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Booked
2013-11-06
17:35Z, (Wednesday) to 2013-11-20 (Wednesday)
Hamilton
Parish, Bermuda
| 2013-11-06
17:35:00 GMT+00:00 |
Propagation Predictions
PEAK
JA/UA0/HL TIME: 21:00z to 22:00z
2013-11-06
to 2013-11-20 - Propagation
Predictions
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Area
Live Data: RBN
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Best operating periods: 20:00Z
to 00:00Z
and 08:00Z
to 12:00Z ~
Chance on air now: 0% (Off Island)
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Bermuda is very
isolated in the Atlantic
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The red
dots
on the map show where I have been active from. The green ones, where I
have lived.
We
lived
at:
Arlington
Heights, Middle Road, Smiths (location);
4th Avenue, Cavendish
Heights, Pembroke (location);
Philston,
Whale Bay Road, Southampton (location);
Shorelee
Cottage, Tween Walls, Mangrove
Bay, Sandys (location)
I
attended Whitney
Institute (location) and Bermuda
College (Academic Sixth Form Centre)
(old
location).
I
have lived in Smiths, Pembroke, Southampton and Sandys Parish.
Latest activity is from Hamilton Parish.
Operator
Paul
Evans: VP9KF, G4BKI, 8P9FT, J37KF, V31WJ
Station
Icom
IC-706 plus 250Hz
filter,
TS-590S, TS-940S,
FT-920
or FT-1000
MFJ-4245
45A Switched Mode Power Supply or
Jetstream JTPS45
45A Switched Mode Power Supply
Toughbook
CF-Y5 Notebook PC running N1MM
logging, & ICECAP/ICEAREA/HamCAP or
Asus
Eee Netbook PC running N1MM
logging, & ICECAP/ICEAREA/HamCAP
Winkeyer USB
keyer (K1EL)
Bencher
Paddle (my 18th
Birthday present
while in VP9)
Sony
MDR-NC20 full ear, noise
cancelling, headphones
Home-brewed
serial interfaces
Ameritron
RCS-4 antenna switch
Antennas Cushcraft
A4S, G5RV, 40m dipole, 160m inverted-L
Licence
The
Radio Society of Bermuda callbook is by no means complete. Many older
callsigns are missing and so is was mine!
For
a more complete record visit
here.
For reference:
Bermuda Class Three Licence - Advanced (that is not the same as the FCC
Advanced Class, it's the same as EXTRA Class)
Amateur Radio Service (HAM)
Dept.of Telecommunications Number: 3125
Callsign: VP9KF
Licensee: Paul Evans
Valid from: Tuesday July 01, 2008
Valid to: Sunday June 30, 2013
(originally issued in 1979)
See
licence (address witheld)
Visiting
Your licence will have <homecall>/VP9
on it. Please obey DXCC rule 7:
7. Any Amateur Radio operation
should take
place only with the complete approval and understanding of appropriate
administration officials. In countries where amateurs are licensed in
the normal manner, credit may be claimed only for stations using regular
government-assigned call signs or portable call signs,
where reciprocal agreements exist or the host government has so
authorized portable
operation.
The
World from VP9
Current
weather 
Courtesy
Kellyfoto
Activity:
1974-1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981,
2006 March & November,
2007 May/June & October/November,
2008 April & November,
2009 April & November,
2010 April & November,
2011
April & November,
2012
April ..... & November.
We visit about twice a year and stay here for about 5 weeks in total,
or 10% of the time.
I operate
only
CW.
| 
A1
Club
(JA) - No. 1745, SOC - No. 1000, NOC - No. 1
CW
LINKS
Please
don't confuse
me with my friend John, VP8KF
[G3VPW]
I
recommend to you the QTH I use: VP9GE,
whose web site I also maintain (we have been friends since 1968!) - Reviews
Supporters of the Agape House Rubber
Duck Derby
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Callsigns: G4BKI, G4BKI/VP9, VP9KF, 8P9FT, J8/VP9KF,
W4/G4BKI, G4BKI/J3, J37KF, W4/VP9KF, V31WJ
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