ZL4U special DX, contest award callsign New Zealand - My main call is ZL3SV

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Gary - ZL4U Email address Need a QSL Card? Gary & his wife own media, telecommunications, marketing, investment & consulting companies in New Zealand. Take a look at our region - video Gary has been fully licensed since 1966 and operates home base and mobile. License View of Nelson New Zealand from Space

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Above - 500 metre Centre feed Sloper antenna feed line with lower end of antenna dropping below - feeder line is 450 mm spacing - 600 ohm

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The 50 to 600 ohm balin is on the left. Two photos merged provide a take off view towards South America. The Antenna is high on a hill about 70 metres from the shack.

This is the centre feed point of the 500 metre centre feed sloper antenna.

This is the low end (300 feet above the road). The 500 metre long, centre feed sloper antenna is over 300 feet above the ground at the highest point.

This is the low end of the sloper that ends at a cliff top with the road below and swampy flat farmland beyond.

Photo of the lower end of 500 metre centre feed sloper taken from 300 metres from our property that is all native bush.

You may be able to see the wire from left to right near the tree tops.

The photo shows 1/4 of the lower end of the antenna.

You can also see the 3 valley's it crosses and despite the way the photo looks it is well clear of the trees.

I operate 160 - 70cm home base and mobile.

ANTENNA SPECS

- 160 metres to 6 metres- SWR less than 1.6:1 - 25 wavelengths on 20M (approx 15 dbi gain)

- 500 metres long - Centre feed

- 600 ohm feeder line is 8mm thick - wire spaced 450mm.

The antenna wire is 10mm thick Aluminum with high tensile, steel core. Its old power line cable.

View from down at the house - Antennas are 100 metres behind up on the hill behind

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Take a look at the Nelson region of New Zealand - Video produced by Mainland TV - 2005 Video

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For QSL cards please email your call sign & QSO details. From my reply print the signed card above and fill in the details as per my email confirmation reply.

I keep the email & PC log copy to verify the QSO. NB Some awards may still require cards sent via post which I can not provide due to the number of requests.

I have no printed QSL cards but you are welcome to print a card from my email reply.

You can email me at - ZL4U [at] angelsnz.net

Nelson is at the top of the South Island of New Zealand - Nelson is marked top left

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