96DX/1 Welcome to the informationpage of 96DX/1 held in December 2002 and January 2003. We are happy to announce that Fred, 19DX017 is active as 96DX/1 from Tonga Island - as our first activation from Pacific region. Thanks Fred - and congratulations to you, for running our first activation from this interesting part of the world. Fred is travelling with 19FU001, Mr. Walter. We have agreed that Mr. Walter can transmit as Guest- operator with same callsign (96DX/1) during the stay at Tonga. Thanks Walter. Fred and Walter is visiting other islands and countries in the Pacific and will activate these as well (with callsigns from FU-group and IR-group). Team 19DX017 Fred 19FU001 Walter QSL-Manager DXRC Bureau P.O. Box 202 DK-2640 Hedehus Denmark (Europe) E-mail to manager: Click . Equipment used: - radio: Yaesu FT-1000 MP (with all filters, tx-power: 100 watts) - microphone: original handheld and Zennheiser microphones - headset: Heil HC4 - audio equalizer produced by W2IHY - amplifier: no - antenna: 5 element ZX-yagi long boom (7,90 meter boom - gain 12 dBd) - 9,55 meters above ground (7/8 lambda) - cable Aircell (low loss) - PC: Pentium 866 MHz, 128 mb ram - logprogram: logprogram DXMAN by 108AT020 Colin Homepage of 96DX/1: The homepage is not finished yet. As soon as the homepage is done, the banner will make correct transfer! Log: Click here to make logsearch. Logupdate and statistics (from 14/03/2003): Number of contacts made: 378 Countries worked: 39 DXCCs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 43, 61, 66, 69, 72, 73, 79, 91, 99, 136, 158, 166, 172, 196, 201, 207, 224, 248, 302 Proof: Click here to see all proofs from Freds trip to 96. Other interesting pictures: Click here to se a few pictures from Freds trip. QSL design: Click here to see the 96DX/1 QSL design. Video clip: Click here to download. Notice, the video is approx. 3.0 MByte. Video 1: (calling CQ). Click here to download. Notice, the video is approx. 3.0 MByte. Video 2: (antennas). Story: Click here to read Fred's interesting story from 96-trip, Part 1 Click here to read Fred's interesting story from 96-trip, Part 2 Audio recording: Click here to hear 96DX/1 audio.(Notice, 33Kbyte mp3 format). Interesting links: Space weather - Many links. Tonga site. Back.