E44/HA1AG DXpedition to Gaza, Palestine
last updated: 16/01/2005
This operation took place from Gaza in the Territory of Palestinian Authorities between 23 February and 3 March, 1999 immediately after the E4 callsign block was issued by the ITU and DXCC status was granted. The operators were HA1AG, HA1TJ, HA3NU and HA3OV. Our goal was to give out this new DXCC to as many people as possible and to offer a fair chance to geographically handicapped areas to work E4.
Two stations were set up and operated around the clock except a few hours when we had to stop for technical reasons (TVI in the hotel). Most of the operation was on CW (what else?) and in the later phase of the operation we even did RTTY. We had the following radios: FT-1000MP, FT-990 and FL-2100Z - all Yaesu.
Antennas:
| 160m: | sloping dipole (top @ 45m, lower end was above the tideline) |
| 80m: | inverted Vee dipole at 35m |
| 40m: | fishing rod vertical on the top of the building (35m) |
| 20-15-10m: | 3 ele tribander |
| 30-17-12m: | multiband trap vertical |
The DX spots we generated in the packet cluster network can be seen here.
The planetery A and K indices during the expedition can be seen here.
The Topband story of this operation can be read here.
The band and mode breakdown of the QSOs we made:
| Band | CW | SSB | RTTY | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | 1405 | 174 | 1579 | |
| 80 | 2336 | 481 | 2817 | |
| 40 | 3834 | 1122 | 4956 | |
| 30 | 3557 | 3557 | ||
| 20 | 5308 | 2240 | 328 | 7876 |
| 17 | 3378 | 706 | 4084 | |
| 15 | 3236 | 2275 | 415 | 5926 |
| 12 | 3395 | 1085 | 4480 | |
| 10 | 3266 | 1889 | 5155 | |
| Total | 29715 | 9972 | 744 | 40430 |
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The operation was aided by:
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Links:
CW pileup fragment on 20m in K8CX Audio Gallery
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of the Palestinian Authorities
To be added: Photo gallery, some QSL feedback
