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Video: How to win a VHF radio contest - Northern Black Forest Group DR9A
2017
Posted: 24 Feb 2022 10:16 AM PST
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2022/02/video-how-to-win-vhf-radio-contest.html
In 2017, the Northern Black Forest Group DR9A in Germany won the multi-op section in the IARU Region 1 2m contest. This is held in September every
year.
The photo above shows the 144 MHz antenna system. Lower down on the mast,
there are 4 high stacks of medium gain 6-element Yagi's pointing in fixed directions every 45 degrees. At top of the mast, there is an array of 4
high gain 17-element Yagi's for when more gain in a particular direction is needed.
These are the top 20 stations in the results...
The DR9A contest station operated from the JN48EQ in the south-west corner
of Germany. As you can see from the map below, it is pretty much in the
centre of western Europe with stations in all directions.
The short video below gives a flavour of what the contest was like...
Link...
1) DR9A website
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