Equipment
4W8X Station Setup
Information on the radio/amps setups will follow after local setup.
The plan is to be able to produce 12-15 signals on any band/mode combinations.
4W8X Antennas
| Main QTH | Second QTH | |
|---|---|---|
| 160m | Titanex V160 Vertical + Beverages EU/NA/SA | |
| 80m | Fullsize 4-Square + Beverages EU/NA/SA | |
| 60m | Dipole | |
| 40m | Fullsize 4-Square | Fullsize 4-Square |
| 30m | Fullsize 4-Square | Fullsize 4-Square |
| 20m | Spiderbeam @14mH | 3-ele Yagi @12mH + Spiderbeam @14mH |
| 17m | Spiderbeam @14mH | Spiderbeam @14mH |
| 15m | Spiderbeam @14mH | 4-ele Yagi @12mH + Spiderbeam @14mH |
| 12m | Spiderbeam @14mH | Spiderbeam @14mH |
| 10m | Spiderbeam @14mH | 4-ele Yagi @12mH + Spiderbeam @14mH |
| 6m | 5-ele Yagi @10mH | 7-ele Yagi @5mH (EME) |
| 2m | 2 x 11-ele Yagi @5mH (EME) | |
| 70cm | 3.0m Dish (EME) | |
| 23cm | 3.0m Dish (EME) |
(History): 4W1A April 2023 Station Setup
The April 2023 pre-trip had 3 operators (Ben DL6FBL, Braco E77DX, Robert SP5XVY) on 3 operating seats (maximum 3 transmitted signals on 3 different bands at any time). Each operator was using the same operating seat all the time, we were just changing antennas outside (see picture gallery).
- 2x Elecraft K3 + SPE Expert 1.3k-FA
- 1x Icom IC-705 + Juma 1000
- 2x MicroHAM MK2 interface
- 3x Notebook computers with DXlog logging software
Finally we let the computers run in a wired Ethernet network, because under WiFi we experienced a higher number of unsynchronized contacts on the DXlog computers which also lead to upload errors over the 4W1A Club Log Livestream. Those upload errors will have been increased by the poor Internet connectivity over LTE, too, which we experienced on most local evenings. After all we are happy that we used Club Log Livestream, and we want to thank their team for providing such great tools for DXpeditions and regular HAM activities.
4W1A April 2023 Antennas
The April 2023 pre-trip 4W1A was only using wire antennas, however directly on the beachfront. A few pictures are in the picture gallery. Compare that with the table above, and you may imagine that 4W8X will be even somewhat louder than 4W1A. :-)
| 160m | No activity in April 2023 => wait for November 2023 |
|---|---|
| 80m | No activity in April 2023 => wait for November 2023 |
| 60m | No activity in April 2023 => wait for November 2023 |
| 40m | Vertical Dipole hanging down from palm tree |
| 30m | Quarterwave Vertical with two elevated radials |
| 20m | Vertical Dipole hanging down from palm tree |
| 17m | Vertical Dipole hanging down from palm tree |
| 15m | Vertical Dipole hanging down from palm tree |
| 12m | Vertical Dipole hanging down from palm tree |
| 10m | Vertical Dipole hanging down from palm tree |