Story - Prins Karls Forland Is. IOTA EU-063

The radio stations
Five radio station were in use, one for 6 meters, one for satellite and three for HF. Station 1 - HF IC-738 IC2KL with AT500 (about 300 Watts) Force 12 C3S Station 2 – 6 meters IC-706MkII Linear amplifier 300 Watts Four elements yagi Station 3 - HF IC-706 and IC-706MkII MFJ-948 antenna tuner ECO Asay 3 elements yagi for 10, 15 and 20 meters Carolina Windom 160 Special SCS PTC-II modem (for RTTY and PSK31) Station 4 - HF TS-50 with Kenwood tuner ON4AMX dipole for 17 meters. Station 5 - Satellite IC-821 Four elements 2 m yagi and 12 elements 70 cm yagi All stations were using CT logging software. Power was generated by 4 generators, each of them approximately 1 kW and running on petrol. We brought 15 jerry cans with petrol, which is about 300 liters. At the two main HF stations and the six meters station, the 12 VDC output of the power supplies was buffered by 200 Ah batteries.

On the left a view on the camp with the cone shaped lavvu tent in the middle. The white tent at the left is the one that finally was not used for a radio station. Instead, all radio stations were finally established in the two white tents at the other end. The sleeping tents were scattered around the lavvu tent. The shape of the camp was more or less created by the landscape itself. We needed to have some sand foundation for the tents and masts and there was just enough. The orange beacon and the Governor’s hut (with chimney) can be seen in the background. The Governor’s hut was locked and not available for our stay. Just in case of emergency we could eventually force our way in.

The radio stations