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VP2MPX Montserrat Island

I inform you of my HAM activity from Montserrat during the mounth of August, starting the 09 till 24 My call is IZ2DPX one or two operators The call will be VP2MPX Following are some data regarding my activity.
Here stated my working conditions: ANTENNAS Mosley Classic 33 Triband yagi Cushcraft A50-3 6m yagi Hustler 6-BTV vertical, 80M-10M Hy-Gain rotator mounted inside tower; plus control box and 200’ of cable 40M dipole 80M/40M dipole together 160M dipole 4 runs of RG8X coax about 75 feet long each Ameritron RCS-4 remote antenna switch 5-position manual rotary antenna switch 5 coax jumpers of various lengths 2 boom end caps @ 1 7/8” diameter 2 hose clamps @ 1 7/8” diameter 1 insulated standoff spare for CL-33 driven element (with bolts) 11 PL259 coax plugs with reducers for RG8X coax 2 spare double female coax connectors 1 double male coax connector 4 small pulleys 3 1” hose clamps 2 small eye hook screws 4 small galvanized wire nut U-bolts 6 ¼” nuts and lockwashers 8 ½” nuts and lockwashers, plus 6 flat washers 5 spare mounting bolts for rotator 5 colored velcro tie-wraps for marking coax, etc 3 velcro straps
Handful of 11” and 14” plastic tie-wraps for bundling antenna elements for storage, etc. There is additional wire and coax in the “green footlocker” in the container if David can find it.
RADIO EQUIPMENT Kenwood TS-570SG transceiver with 1.8kHZ and 500Hz filters (swap for mode) Samlex switching power supply with DC cable for Kenwood (clean, no hash) Astron switching power supply (birdies on 80M) Heil Proset headset/microphone with Kenwood (Elecraft) adapter Heil BM-10 headset/microphone wired for Kenwoods Vibroplex CW paddle, not iambic Bencher CW paddle, iambic Daiwa SWR/power meter MFJ 484 Grandmaster Memory keyer CT keying cable for parallel computer port; has both ¼” and 1/8” plugs RS232 cable for rig control using a computer serial port 2 audio jumper cables with 1/8” mono plugs – good for RTTY Spare DIN plugs – 6 pin and 7 pin 1 spare 1/8” mono plug Set of Amidon toroids and bypass capacitors to de-hash switching power supply MISCELLANEOUS Weller soldering station plus some solder Radio Shack soldering pencil (not very good) Radio Shack VOM, good for basic continuity and voltage measurements) 6-position 110VAC outlet strip 1 single-outlet 110VAC extension cord 1 phono Y adapter plug 1 spare phono plug 1 ¼” mono Y adapter plug Solder lugs – 12 open end, 6 closed end 4 rubber feet, peel and press 2 ferrite cable clamps for RFI suppression 5 BUSS AGC-20 fuses 2 3-amp automotive fuses Spare DB9 female connector Transistors: MPS2907 (PNP), MPS2222A (NPN) 1 1N4733A 5.1V zener diode PLUS 2 100 ft lengths RG8X coaxial cable 1 115 ft lengths RG8X coaxial cable 1 160 ft length copperweld antenna wire 2 135 ft lengths insulated antenna wire 1 wire vee-beam for 30 20 + 17 meters 2 105 ft lengths insulated antenna wire 2 122 ft lengths insulated antenna wire 16 50 ft radial wires 3 100 ft lengths 3/8 inch nylon rope 1 800 ft spool 1/8 inch nylon twine 1 large roll of baling twine 2 power cords 1 US - 1 UK MANUALS CL-33 antenna A50-3 antenna CT contest logging program MMTTY primer US Tower 6-BTV MFJ 484 Grandmaster keyera The booked location is Gingerbread Hill on Monserrat IOTA is NA-103.

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