FM5BH CONTEST STATION
MARTINIQUE ISLAND
The Caribbean ... it's always a dream.
Welcome to this site
for Caribbean DX vacation.
Martinique is located between DOMINICA J79 and SAINT LUCIA J6.
It's very easy to visit all these islands from Martinique
with the ferry boat or air plane :
You can rent the FM5BH radio station even out of the contest for a week or longer.
The accomodation is very comfortable with one bedroom with air conditionning bathroom radioshack kitchen spa and more.
If you want to visit us please just send me an email at
fm5bh@sfr.fr or fm5bh@fm5bh.com
Below are some pictures of the accomodation and the nearby beaches
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How to get to Martinique :
From USA with America Airline or AIR FRANCE OR JET-BLUE (via FG5).
From CANADA with AIR CANADA or TRANSAT
From Paris with Air France- Air caraibes- Corsair
From Bruxelles : AIRBELGIUM.
For more information click on the logo below :
There are 2 restaurants at 3 minutes by walk from FM5BH radio station :
MARCORESTO and L'ASSIETTE ET BEN
You have also a supermarket SIMPLY MARKET at only 4 minutes by walk
ANTENNAS : Force 12 C31XR + XM240 - SPIDERBEAM HF+WARC - HF2Vwith elevated radials 40m-80m- INV L160M- INV V 80M
New antenna since october 2019 : AD 2334 QUADBAND
from UA2FZ ANTENNA-DEPOT
LISTEN TO THE WPX SSB 2016 PILE UP : CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW
FM5BH S O 2 R SETUP :
Left radio FT1000 MP MARK V Right Radio : FTDX 3000
Amplifier left : ALPHA 8410 Amplifier right : OMPOWER 2501 Automatic
SO2R Sequencer : MICOHAM U2R
Software: N1MM PLUS or WINTEST or DXLOG
Band Pass Filters : 2 x DUNESTAR MODEL 600 low power
YU1CF DUAL ANTENNA high power band pass filters
TRIPLEXER 4500 Watt and 6 to 2 switch RA6LBS LOW BAND SYSTEMS
Automation : Bandmaster III WX0B
Here are 2 very good articles about SO2R from NCJ :
Schematic diagram of a SO2R by VA6AM
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FM7BH 1977 (17 years old) |
FM5BH 2003 |
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FM5BH RADIO STATION DUCOS MARTINIQUE |
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TO1A IK1QEI STEFANO |
FM/T93Y CQ WWDX CW LP |
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TO7A - UT5UGR |
TO5AA - RW3QC |
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CQWWDXSSB 2003 TO5A BY F5VHJ |
FM/K9NW CQWWDX SSB 2006 |
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DANNY FM/T93M WPX SSB2004
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JIM N6TJ NOVEMBER 2019 CQ WW DX CW |
Lucien FM5WD-Léonce FM5DN Yuri VE3DZ ARRL CW 2020 |
TO5Y CQ WPX CW 2015
TO8M by LA8OM
CQ WW DX CW 2015
Listen to the pile up from here :
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