Wrap up of FT5ZM and QSL information (N2OO - Bob Shenk)
FT5ZM DXpedition to Amsterdam Island - 2014
English - February 22, 2014 17:00 - 9 minutes - 16.6 MBHobbies Leisure Technology ham amateur radio australia hobby learn ft5zm Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Some statistics for FT5ZM:
* 170,000+ contacts
* 10,000 contacts per day
* 8 operating stations
* 37,000 uniques
* 160m - 10m, including WARC bands, Phone, CW, RTTY
* 7,000 RTTY contacts
* 14 team members
* 6 people on Braveheart
* 20 people on Amsterdam Island
* 10 yagis on two sites
* 7 verticals
* Verticals on 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m at Antonelli
* Verticals on 80m, 40m, 30m at Mataf
* several receive antennas
* 10,000 photos
* videos
QSL information:
* A dozen people handling QSL at the South Jersy DX Association
* Paper, OOQRS, Bureau, LoTW