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1 EI7TRG March 2016 Olivier Vandenbalck ON4EI/EI8GQB
2 AGENDA Introduction st HF Contests EI/ON4EI 2010 Islands expeditions EJ8GQB 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB 2012 Caravan & Green Energy 2013 EI1A SO2R Top Europe station
3 INTRODUCTION
4 INTRODUCTION Olivier V. born in st receiver 12 years old. Telecommunication Engineer. HAM license in 1986 with ON1KOP. Member ON7WR Waterloo (contest U-SHF 90 s) HAREX license in 2004 with ON4EI. Wedding in 2006 with Irish princess. Irish call in 2010 with EI8GQB. Contest call in 2012 with EI1A
5 INTRODUCTION From To
6 INTRODUCTION
7 1 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI
8 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Fethard
9 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI
10 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI
11 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI VE7CA 2 elements Tri-band wirebeam
12 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Bidirectional antenna
13 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Bidirectional antenna
14 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Bidirectional antenna
15 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Bidirectional antenna
16 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Bidirectional antenna
17 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI More info see :
18 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI 33.57m 9m Height : 9m Length : 33.57m Bidirectional antenna Poor sun activity period 10m band closed 75% High band QSO traffic on20m band 10 elements 20m band
19 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Easy built
20 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Forward gain : dbd Front to back ratio : dbd Rear gain: 1.95 dbd Bandwidth : 40 Designed with MANNA-GAL Measured with MiniVNA
21 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Forward gain : dbd Front to back ratio : dbd Rear gain: 1.95 dbd Bandwidth : 40 Ireland location is ideal for contest as 70% traffic is Est-West.
22 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI MANNA-GAL simulation (SWR) MiniVNA measurements 1 st results (without any optimisation)
23 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI More info see :
24 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Low band antenna
25 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Vertical for 160m-80m-40m
26 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Verticale 5/8λ vertical 5/8λon sur 40m Mat Spiderbeam 18m 18m fiberglass fibre de mast verre Frésonance = MHz Fres = MHz 32 radiales 32 radials 20m 20m long Top Loading
27 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Tuning box
28 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Tuning box
29 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Tuning box + 32 radials
30 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI 40m:bandwidth=204 KHz 80m:bandwidth=150 KHz 160m:bandwidth=24 KHz Measurements MiniVNA (Bandwidth SWR2/1)
31 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI More info see :
32 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI 160m 1.5m Length : 160m Height : 1.5m Balun 9:1 Beverage antenna for reception Balun 9:1
33 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI K3 Elecraft (Improve RX % TS2000) EI/ON4EI EI8GQB (Use an Irish callsign) Beam Spiderbeam (Future solution for high band as sun activty increases) 3 Improvements
34 st Contests HF EI/ON4EI Contest prehistory!
35 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 Bere Island EU121 (Solo) March 2010 Saltees Islands EU103 (+ EI4II) July 2010
36 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 Bere island CQWW DX SSB March 2010
37 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010
38 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010
39 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010
40 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 Bere Island
41 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 More info see :
42 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 EJ4II-EJ8GQB Saltee islands IOTA July 2010
43 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 IARU HF contest July 2010 at EI4II QTH
44 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 Private island Nature reserve Limited and difficult acces
45 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 Ile privée Réserve naturelle Accès limité et difficile
46 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 Saltee Islands
47 EJ8GQB Islands expeditions 2010 More info see :
48 EI8GQB Campervan period 2011
49 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Fethard
50 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB EI8GQB NEW QTH
51 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB
52 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB
53 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB CQ WW DX SSB (October 2010)
54 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB New QTH on the hill
55 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB New QTH on the hill Easy access Low noise site 500m far from first houses No trees Water available View at almost 360
56 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB SO1R
57 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB SO2R
58 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Beginning SO2R (Single Operator 2 radios) RUN & SEARCH -> When : Low activity period (night). Find QSO multipliers or points. Check band opening. -> Constrains : Several antennas. TX Locking system (no 2 TX at the same time).
59 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Beginning SO2R(Single Operator 2 radios) RUN & SEARCH -> Increase by 10% QSO number,
60 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB SO2R -> 2 nd Spiderbeam Experimentation : 10 elements 20m antenna
61 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB SO2R Experimentation : 3 elements 40m vertical
62 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Vertical OK for DX but not good for Europe (IOTA contest) Experimentation : 3 elements 40m wirebeam
63 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Curent design Equal distance between elements allows bidirectionality 11m AGL allows access at the end of elements Experimentation : 3 elements 40m wirebeam
64 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Design futur Equal distance between elements allows bidirectionality 11m AGL allows access at the end of elements Experimentation : 3 elements 40m wirebeam
65 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB Direction East West (100 ) 3db Beam width : 90 Experimentation : 3 elements 40m wirebeam
66 2011 Campervan period EI8GQB CQ WW DX SSB (October 2011)
67 EI1A Caravan & Green Energy 2012
68 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A Second-hand caravan + SUN & WIND hybrid system
69 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A SPRECO/SILENTWIND solution 420W 12V (φ =1.15m)
70 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A 2 solar panels 2*90W -> 10Ah (Dimensions :1.2m*0.54m)
71 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A -Modification of the caravan electrical system. -Lamps replacement with 12V LEDs. -PC with log supplied with 12V. -Only Rotators use 220V.
72 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A Hybrid controler PWRcheck measure Battery booster 12V-220V converter Charge separator 2*220 Ah batteries
73 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A Measurement of the produced energy (min or hourly)
74 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A Green Energy
75 2012 Caravan & Green Energy EI1A 16m Antenna trailer
76 2013 EI1A Top Europe station More info see :
77 EI1A Top Europe station 2013
78 2013 EI1A Top Europe station
79 2013 EI1A Top Europe station 220m Coax cable / radials 600m 3 HF Yagi antennas (Spiderbeam +2*TA33 Mosley) 2 Antenna rotators 3 Fiberglass poles (2*12m et 1*18m) 3 Aluminium masts (2*12m et 1*15m) 1 Trailer mast (16m) 1 Power generator (2.5kW) 1 Wind generator (420W - φ =1.15m) 2 Solar panels (2*90W - 1.2m*0.54m) 3 Batteries (2*220 Ah et 1* 100Ah) 2 K3 Elecraft 100W+ P3
80 2013 EI1A Top Europe station SO2Rantennas Remote control in the shack
81 2013 EI1A Top Europe station SO2R contest schack
82 2013 EI1A Top Europe station + Bandpass filters SO2R contest schack
83 2013 EI1A Top Europe station 2 Heil traveler headsets 1 headphone & 1 earplug SO2R setup
84 2013 EI1A Top Europe station PAN SEARCH SO2R test futur
85 2013 EI1A Top Europe station Past results analysis Continuous improvement approach
86 2013 EI1A Top Europe station Other competitors performance analysis
87 2013 EI1A Top Europe station 1 st world position since 2009 Best performance since 2012 IOTA 2013 contest results
88 2013 EI1A Top Europe station 6 th World result 1 st Europe result WPX SSB th World result 1 st Europe result WPX SSB 2014
89 2013 EI1A Top Europe station
90 2013 EI1A Top Europe station CQ WW DX SSB (October 2013)
91 2013 EI1A Top Europe station EI1A
92 2013 EI1A Top Europe station Antenna park continuous improvement
93 2013 EI1A Top Europe station EI1A Fan Club
94 2013 EI1A Top Europe station
95 2013 EI1A Top Europe station Become a member of ON4EI YOUTUBE channel!!! 20 Videos 58 members views 8500 QSO/year QSL Manager PA3249 EI8GQB EI1A EJ8GQB EJ4II ON4EI Total views views views views views views Data 12/2015
96 2013 EI1A Top Europe station More info see :
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