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Ted VA3TSG, Rick VE3VFT/VA3VO along with yours truly operated in the 2007 CQ World-Wide SSB Contest from Rick's summer cottage on Leach Lake about 20 KM east of the town of Bracebridge, Ontario in the Muskoka Region.

We operated in the "Multi-Single" category with a Yaesu FT-990, along with a solid state amp putting out about 400 watts.    Antennas consisted of a Cushcraft A3S tribander (not up all that high), a Butternut HF2V vertical with about 32 ground radials and a 40m dipole up about 30 ft.

Conditions weren't the best being at the low end of the sunspot cycle and being surrounded by rocks but we did manage a little over a thousand QSO's and scored somewhere over half a million points.

Below you'll find a few photos from the VA3VO effort.   I hope to have some low resolution video up soon.

Ted VA3TSG in the operating position

Rick VE3VFT in the operating position

Our contest QTH near Bracebridge, Ontario


Our contest QTH looking up from Leach Lake


Another photo of the contest QTH showing the tribander (needs a little work!)


Butternut HF2V with 160 meter add-on


Ground radial system for the HF2V


Cushcraft A3S "tribander"


The external remote antenna switch connections


A view of Leach Lake (late in the afternoon!)


Another view of Leach Lake!


Leach Lake at sunset!


"Liquid Fuel" for the contest!


"Solid fuel" for all Canadian amateur radio contesters!


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