Dave Court EI3IO, 4m Operator.

Dave is a very keen 4m operator and has many a great contact into his log, he puts me to shame with my humble 4m station, I can only aspire to his greatness..

Amateur radio station EI3IO established in 1997 is operated by

Dave Court

from Shankill, Co Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. Shankill is a suburb of Dublin, just north of the Co. Dublin, Co. Wicklow border, lying between the coastal towns of Dun Laoghaire and Bray.
First licensed as an amateur radio operator in 1963 as G3SDL, Dave has established stations and held call-signs in a number of countries, including F0CWN, OZ3SDL and S21BI. From February 2010 Dave has been operating from the ‘Pearl of the Gulf’, Bahrain with the call-sign A92IO.

Here is some info on his station:

4m station at EI3IO IO63wf:

Yaesu FT902DM transceiver, 70/28 MHz transverter and home brew 50W amplifier. Antenna is a converted 6 element Create 50 MHz beam using DK7ZB dimensions. Direct QSOs have been made with 35 DXCC countries and

5 additional countries cross-band RXing on 50 MHz.

4m station at A92IO LL56fe

Yaesu FT101 transceiver, 70/28 MHz transverter, converted Tokyo High Power HL1K/6 amplifier running about 300W to J Beam 4 element yagi fixed at 220 degrees QTF during SpE season and turned towards ZS and V5 for the TEP seasons at the March and September equinox. As of now I've had QSOs with OK,OM, S5, SV and YO.

Summary of DXCC entities worked by EI3IO (IO63WF) on 4 m.
Mode: All mode

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			DATA OF FIRST QSO
DXCC	QSOs	CONF.	CALLSIGN	DATE	TIME
1AØ (Sov. Mil. Order of)	1	1	1AØKM	21/07/2007	10:22
5B (Cyprus)	1	1	5B/G1JJE	29/07/2001	11:49
9A (Croatia)	35	7	9A3AB	15/05/2004	11:25
9H (Malta)	1	0	9H1AZ	26/05/2002	19:31
CT (Portugal)	23	3	CT1HZE	28/08/2005	09:10
DA-DL (Fed. Rep. of Germa)	5	2	DI2PM	24/05/2008	16:20
EA6-EH6 (Balearic Is.)	1	1	EA6SX	13/12/2008	18:51
EA-EH (Spain)	2	1	EH5AAJ	07/08/2001	17:19
EI-EJ (Ireland)	15	3	EI5FZB	01/07/2000	14:38
ES (Estonia)	3	2	ES1II/8	24/05/2008	14:47
F (France)	3	0	F6FHP	09/06/2006	17:55
G, GX (England)	270	19	GØJHC	28/08/1999	08:40
GD, GT (Isle of Man)	18	6	GDØTEP	08/10/1999	13:30
GI, GN (Northern Ireland)	12	2	GI3PDN/P	02/07/2000	08:45
GM, GS (Scotland)	52	9	MMØCPS	02/07/2000	08:43
GW, GC (Wales)	37	5	GW4LXO	24/06/2000	18:07
HA, HG (Hungary)	5	4	HA5PT	24/06/2007	07:34
HB (Switzerland)	2	1	HB9JAW	24/07/2000	16:20
I (Italy)	54	12	IH9/I2ADN	25/06/2004	08:36
IS, IM (Sardinia)	5	1	ISØ/IZ8DWF	04/06/2008	12:16
LA-LN (Norway)	1	1	LCØVHF	09/06/2007	09:41
LX (Luxembourg)	2	1	LX1JX	09/07/2006	13:36
OE (Austria)	2	1	OE5HSN	04/08/2001	12:16
OF-OI (Finland)	1	0	OH1ZAA	11/06/2006	11:25
OK-OL (Czech Republic)	12	4	OK1MP	24/05/2008	15:42
ON-OT (Belgium)	1	1	ON4KST	08/05/2005	16:00
OY (Faroe Is.)	2	2	OY1CT	22/06/2007	19:58
OZ (Denmark)	21	5	OZ1DJJ	12/08/2003	13:41
PA-PI (Netherlands)	3	1	PA3DOL	05/08/2002	14:23
S5 (Slovenia)	54	13	S53X	21/08/1999	17:55
SN-SR (Poland)	3	0	SP6GWB	13/05/2001	11:58
SV9 (Crete)	3	1	SV9GPV	27/05/2007	16:33
SV-SZ (Greece)	5	2	SV1DH	07/06/2006	16:57
YO-YR (Romania)	3	1	YO5BIM	17/08/2003	11:30
YT-YU, YZ (Serbia)	6	4	YU7EF	08/07/2003	17:25
ZB2 (Gibraltar)	2	2	ZB2CF	03/06/2005	15:45
36	666	119

The picture above shows the current antenna configuration on the 20 metre tilt-over tower at EI3IO.
Currently the lower antenna at EI3IO is a 3 element Cushcraft A3S triband yagi at 20 metres agl. Above the A3S is an 18/24 MHz rotary dipole. The top antenna at 25 metres is a 6 element 70 MHz antenna fabricated from a Create 50 MHz yagi. Below the 6 element 70 MHz yagi is a 7 element 50 MHz 6M7JHV from M2.
Hanging from a cross arm at the top of the tower are a quarter wave inverted L for 1.8 MHz, which is also used as a 3/4 wave inverted L on 5 MHz as well as a 7 MHz Delta Loop. Also suspended from the tower is a half-sloper for 3.5 MHz, which is additionally used on 10 MHz.
Also available is a 30 metre centre fed inverted V doublet, the centre suspended at a height of 22 metres above ground in a convenient tree. This antenna is fed with 600 ohm ladder line and is mainly used on the 3.5, 5, 7 and 10 MHz bands.
Dave’s website can be found at:
http://www.connogue.com/EI3IO/body_index.html