“In December 2016 the 4O3A contest station suffered significant damage due to strong storms. All antennas had to be removed from the towers. Repairs of the antenna systems were scheduled for August 2017.
Unfortunately in July 2017 the whole of Lustica peninsula (where the 4O3A station is located) got caught in a series of fires. As far as we know fires started due to extremely hot weather.
The station was in grave danger from wildfire in two separate occasions. Thanks to the exceptional effort by the emergency services and volunteers the station was saved.
Unfortunately all antenna installations and control boxes outside the shack were destroyed. Damage is estimated to at least 20000€. It will take a lot of time to return the station to a fully operational state. They way things are now it won’t happen before summer 2018.
On the picture you can see the first fire that came from the south side of the building. It came as close as 10m of the porch. The second fire came from the north and the station was saved thanks to airplane intervention.
A big thank you to everyone who offered to help during the catastrophe.
See you in contest.”
Source:4O3A Blog
Antenna
Gordon West (WB6NOA) talks about HF mobile antennas, and getting the feed-point impedance at 50 Ohms. Also covered, is a recommendation on the type of antenna vehicle mounts to use, and those to avoid Read more
VHF
by David Spero Some things in life you can never have too much of. But for this article, we’ll concentrate just on radio range/efficiency! There are many ways to boost the range of your two-way radios. We write about this topic regularly... Read more
Equipment
HF/6m linear amplifier 1200W with 5″ touch screen control heat pipes cooling system
his a ready power amplifier. You will need a power supply only! Water-cooled hermetically. You can turn the power amplifier. The water will not flow.... Read more
QRPGuys 40/30/20m DSB Digital Transceiver – $40
Have you ever wanted to try the new digital modes on a budget? The QRPGuys DSB Digital Transceiver is a low cost, multiband, DSB transceiver kit, curr... Read more
DR4020 Dual band Digital QRP radio
A simple QRP digital transceiver. — Fully assembled and tested– Perfect for outdoor digital radio contacts,such as FT8,FT4,JT65 etc. Band: 20... Read more
INRAD W1 Headset with Boom Mic.
THE INRAD W1Ham radio never sounded so good! Comfortable over-the-ear earpieces with large diaphragm high response speakers Full stereo reception to a... Read more
