We have new details of the upcoming October CQ WW SSB DX Contest
1A3A/1A4A operation from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM).
This will be "the first major HF contest activity from this wanted
entity" says W9AEB, Tom Palmisano, who will be one of the
international team members. Outside of the contest they will use the
1A4A callsign. Activity is expected on 2 through 160 meters on CW,
SSB and RTTY. Plans are to have five or six stations, running 300 to
1000 watts, active simultaneously. They will be using IC781s
exclusively. For antennas they will be using the following:
2 meters ---- 2x 13 element stacked yagis
6 meters ---- 5 element yagi
10 meters --- 4 element monoband yagi
12 meters --- rotatable dipole and a R7 vertical
15 meters --- 3 element monoband yagi
17 meters --- rotatable dipole and a R7 vertical
20 meters --- 3 element monoband yagi
30 meters --- full size vertical
40 meters --- 2 element monoband yagi
80 meters --- vertical
160 meters - dipole
The team is looking for financial support. Any grants should be made
payable to: "Giorgio Minguzzi 1A4A/1A3A Operation" and can be mailed
to W9AEB, Thomas Palmisano, 330 Lakeland Drive, Palos Park, IL 60464,
USA. Questions can be sent to: IZ4AKS, Giorgio Minguzzi, at
giorgio.minguzzi@iz4aks.net or to W9AEB, Tom Palmisano at
W9AEB@arrl.net or to 708-448-7997 or 708-217-0578 (cell). The team
has a Web page at
http://www.1a4a.org/dblog/http://www.1a4a.org/dblog/.
1A3A/1A4A operation from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM).
This will be "the first major HF contest activity from this wanted
entity" says W9AEB, Tom Palmisano, who will be one of the
international team members. Outside of the contest they will use the
1A4A callsign. Activity is expected on 2 through 160 meters on CW,
SSB and RTTY. Plans are to have five or six stations, running 300 to
1000 watts, active simultaneously. They will be using IC781s
exclusively. For antennas they will be using the following:
2 meters ---- 2x 13 element stacked yagis
6 meters ---- 5 element yagi
10 meters --- 4 element monoband yagi
12 meters --- rotatable dipole and a R7 vertical
15 meters --- 3 element monoband yagi
17 meters --- rotatable dipole and a R7 vertical
20 meters --- 3 element monoband yagi
30 meters --- full size vertical
40 meters --- 2 element monoband yagi
80 meters --- vertical
160 meters - dipole
The team is looking for financial support. Any grants should be made
payable to: "Giorgio Minguzzi 1A4A/1A3A Operation" and can be mailed
to W9AEB, Thomas Palmisano, 330 Lakeland Drive, Palos Park, IL 60464,
USA. Questions can be sent to: IZ4AKS, Giorgio Minguzzi, at
giorgio.minguzzi@iz4aks.net or to W9AEB, Tom Palmisano at
W9AEB@arrl.net or to 708-448-7997 or 708-217-0578 (cell). The team
has a Web page at
http://www.1a4a.org/dblog/http://www.1a4a.org/dblog/.
