Call: TKOC Operator(s): S5OP S53BB S53CC S53F S53RM S53WW S53ZO S55OO S57C S57L Station: TKOC Class: M/2 HP QTH: Operating Time (hrs): 48 Summary: Compare Scores Band QSOs Zones Countries ---------------------------------- 160: 923 19 80 80: 2466 34 117 40: 3728 40 152 20: 3276 39 143 15: 1577 37 140 10: 117 11 39 ---------------------------------- Total: 12087 180 671 Total Score 18,464,147 Club: Belokranjec Contest Club Comments: [email] 2016-11-28 00:49:44 What we didn’t have in this contest is aluminium tubes. What we had is true friendship, big heart and many, many QSOs. What started as a single van expedition as II0C in 2014 and continued as M/S TK0C in 2015, resulted as 12.087 QSO and 18,5 mio points in this year’s M/2 as TK0C. Still originating from a field day style setup idea we loaded a single van and two cars with fiberglass poles, stations, amps and kilometers of coax and wire. Our newest addition this year is a “QSO generator” - box that solves 2 amps - 1 radio, antenna reverse - crossover, PTT interlock & RX/TX antenna distribution. Although prototype, it worked flawlessly during the whole contest. All antenna work was done from Monday evening till Thursday and we were amazed what ten guys, organized in three teams can accomplish. Disassembly was done in a few hours. The team spirit and motivation was at high level during the whole contest so all five operating positions were busy all the time. Team presentation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kKMCfVU6Oc&t=5s Before the contest preparations video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVoFJ4M002Y We erected: Spiderbeam 1 on a 12m crank up tower - used by Run1 and Run2 on 20/15/10 Spiderbeam 2 on a 10m crank up tower - used by MULT VDA for 20 - used by Inband1 or Inband2 VDA for 15 - used by Inband1 or Inband2 VDA for 10 - used by Inband1 or Inband2 4sq 40m Verticals- used by Run1 or MULT 2x 40m Verticals (dir NA) - used by Inband1 80m Vertical - used by Run2 or MULT 80m low dipole - used by Run2 160m INV-L - used by Run2 or MULT Hi-Z 4 verticals receiving array used by Run2 and MULT All the RunX, InbandX antennas could be switched over (crossover) between the stations. 2x IC 7600 3x TS590S 2x OMPower 2500a 1x OMPower 2000+ “QSO generator” box made by S53CC, S53RM, S53WW and S51RM. LP BPF filters S53MM design HP BPF filters & Triplexers by 4O3A The only thing that remains now is how to explain to our wives that we did something good last week and that they should be happy as well :) If you liked what we did please consider visiting our homepage at https://qrz.com/db/tk0c and use “Send us a beer” donation button. SH5: http://lea.hamradio.si/~s53zo/sh5/2016_cq-ww-cw_tk0c/ On behalf of TK0C 2016 team Simon, S53ZO