Ham Friendly Hotel in Noumea
The following information comes from Johnny, LA5IIA about the TX8G operation
The only hotel in Noumea that
would accept antennas on the roof is:
Le Mocambo S.A. (English: Mocambo Hotel)
Baie des Citrons
B.P.678
98845 Noumea Cedex
phone: +687 262701, fax: +687 263877
http://www.canl.nc/noumea.com/mocambo/
It's not a five-star hotel, but quite good standard with satellite TV,
air-condition and room service. It's clean and nice......The
"top-suite" is perfect for setting up radio-station(s), as it
consists of two separate rooms, and 270 degrees flat balcony with proper space
to erect antennas. Nice take-off
towards the bay, as well. And it’s 100m from the beach. New Caledonia is
expensive (even for a Norwegian - HI!), and most people do not talk
English. And the French tourists simply LOVE to sing karaoke in the nights. The
bar downstairs might then be a problem with it's wireless microphone
arrangement. I had to stop working EU on 12m CW one night to avoid destroying
the totally miserable French singing...! Anyway: the hotel manager - who asked
me kindly to take a brake - showed great understanding for my activity during
the entire stay.
Hotel
Mocambo in Noumea has a great take-off towards EU, USA and JA. The bay is
bending somewhat E-W, makes it perfect for putting out FK on the air. It's only
a 4-floor building, but sure does the job.
I worked with a IC-775DSP and FL-2100 (500w) and R7 and HV-2 verticals for
80-10 mtrs. Had S9+20 signals in all directions! You know, close to the sea, some
meters above the ground, and close to equator.....you don't need stacked
monobanders 50 mtrs up or 1.5 kw (FK has 500w limit!!) BUT: being close to
equator also means you will have periods with silence on the bands, as well as
long periods with just 1-2 bands open. This means that M/M operations will have
to consider the efficiency of bringing too much equipment.
Please visit our web-site www.qsl.net/la8g
to have some more info on the trip.
Some additional pictures can be found at: http://www.multimania.com/fk8hc/
Best regards,
Johnny - YU8/LA5IIA johnnyjohansen@hotmail.com
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