Fiji islands EME DXpedition
Sept/Oct 2010
The post-DXpedition information ...A successful trip putting more contacts in the log than I have managed to make in my previous operations. This was despite the limitation here in the Pacific of working with such a short window to Europe where most of the 2M EME stations are located. It was especially pleasing to work many new callsigns and see a significant increase in activity from North America :-)Here is a corrected list of 199 calls worked from 212 contacts (dupes in brackets) in 41 DXCCs: KB8RQ PA2CHR DK3BU DK5LA K1OR W5UN WZ5Q W4RBO JR3REX JE1TNL ZL3TY VK2KU JM1GSH W7MEM JH0MHE KE7NR K5QE N5YA JS3CTQ SM7GVF UA3PTW ES6RQ OH7HXH LA8KV YO3DDZ PE1L OZ1LPR GM6VXB DF7KF DM1CG DL9MS DL8YHR EA6VQ DK8ZJ DD7KE S52FO DF2ZC DL8EBW DK3WG F1DUZ DL8GP DL2LAH F6FHP EA2AGZ JM1WBB K6MYC JH5FOQ AD4TJ VE5UF K1JT K7MAC RA7A RN6BN W7IUV SM5DIC OH7PI OH2BC OZ4VV OH4LA PA3FPQ PI9CM DK2PH HA6NQ UA4AQL IK1UWL DJ8MS DL1DWI I2FAK F9HS PA0ZH F6BKI F6HVK PA5KM PA1GYS (F1DUZ) K1CA EI4DQ G4ZFJ AA7A DK3EE F6APE JH2COZ VE1KG KD3UY N7SC RK3FG ZL2DX UY9VY BD4SY RK6CG RA6A DK0KK LZ1DP PA3CMC OK1CU DK5SO F6DRO YU7AA LZ1OA ES3RF DL7FF DK4TG PA0JMV I2RV DM2BHG G4FUF G4EZP CT1HZE WA2ODO N4BH WA3BZT RV9UV OH9GDT OH6ZZ SP2NJI UT6UG DG8NCO SM5CUI DL1RNW DL8SCQ ON7UC F1AFJ YO6OBK 9H1PA DK5WL G4CBW AA4SC JH8CMZ SK5AA OH8MGK OH6UW OK1UGA DK5EW VK3AXH SP2OFW ON7EH I3LDP (DK2PH) I3YXQ OH2LHE SW8KOU YU7XL I1ANP OM3BC DG0OPK DD0VF RX1AS HB9Q RU1AA IK3MAC AD4TJ PF7M W3SZ N9HF (W4RBO) K5GMX (K1JT) K5DOG (JR3REX) K2BLA VE2JWH K7XQ W7EME VK4CDI (RV9UV) AD6FP RW9USA ES5PC (RK3FG) UR5LX (UA3PTW) LZ1ZX YT3I 9A9T (LZ1DP) 9A0Z LZ2FO UT5UAS S54T PA3CEE ON4KHG US8ZAL DH4FAJ YO5PLD/P (WA3BZT) VE7XDT LU1C KE7NR/P WA4NJP K4UCY (VK2KU) RW1AY/1 SV8CS DL2NUD SW8NAC OZ1HNE(CW) WB2RVX (W5UN) WB3BEL XE2AT AA9MY (HA6NQ) DJ3VI W1ICW N5KDA ZS2GK YO9HP CE0Y/DK2ZF WA2FGK YO9FRJ N6RMJ WA3QPX If you are not in the list and think we had a QSO, please email me the details and I will check! I may not have logged a QSO or two due to lack of sleep / operating in the very early hours of the morning! Thanks to the 4 people who took the time to extract the number of DXCC entities from the above list! 
Bob 3D2RS/ZL1RS at the 2M operating position. 
IC-706MK2g + Kuhne QH40A xtal heater, HB 8877 PA, HB ATF21186 GaAsFET Preamp Meanwell 12V SMPSU, Compaq laptop, headphones for the CW callers (yes, there was one!) 
2M - 2 x 8 element Yagis, own design, 100 ohm folded dipole feedpoint, balanced phasing lines in parallel to 1:1 Sleeve Balun, 15M LMR400 feed. 6M - In the background, Lance's 6M8GJ Yagi from M-Squared. 
The view to Moon Rise out over the bay - excellent ground gain at 5-11 degrees elevation! 
The view to Moon Set - good ground gain at 13-7 degrees elevation! 
On "tourist duty" with Gus the boatman! There were plenty of beautiful beaches and coral reefs to see. 73, Bob 3D2RS/ZL1RS |