Sardinia Island Holidays 2002

IS0/IK5QLO

Where is Sardinia Island ?

 

Sunrise from my qth  JN40UT

 

This year I went to Sardinia Island for two weeks with the intention to do some radio traffic too. I got my FT-100D  with me and  I  was qrv for  about 8 days , making about 200 qsos from 40 mts to 70cm. It was not a radio holiday, being there with my family, so could be on the air only during family's free time. Moreover Murphy struck the 8th day and my power supply broke down, preventing me (with my family big relief) to be qrv  the last 6 days. Operating from a dreamy beautiful location in front of the sea, its so far better that from a normay city noisy enviroment, so despite a quite bad propagation, I could enjoy some very good DX.

A simple but effective /P shack

 The "antenna farm", a 6 mt Long Wire with 3 1.5mt radials, a 2el HB9CV for 144 and 432 Mhz. This is the view beaming north, the mountain in background is Tavolara Island, and the flat one on its right is Molara Island.
QSO by Band
HF (mainly 18 and 21 Mhz) 71 Best DX KH0AC on 18ssb
50 Mhz 70 Best DX  OZ/DG3XA JO46 1801 Km
144 Mhz ssb 42 Best DX S53N  JN65 662 Km
432 Mhz ssb 15 Best DX IZ8DWL JM88 606 Km

See You next year with more radio activity!          ... a special thank to Denis IK5ZVE for lending me the MJF tuner