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The first QSOs from the new DXCC entity of East Timor, were made by Ross, 4W6UN and a few days later I got my licence as 4W6MM.  I started calling CQ on the 10M band and it took a while until the first station was in the log.

JA7JVY was the first station in the log, followed by JG5IAA and  N6DQ, who was the first U.S. station in the log.

I was using an Icom IC706MKIIG with a random wire at the time.

These contacts represent  the first QSOs made from East Timor after decades of silence.

I made 42,419 QSOs as 4W6MM.

The first recording was made on the 16th of March, 2000.

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4W3DX, Dili, East Timor 

Click on the link below to listen to a recording of my QSO with OE6MBG in Graz, Austria with the MARKONI Rhombic that I rebuilt in Dili.  Notice the complete absence of noise and fading on the signals.  

This is typical for the performance of Rhombics – signals may be weak but still very much workable.

 

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 I recorded most of my 4W3DX operation (17,000 QSOs).   IF I was working JA and USA, then I was using a Force12 C3S antenna at 150 feet and if I was working EU, then I was using the MARKONI Rhombic.:

 Period of 10 June 2003 – 14 June 2003

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Period of 15 June 2003 – 20 June 2003

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21 June 2003

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The aims of the contest are to promote amateur radio activity within Scandinavia as well as to encourage amateur radio communications between Scandinavian and non-Scandinavian amateur radio stations. Non-Scandinavian stations will try to work as many Scandinavian stations as possible.

 

Callsign Used : TF4M
         Operator : TF4M

         Category : SOAB High Power

 

 BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Countries  
 ______________________________________________________

   80CW        16           16          35        10
   40CW      110         110        247        32
   20CW      409         409        996        57
   15CW        44           44          90        16
 ______________________________________________________

 Totals        579         579       1368       115

    Final Score = 157320 points.
 

Operating time: approximately 6 Hours 

Objective:

US and Canadian amateurs work as many amateur stations in as many DXCC countries of the world as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands.

Foreign amateurs work as many US and Canadian stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible.

Contest Period: 48 hours. Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2400 UTC Sunday.

I entered the contest as Single Op, Single Band, 20M, High Power

QSOs   902
Points    2574
Mults      54

Final Score = 138996 points.

I used a Harris RF-350K/RT-1446 with the USA Rhombic.

This contest is held every year in the last full weekend of November.   The objective is for Radio Amateurs around the world to contact other Radio Amateurs in as many countries and zones as possible in a 48 hour period.

Call: TF4M

Operator(s): TF4M,TF3DC, TF3KX,TF3UA,TF3YH,N1RR

Class: M/2 HP (Multi Operator, Two Transmitter, High Power)

QTH: Otradalur

Operating Time (hrs): 47

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries

160:      501    14       64

80:        983    21       89

40:      1086    25       97

20:      1102    28       95

15:        468    16       58

10:            0      0         0

Total: 4140   104      403  Total Score = 3,284,853

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Otradalur, Iceland near Bildudalur, in N.W. Iceland

First Multi-Op / 2 station from TF4M

FT1000MP’s & Emtron DX2SP and DX-3

US/EU Rhombic @ 80ft   350ft each leg

JA/SA Rhombic @ 50ft   210ft each leg

EU Rhombic @ 50ft   210ft each leg

N.A. Vee beam @ 80ft sloping to 5ft  ~700ft each leg

Asia Vee beam @ 80ft sloping to 5ft  ~700ft each leg

The objective of this contest is for Radio Amateurs around the world to contact other Radio Amateurs in other parts of the world as possible in a 48 hour period.

Call: TF4M

Operator(s): TF4M

Station: TF4M

Class: SOAB HP (Single Operator, All Band, High Power)

QTH: Otradalur

Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:

Band  QSOs

160:        0

80:        0

40:      63

20:    925

15:      70

10:        0

Total: 1058

Prefixes = 516

Total Score = 1,042,320

Objective:

US and Canadian amateurs work as many amateur stations in as many DXCC countries of the world as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands.

Foreign amateurs work as many US and Canadian stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible.

Contest Period: 48 hours. Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2400 UTC Sunday.

Yngvi, TF3YH operated TF4M in the contest and made contacts with all 48 United States.

Call:   TF4M
Score:   777,060 points
QSOs:   1,439
Multipliers:  180
Final position:  Number 12 in EU

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