zaterdag 14 januari 2012

Former Coaststation "Ostend Radio" 500 KHz antenna's



4 Towers ,each 360 feet high
4 parallel wires , some 1000 feet long ,  abt 300 feet high
The Transmitting Building
left and right
the feeders of  ANT1 and ANT2
Ant1 and Ant2 drawn with "Paint" program, giving +/- image how they are situated in the picture




Over voltage protector outside the building
without any light ,
this is not a scene from some "Horrormovie" , neither Count Dracula's QTH in Transsylvania hahahahahaha,
-against the wall (righthand corner)  : Lightning-protector
-thick copper tube with ceramic stand-off's = the feed(tube)
on the table :  antenna tuner + a few K2's having a "hell of a job" with these inputsignals.



(for years) no heating system at all in the building  , some extra pull-overs, body-warmers ,even gloves are more then welcome!

...just two friends having a lot of fun ...

left : Jos,ON6WJ     right Wilfried, ON6EO

our second visit:
Monday January 16th
from 19:30 till 20:30 UTC
UBA QRP Foxhunt
Rig= Elecraft K2 ,5Watts out
worked stns:
ON4IM, PA3BYW,ON4ADI,ON5DE,ON5AG,LA1ENA,ON6HZ,SM0OY,ON3ND,ON6EN,PA0HTT
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From 18:30 till 19:30  and from 21:00 till 22:00
(sri both nearly frozen) made some Xband QSO, listening at 503 KHz ,replying at 3575 KHz
contacted stns:
PA0LCE , PA3CW,PA1JT,PA0A,PA0HTT, EI0CF and G3XIZ
received their 503 KHz signals frm 599 to...40dB over nine
to give an expression about those BIG signals !!
a few stations recorded here;

 Wilfried "prepairing" the receiver
 Empty transmitting room ...
 temp outside : minus 3 degrees
no central (or whatever) heating for many years
 Wilfried & Jos



 the lightning arresters for both antenna's


hopely ,the next pictures will be one of a real " 500KHz DX-pedition"
cheers
Wil&Jos