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3DA0WW - Kingdom of Eswatini October 12-26, 2021 Location in Google maps |
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News and status
23.Oct.2021 18:00 GMT - Status
23.Oct.2021 18:00 GMT - Status
3DA0WW will not be on 160m band anymore, InvL performance is not satisfactory.
21.Oct.2021 21:00 GMT - Status
For 160m InvL is installed as a workaround for match-box problem. Beverage towards EU is installed from each sub-QTH. Hopefully this will improve low-bands reception. 3DA0WW will be on the air full-strength until Sunday including. On Monday they will do Covid tests and pack the gear. On Tuesday they fly home.
Political situation in the country is tense. Hopefully the team will not face any issues.
19.Oct.2021 08:00 GMT - Status
They have issues with match-box on 160m band when trying to run high-power. Will try to fix it today.
18.Oct.2021 08:00 GMT - Status
This morning +9 C outside and raining constantly. Noisy low-bands and probably nothing better to expect. Seems like this will be mostly FT8 DX-pedition.
17.Oct.2021 18:00 GMT - Another power outage
Today another 2 hour power outage, about the same time as yesterday.
New photos added
16.Oct.2021 17:00 GMT - Power outage
They had power outage for 2 hours. Now power is back.
16.Oct.2021 8:00 GMT - Status update
Transmit antenna setup is finished. This morning the infamous dog escaped his fencing and collapsed one Spiderbeam. It will be repaired. As the setup is mostly finished team plans to be on the air more. Local LED lights are kept off to reduce the band noise. Beverage antenna is not yet installed.
First 3368 QSOs were uploaded to Clublog.
The team is located in 2 different houses in some distance from each other. One sub-QTH has Spiderbeam (20-10m bands), vertical for 80m band, another vertical for 40m band.
Other sub-QTH has Spiderbeam (20-10m bands), DX-Commander vertical (40m-10m bands), 18m Spiderpole based top-loaded vertical for 160-30m bands. Up to 4 transceivers are in use.
P.S. 10:00Z more photos added
14.Oct.2021 5:50 GMT - Antenna setup in progress
Local dog already on the first evening chewed one cable and brought down one vertical, this morning chewed guy-wires for 2 verticals.
13.Oct.2021 20:00 GMT - Team arrived at QTH
The team has successfully reached QTH. Quick on the air check shows that noise is present, probably from nearby LED lights. Now they will get some rest, tomorrow will build antennas and will start addressing the issues.
12.Oct.2021 - The trip has started
The team has started the trip. The plan is to reach the QTH by October 13 evening. But it will be dark already. So the first QSOs could happen on October 14th, unless something unplanned happens and delays the arrival.
Initial news
Yuris/YL2GM and the team plans to do DX-pedition to Kingdom of Eswatini and be on the air as 3DA0WW from October 12 to 26, 2021.