A35YZ
Tonga - March 2012
DXpedition Pictures
Pictures from Tonga | Operators
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| l.to.r Jan - SP3CYY, Jan - DL7UFN, Wolf - DL4WK, Reiner - DL7KL, Manfred,
DK1BT, Andy - DL5CW, Frank - DL7UFR, Les - SP3DOI, Sigi - DL7DF |
Arrival
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| This picture was taken after the arrival in Auckland on March 6. |
| It shows l.to.r. DL7DF, DL4WK, DK1BT, DL7KL, DL7UFN, DL7UFR. |
| DL5CW, SP3DOI and SP3CYY arrived a little later. |
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| We met John, ZL1BYZ (left) at Auckland airport. |
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| Arrival at Fua'amotu - the international airport of Tonga |
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| Welcome at the airport of Tonga with music -- great! |
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| Jan and Les waiting fro customs at the airport -- it's hot |
Antennas
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| Jan, Les and Manfred buildig the verticals |
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| The gardener is taking care of good grounding of the radials - noone shall stumble over them |
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| Building the verticals - Jürgen and Reiner |
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| The A35YZ station with flags |
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| The Spiderbeam in the garden of the neighbour's property |
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| The doggy is taking care of the Spiderbeam parts |
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| We don't need to worry: security patrols at the antennas |
Operating
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| Final inspection by the license authority - Mr. Feao Vakata and Sigi |
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| Talks with the license authorities about DXpeditioning and licensing terms worldwide |
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| The antennen are built. Sigi, Les and Reiner having the first QSOs. Andy in the background. |
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| All initial problems solved - ready to go. The pileups are enormous, there is no time to move the heads to the camera. |
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| A35YZ workshop - Wolf, Andy and Reiner |
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| DL5CW and DL7UFR |
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| Thanks very much to all sponsors who made this DXpedition possible! |
| We have had a few more sponsors but no flags of all of them. |
Tonga Pictures
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| Office of the licensing authority in Nukualofa |
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| The King's Palace of Tonga |
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| No, it's not the Caribbean, it's the Heilala Logde Beach on Tonga |
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| If you dare you can take a ride on the sea... |
Pictures from Tonga (Thanks to DL7ZG)
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| View to the Royal Palace |
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| The Royal Palace |
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| Thrilliton Tongatapu |
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| Blow Holes |
Our experienced crew
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DK1BT Manfred on air since 1974 ex calls: |
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DL4WK Wolfgang on air since 1974 ex-calls: |
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DL5CW Andy on air since 1975 ex-calls: |
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Sigi on air since 1961 ex-calls: |
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DL7KL Reiner on air since 1962 |
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DL7UFN Juergen on air since 1976 ex-calls: |
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Frank on air since 1984 ex-calls: |
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SP3CYY Jan on air since 1968 |
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Leszek on air since 1968 |