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VE7GL
VC7G VC7GL
CK7GL
CG7GL
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Radio Amateurs of Canada University of BC Amateur Radio Society
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For the contests we operate on various weekends with the goal of contacting as many other radio stations around the world as possible. It is not unusual for us to contact three to four thousand stations, and well over a hundred countries, during a fourty-eight hour contest weekend. Contacts are made via voice, Morse code or one of the various digital modes depending on the contest type. Antennas:
CONTEST OPERATORS Nedo VA7OO doing a single operator 20M radio contest. (clockwise from
left) Formerly VE7BWK and VE3BWK /4U (United Nations in Syria) /4X (Israel) /OD (Lebanon) 5B4MN (Cyprus). /ZS (South Africa) /G5 (Great Britain) /KL7 (Alaska) /VY1 (Yukon). Here are some pictures of the VE3BWK/4U station at a UN military base on the Golan Heights in Syria. And pictures of the 5B4MN radio stations on the island of Cyprus.
We use WriteLog for contesting and Logic for regular logging and QSL tracking on networked Windows 7 computers. Transceivers: All ICOM 756 Pro series
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Dale
- VE7GL sitting on his perch working on one of the 40M antennas.
Here are some more pictures of the Station Pictures. Radio contests are sponsored by various amateur radio groups or magazines around the world and there are certificates or trophies to be won. Some examples are below.See Contesting.com for most of what you'll ever need to know about radio contesting plus dozens of cool pictures.A very important function of this station is emergency communications. Should there be a disaster the station can quickly switch over to emergency power and has antennas and equipment suitable for operating extended periods of time on all required modes and frequencies. As you can see from the pictures, there are many people who make up this contest station. Some are radio operators. Others help with the designing and building the many antennas systems. Others help setup the equipment and computers, keep the generators up and running or do the cooking. It's a team effort and everyone contributes in some way.That's Zoran VA7VZZ Putting up one of the two 40M mono-bander yagis. |
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By Dale Jackaman – VE7GL – 2013 |
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