ZK2V - Photos

16/6/2009 - here are some photos  - still just thumbnails until I get a better broadband connection :

P1000126.JPG (1570341 bytes) First sight of Niue P1000128.JPG (2400610 bytes)

Arrival at Alofi airport

P1000130.JPG (2168579 bytes) 'Sports' bag = 30kg allowance !
P1000170.JPG (2453816 bytes) Rugged coastline P1000138.JPG (1822110 bytes) Hibiscus flowering everywhere P1000158.JPG (2526448 bytes) Small beach at Hio = crushed coral 'sand'
P1000146.JPG (2508624 bytes)   Round the island road P1000149.JPG (2563543 bytes)  The abandoned local primary school  
P1000154.JPG (3269513 bytes)  ZK2V station P1000167.JPG (2890179 bytes)

Gecko on my spacebar !

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 2 Spiderbeam poles installed

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 20m 'half-square feedpoint - supported by Mango tree

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The ZK2V 'shack' - with 2 coax feeders coming out of the LH window.

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If you think ZK2V is in the kitchen, you are correct - this is an open-plan unit and this was the best place !

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160m and 80m QRN source - local HV xfmr

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One of the many houses destroyed by Cyclone Heta in early 2004

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A field of Taro, one of the local foods.

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Sunset over the western Pacific

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The base of the 40m vertical