Rytis, LY4U
2009-02-10
2009-02-10
LY2WR/P in BCC Contest 2008
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New LY2WR QTH is long abbandoned brick radio tower in KO24FO, 50km west from Vilnius. We did it LY2WR/P in 2008, since 2009 it is LY2WR (without /P) which means look for us in every contest! |
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Tower itself is 40m high, which totals 280m a.s.l. for antennas – one of highest spots in LY and East Baltics |
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Icing is not uncommon up there all winter long (280m vs average 0-50m a.s.l. in LY) |
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Steel tower currently in commercial use, as seen from the window of the brick tower. It is shadowing some 10 degrees to South, in all other directions it is TOTALLY CLEAR for hundreds and thousands of km, as seen in next photo. |
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Sunrise – direction UA3/UT. Dirt is not on lens, it’s windows – not cleaned for 20 years. Going outside (on the roof) is an operation done using mountaineers equipment, so we don’t have many photos from there. |
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North view – there are no obstacles up to Helsinki and beyond. The shadow of the 40m high brick tower is visible. |
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About 600kg of gear were carried up these stairs by LY3BF and LY4U |
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The termometer shows temperature inside at the arrival for the BCC MS contest 2008. |
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There was no electric power, water or heating in the top room of the tower. It was not used for about 20 years. We had to install everything ourselves. |
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Arvydas LY3BF operating LY2WR/P on FSK441 in BCC MS Contest 2008 |
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LY2WR/P December 12 2008 – note the electric heater by LY4U’s feet. Without it we would not survive. |
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Arvydas LY3BF preparing meal for the team of two at the improvised LY2WR/P kitchen. |
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Rytis LY4U (ex-LY2BIL) operating the station. FT736R was driving two PA with separate antennas, additional IC728H and a 2nd laptop was used to RX 2nd antenna. |
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And for those in doubt – no, we did not drink anything stronger than mineral water. At least until the end of contest 😉 |
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Our signal quality was a real concern because of commercial equipment nearby, so we took it seriously. |
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Main PA had it’s own room because of a noise produced by the air blower. Stairs to the roof are visible behind. |
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25 year old LY2WR 600W 2m PA on 1xGU-74B lost a transformer 2nd day, and got an emergency repair. |
| BCC MS CONTEST 2008. Call: LY2WR/P, WW LOC: KO24FO, Category: MULTI OP, Operators: Rytis Zumbakis LY4U; Arvydas Bilinkevicius LY3BF, Mode: FSK441 only | Valid QSOs: 185, Points: 555, Prefixes: 113, Total score: 62715. ODX: F4CWN JN03PO 2066km, F1RHS JN03PV 2044km, F5VHX JN04FT 2026km. DLx57, PAx20, RAx15, Ix11, Fx10, YUx8, OKx7, YOx7, S5×6, ONx6, Gx6, UTx6, LZx3, OEx3, HAx3, SMx3, SPx2, OMx2, 9Ax2, OZx2, EWx1, Z3×1, TKx1, LAx1, OHx1, SVx1 |
