-----------------------------------------------20 years Madeira---------------------------------------

The Portuguese autonomous island Madeira belongs to the African continent.
surface 740 km² - inhabitants 230 000

prefix CT9 - locator IM12 - IOTA AF014

Madeira is a tourist attraction -
also because of it laurel and eucalyptus woods as
"a flower island".

On the occasion of our silver wedding we visited in 1996 for the first time this island.
After the breakfast we start by a rent car to the
"tour of the day" and are by the "tea hour" back. After that we operate alternately beginning on the upper bands to midnight.

QTH: Canico de Baixo
located between airport and Funchal

year
hotel
antenna position
1996
Alpino Altantico
unfavorable
1996 - 2000, 2010, 2011
Tropical
unfavorable
2001 - 2016
Royal Orchid
very good
2012 - 2016
Cais da Oliveira
very good

hotel Royal Orchid - Loc.IM12OP04LG
Atlantic Ocean
hotel Cais da Oliveira - Loc.IM12OP04HD

equipment
year
transceicer
antenna
1996 - 1998
FT757GX + MFJ948
GPA-50
2000 - 2001
IC-737
GPA-50
2002 - 2003
IC-737
GPM-1500
2004 - 2005
IC-746
GPM-1500
2006
IC-746 + AH-4
vertical 7m
2007 - 2016
IC-7000 + AH-4
vertical 7m

Rosel - CT9/DL3KWR
vertical antenna
Hardy - CT9/DL3KWF

QSOs - years - bands - OPs - total
Till 2009 CT3/DL3KWF and CT3/DL3KWR - from 2010 CT9/DL3KWF and CT9/DL3KWR
98,5% CW - 53,5% WARC-bands

year
80m
40m
30m
20m
17m
15m
12m
10m
KWF
KWR
total
2016
-
258
1084
875
1748
436
188
-
2123
2466
4589
2015
-
236
1370
756
1196
396
1369
645
3178
2790
5968
2014
1
218
891
1045
1391
532
1402
1374
3418
3436
6854
2013
-
127
1063
1326
1291
699
887
709
3052
3050
6102
2012
-
1229
720
1284
1251
546
619
350
2706
2537
5243
2011
-
756
1070
1051
1670
709
983
343
3206
3376
6582
2010
-
850
820
2478
2376
1109
950
-
4266
4317
8583
2009
108
475
794
1132
632
-
-
-
1574
1567
3141
2008
207
980
1031
595
992
169
-
-
2060
1914
3974
2007
127
330
830
544
691
23
-
-
1418
1127
2545
2006
156
600
742
1413
920
182
-
-
2005
2008
4013
2005
25
515
765
848
1051
366
471
5
2002
2045
4017
2004
1
590
1196
10
1256
85
426
2
1774
1792
3566
2003
-
588
909
571
966
462
821
301
2301
2317
4618
2002
1*
383
931
351
1579
4
1472
881
2828
2774
5602
2001
7
-
773
866
5
839
12
653
1594
1561
3155
2000
-
-
5
528
1
35
4
3
279
297
576
1998
3
-
-
594
3
1
-
-
290
311
601
1996
341
3
95
3
8
-
-
256
194
450
1996
502
4
227
25
-
-
-
-
387
375
762
total
1478
7387
15224
16387
19022
6601
9604
5266
40717
40254
80971


Diplome
Result on the basis of the QSO confirmations of authenticate eQSL users.
Exclusive operating procedure: CQ

RA DX Contest (CW only)
Remark: KWR use in principle the 20-metre band; KWF use the other bands.
Some OM does not trust his ears and gets penal points for KWF/R mistakes.
We are just an "international problem" with our call signs.

topical QSLs
eQSL - 100%
paper-QSL - on request
eQSL - 100%

some Photos
hotel Royal Orchid with antenna
hotel Cais da Oliveira with antenna
contest location Santana DJ6QT
breakfast - self-sufficient
city park in Funchal
folklore at the hotel
at the Tropical Garden
market in Funchal
strelizie in the garden of the presidenten

WEB-SHOWS

2014
Madeira 2014
Orchids
Funchal - Tropical Garden
2012
Canico de Baixo and Funchal
Botan. Garden
Madeira from Ost to West