GW8DX -Station Details
LOC: IO72XA
WAB: SN62
CQ: 14
ITU: 27
IOTA: EU-005
GW8DX hit the airways from Pumsaint on 25th March 2024 with a single 10m Yagi on an 80ft Versatower and a new Yaesu FTDX-101D. New antennas will be added as the weather improves through Spring into Summer. Initial results on 10m have been very encouraging indeed, with signals reaching every corner of the globe on CW, SSB and FT8. Noise levels are low.
Transceiver: Yaesu FTDX-101D (2024) - 300Hz CW roofing filters on both receivers
PA: OM Power 2 x FU728F Automatic (2022) + single GS35B for 6/4m
OM Power OM3006+ GU78B for 50 MHz
Tower 1: Versatower T120 + Spid BIG RAK rotator + GXP 12-3 WARC tribander (3L 30m, 4L 17m + 5L 12m on 12m boom) @120ft
Tower 2: Versatower BP120XHD + Spid BIG RAK rotator + Optibeam 21-3 tribander (5L 20m, 5L wide-spaced 15m and 11L on 10m on 15m boom @120ft
Tower 3: Versatower T120 + SPID BIG RAK + Momobeam 2L 40m W6NL Yagi @ 120ft
Tower 4: Versatower BP80HD + 10L YU1CF long-boom Yagi @ 40ft.
160m TX antenna: Top loaded vertical 55ft tall over sixty radials
80m TX antenna: 2 x dipole up 120ft - more to be installed Summer 2025
RX arrays: OK2ZAW 4-way 600ft Beverage system - more planned Summer 2025
Various: 4 x Green Heron RT-21 rotator controllers, Microham Microkeyer III, DX Engineering NCC-2 with 75-50ohm boards, receiver guards and pre-amps.
