I was on Palau in October 2010 on our honeymoon trip. The Palau Pacific Resort ***** is a great luxury hotel and has a "radio room" to rent (hotelroom). You can choose from FT1000MP, FT2000 and FT920 plus an automatic Yaesu PA. So far so good.
The antennas are not "up to date" ( Oct. 2010 ). 3bander, dipoles warc, 40m GP, 80m dipole, 160m dipole They are on a small hill but there are even more and taller hills towards EU and USA. The Dipole for 160m was broken. Also the complete Coax run up the hill (100m/300ft) is not really in a good shape.(moisture, saltwater environment) I built a 20m tall base loaded vertical to get my signal out on 80m and worked some EU and Westcoast USA. on 160m just a few "local" JAs...... not really to mention..... So if you want THAT LOWBAND qth, choose another rent-a-shack or ask if you can build your own antennas at another place on the very large hotel property. There are better places to put your (lowband) antennas if you get permission from the hotel. The janitor is also a (nonactive) Ham (ex JA) who can assist. He is very helpful. For us, being on honeymoon, there was no chance to put up a topband antenna within a 9 days stay. if you plan ahead and bring some antenna/fishing rods/.... the PPR is a great hotel and location if you put up you own low-band antenna. If you want 40% diving, 40% leisure and 20% DX without having to transport radio gear, the Palau and the PPR is heaven on earth! There are at least two more rent-a-shack locations on T8-Palau. links are on my website. The one called ...."Plaza by the sea" could be better for 160m, I haven't been there the other one mentioned on www.dl2obo.com is in the city center and has only a shortened dipole for topband or so. No space! many pictures of the hotel(s), surrounding and country are on www.dl2obo.com or quicklink www.dl2obo.de/pages/japanpalau/japanpalau.html also DX-meeting with 7J4AAL, JA5AQC, JH1AJT, JA5AUC,..... in Hiroshima If you plan a trip to Palau send me an email, maybe I can help with info..... getting a license is quick and easy...... DL2OBO (T88DL) Carsten-Thomas Dauer ( Tom ) c/o Hotel Hellers Krug Altendorfer Str. 19 D-37603 Holzminden www.dl2obo.com Ham-Radio www.hotel-hellers-krug.de my hotel / rent-a-shack www.carstendauer.de photografy -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] Im Auftrag von Bernie McClenny, W3UR Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2011 18:08 An: 'Mike Greenway'; 'TOPBAND' Betreff: Re: Topband: T8CC Not here Mike. T8 is extremely rare, as you know, on the eastern half of North America as there has not been any activity on Topband since KJ9I went there some 13 years ago. Somehow I missed it in 1998. Many people have gone to the two rental QTHs on Palau and failed to put a dent in the need on the Eastern half of NA on Topband. I'm convinced something is wrong with the antennas at those two locations. They seem to work Europe but not many in NA. I sure hope someone can go there and put in a serious effort on Topband, bringing in their own equipment (rigs, amps, antennas, rec antennas, etc.). 73 Bernie Bernie McClenny, W3UR The Daily DX The Weekly DX How's DX 3025 Hobbs Road Glenwood, MD 21738 410-489-6518 Get a free two weeks of The Daily DX and The Weekly DX http://www.dailydx.com/trial.htm The Daily DX on Twitter - http://twitter.com/dailydx -----Original Message----- From: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Greenway Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:55 AM To: TOPBAND Subject: Topband: T8CC Anyone on the east coast USA hearing T8CC on Topband? _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK