m vertical antenna from the roof of the STE building. | YK9G used a K2 and this FT2000D plus two ACOM 1010 amplifiers. Note the Daily QSO Rate Graph posted on the shack wall! | ||||||||||||