TY1TT - Benin, Grand Popo dxpedition
1e dxpedition: 26 JANUARY 2014 – 5 FEBRUARY 2014
2e dxpedition: 2018 Dates 20 FEB untill 28 FEB 2018
160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meter band CW – SSB – RTTY
News 20 februari 2018 : 1 piece of bagage is lost in Paris by Air France. Unfortunately this is the bag with the radio and some more import stuff i need for the radio and antenne’s. I expect it to receive on Wednesday. I try to stay longer if Air France allows to chance the home flight dates.
Equipment 2018:
IC-7100 + Expert 1K3fa
Microham keyer and Wintest logging software
30m and 40m vertikal +ground radials + hairpin match
80 & 160m INVERTED L +ground radials + hairpin match
RX antenne AS-SAL-30 Mark II – Shared Apex Loop Array
Baluns, coax line isolators and filters by on7fu
Hexbeam 20m/17m/15m/12m/10m/6m
OM power supression netfiltersU
27/12/2013:
Got my TY1TT callsign and license for life time from the Benin telecom authorities. For dxpedition in 2014 and 2018
Pile up control, please listen:
PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK/COVER MAKING YOUR CALL ON TOP OF A QSO
That means : DO NOT SHOUT YOUR CALL WHEN I COME BACK FOR AN OTHER STATION !!
WAIT FOR MY GENERAL CQ CALL PLEASE!!!
AND ANSWER ONLY WHEN CALLED BACK TO YOU !!!
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPLIT SETUP !
PLEASE DO NOT TUNE ON RX or TX FREQUENCY,
This tuining is selfisch, and realy bad for my ears or others who are listning on my tx freq.
Important: in SSB, Please call me ONLY with the INTERNATIONAL SPELLING CODE
That means Alfa,bravo,chralie,delta,echo,foxtrot,golf,hotel,india,julliet,kilo,lima,mike,november,oscar,papa,etc..
This is much easier to copy for me in the pile up !
SUPPORT / DONATIONS :
Managing a dxpedition to Benin is a expensive thing to do for me.
Please feel free to donate, think about support the effort!
THANKS GUYS! Make urself a good operator and ex-Lids.
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE DX….
Thanks for support and donations for the 2014 TY1TT dxped.
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