Rent-a-QTH:
Laurent BELLAY, FM5BH is offering his “MADININA SHACK” for rent:
Contact Owner : Laurent BELLAY 1 Allée des tourterelles 97224 Ducos MARTINIQUE Tél 0596 561 990 e-mail fm5bh@wanadoo.fr website : http://www.fm5bh.com
One bedroom with air conditioning and bathroom with hot showers and kitchen facilities (refrigerator, microwave oven) to the radio's room downstairs the villa. It's very comfortable for two persons and of course you have full access to the contest station. It's only 3 km from the airport and you have all the facilities like supermarket - pizzeria (Italian foods) at 500m from the accommodation. Also you have beautiful beaches at 15 minutes. It's very useful when you come with the XYL for the contest !
Equipment: FT1000MP with 400hz cw filters, TS 930 S, Alpha 91B amplifier
Computer : Packard Bell Pentium 300MHZ with W9XT CARD
Software : NA by K8CC-DX4WIN-CT ETC..
Antennas: C31XR at 72 feet stacked with 402CD for 40m. A4S on a second small tower at 45 feet. Inv V at 70 feet for 80m Inv L for 160m.
All materials must return with no damage.
Rental Fee : 80 Euros per day, with a minimum rental of 5 nights.
73 FM5BH fm5bh@wanadoo.fr
Ham Friendly Hotel: Village de Tartane Hotel, situated in the northeastern part of the island. Visit EA3BT's web page for pictures of the operation: http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt/ 1998.
Ed, G3SQX (aka N0ED) updates this hotel in Dec 2001:
Village de Tartane
Le Village de Tartane, Anse l'Etang, 97220 Tartane, Martinique.
Telephone: + 596 603161 or 580633
I can confirm that the QTH used by Josep, EA3BT, is still available. The
"Village de Tartane" is a complex of "bungalows" in six
blocks, surrounding a pool and on the edge of the ocean. An irregular
(L-shaped) piece of ground (approximately 60m by 10m maximum) virtually on the
beach is available for antennas. There are some trees, but only around 6-8m
high. However, a simple quarter-wave vertical with a few radials worked
remarkably well for me in December 2001. The rooms are designed for two people,
having bathroom and basic kitchen facilities, and are around US$50 per night in
the "low" season. Best rooms, with shortest feeder runs, are E1, E2
and E4. The staff were puzzled by my activities, but quite sympathetic. A
knowledge of French is very useful -- English is not widely spoken. More
information at www.g3sqx.net
Villa Specialist – I worked with a villa specialist from IslandTrips.com 800-823-2002; 410-692-2093 or Fax 410-692-9579. Ask for Melanie – her father is a ham, and she has worked with hams before in renting locations on 8P, FM, J6, FS, and VP5. I have no commercial interest in this company, but they have worked with hams before, which is an advantage. They also work with a ticket consolidator for cheap tickets. De K2KW, 27 Sept 2000
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