RELEASE 018/2005 - IARU 2005 CONTEST PP5WRTC OPERATION

IARU 2005 CONTEST

PP5WRTC OPERATION

WRTC 2006 Steering Committee is pleased to inform that we have the first setup station for the WRTC2006 in operation.

The station is placed in Florianopolis (island) on a nice location 2Km from the Atlantic Sea, in a top of a hill.

A group of hams operated the station during the last IARU Contest with the call sign PP5WRTC.

The setup is equipped with :
FT 1000MP + TS930 + ACOM 1010. The linear donated by ACOM
ACOM log periodic antenna 8 elements – Donated by K1LZ Krassy
PP5UA 2 elements 40 meter antenna
15 meters tower plus the mast
Double bazooka for 80 meters
Rotator YAESU G1000

The score of PP5WRTC:
CW QSOs 1152
SSB QSOs 619
Multipliers 182
Claimed Score 1.503.683

Some pictures:

On the top 2 elem 40 meters  3 meters below 8 elem log periodic A view from the shack PP5WRTC

On the top 2 elem 40 meters
3 meters below 8 elem log periodic

A view from the shack PP5WRTC
The Shack, image of the building housing the shack PP5WG  Walter

The Shack

PP5WG Walter

Another view from the shack