Rodrigues Isl. + Mauritius 2004
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3B9MM story and information

During my stay on Rodrigues, "Murphy" has visit me for the 1st time (within 10years) ... a power problem destroyed my power supply ... so I was looking a long time for a new one ... 2(!!) days later I find the only possible power supply ... It was a battery charger ... together with JOSE (from maintance at Cotton Bay) we find a old car battery too ... now 3B9MM was again on air (with some chirps ...but QRV)

In case of very low weight limit (15kg(!!)) at the flight from 3B8 to 3B9 I go back to the roots of amateur radio equipment. The only hightech was the best (portable) tranceiver right now: FT847

Antenna was a wire "only" together with a 10m fiberglas mast. So I was working with 60W (reduced power .. see above) and a "L-Antenna" and "Inverted-Slooped V". With this simple equipment ALL continents are in the log INCLUDE some USA-Westcoast on 30 and 40m band. WOW!!

I've finished with 3132 QSOs, mostly on 12, 30 and 40m in  CW. 

Many thanks to the complete team of HOTEL COTTON BAY to make this MISSION a success. I'm sure, we'll see us again ...

If some of you are going to "Cotton Bay" for holiday... please give them a handshake from me (Mart Moebius)! 

QSO continent statist.:     EU=67%  -  AS=25%  -  NA=5%


3B8MM - Mauritius 2004 information
           SSB      CW    RTTY   PSK31    Band
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   80m       4     205       0       0     209
   40m      26    1680      16       0    1722
   30m       0    1574       0      32    1606
   20m     468    1388     103      11    1970
   17m       0     476       0       0     476
   15m    1033     709     195      50    1987
   12m     133     415       0       0     548
   10m     971     457     322       0    1750
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  Mode    2635    6904     636      93   10268
Dupes are not included.
Thanks to every one ... the new callsigns and the good old friends, 
who called me again this year.

page created: March 2004, DL6UAA

page updated: 30 December 2006, DL6UAA