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The call series TFxY, TFxX and TFxZ are presently reserved for Contest operations and special occasions.
TF4Y was issued for the first time to me for a limited period only to be used during the Russian DX Contest by a team of Russian operators.
This call sign may be re-issued at any time.
The team members, Alex-RA3MR, Elena-RV3ACA, Valery-RZ6AU, Artem-RD3MA, Sergey, OH2DZ (UA1ANA) and Dmitry-RA3MF operated my station during the contest to the tune of 1800 QSOs and a score of approximately 3,000,000 points.
In addition the team operated before and after the contest as homecall/TF and activated the Yaroslavl Club Station RK3MWL/TF as well.
Alex, RA3MR operated from my QTH for the second time – see the R7C/TF operation – and he generously donated two beautiful 19 inch LCD monitors to my station.
The group arrived at my QTH on March 13th and immediately started building and assembling antennas – a SpiderBeam, Delta loop and an Inverted Vee antenna to be used for multiplier hunting.
The SpiderBeam had some problems and was only operational two hours before the start of the contest.
We discovered that it was possible to run two stations on each band without any interference at all, due to the 500 meter separation between the USA transmitting antenna site and the JA/EU transmitting site.
No issues or problems arose during the contest and all equipment and antennas functioned flawlessly.
Some photos of their visit may be found in my gallery .
The QSL manager for this operation is Elena, RV3ACA.
It was a pleasure to welcome these experienced Radio maniacs to my station and to see them in action and I hope they will be happy with their visit to Iceland.
On their return to Russia – Artem, RD3MA and Dmitry, RA3MF were interviewed by Yaroslavl Region TV.
open source video, online video platform, video solution open source video, online video platform, video solution [nggallery id="68"]I had the pleasure of hosting the R7C/TF DXpedition December 14-19, 2006.
The team members were Valery -- RW3GW Project Manager, Andrei -- RW3AH (also KL1A) and Alex -- RA3MR and they made around 6,000 QSOs from my station.
They were part of a national project: “The World Encyclopedia of travel” and they brought with them a TV Crew with the plan to make a documentary about Iceland to be shown on Russian Television.
They also plan to make a separate TV documentary about their DXpedition to Iceland.
At the same time, three more operators (RA3NAN, RZ3EM and RZ3EC) were active from Flatey Island -- IOTA EU-168 with the call sign TF4RRC. You may visit their website for more information.
Andrei, RW3AH has written about the DXpedition on his website : www.CQDX.ru and photos from the trip may be found in his Gallery and also here . Some sound files from the operation may be found at http://shortwave.rpod.ru/tags/TF4M/
During their stay we had very strong Aurora and Andrei coined a new term to describe the effect of the Aurora on Radio Communications as ”Aurora Firewall” (Patent Pending).
I was proud to be visited by such fellow ”Radio-Maniacs”!
I look forward to see them again. Perhaps next summer?
Valery, RW3GW Project Manager
Andrey,RW3AH
Alex, RA3MR
Sergey and Anastasia
Boris and Snezhana (TV Crew)
filming in the shack
filming in the shack.
My station is available on a rental basis for visiting Radio Amateurs.
To reach TF4M involves a domestic flight from Reykjavik to Bildudalur Airport (2km from my QTH).
Assuming arrival on a Wednesday to get familiar with the station equipment and antennas, and departure on Monday the rental prices of the station are as follows:
Each Operator – $US 1500.
Please note that this is the minimum price for each operation and is basically the cost of accommodation for 5 nights with the use of my station thrown in for free.
Additional Days in excess of 5 nights – $US 100 per operator.
This includes accommodation in Otradalur Farm Accommodation, the exclusive use of the station – 4 operating positions, each with KW amplifiers, and I can prepare excellent Icelandic food at a cost of $US 100 per person per day.
I make only dinner each night with this arrangement. Breakfast/lunch will be self-serve and leftovers from the dinner – full access to the kitchen and the fridge provided.
Coffee and tea as much as you can consume at no charge.
Wine and beer will be purchased and charged at cost, I recommend that operators make use of the incoming Duty Free store at Keflavik Airport and grab their complete duty free allowance on arrival and bring their own, since wine and beer are extremely expensive in Iceland.
Otradalur has one room to let with a single bed and two bunk beds. There are some more bunk beds available as well.
Only one individual or group will be booked in any period.
Visiting Amateurs may use the TF4X call sign which has been issued to my station for this purpose.
It is also possible to activate TF4Y or TF4Z from my QTH – please enquire.
Iceland accepts CEPT licences, I can assist with licencing for those who do not have a CEPT licence.
Please note that the TF4M station is a Smoke Free property – all 1500 Hektares.
Please contact me if you are interested in operating a contest or DXpedition with the Kings of antennas and the Arctic King.
