80 meters is very difficult band to take on the road as a portable dipole (inverted V) due the long wires (40mt), the horizontal space required to erect a dipole and the height at which the dipole needs to be supported.
However, my vehicle HF antenna (Bushcomm Highlander 8 multi tap) covers the 8...
Continue reading...On this activation I logged contacts on 10, 20 and 40 meters. As I had the necessary battery power (4.2Ah LifePo) and 100W TX power I spent a bit of time working DX on 20mt in the afternoon - unfortunately none of them were SOTA chasers.
This was the first time that I completely drained my batter...
Continue reading...QRP operation conducted from Keegan's Bridge on 8-9 March 2014
Continue reading...During a SOTA activation in October 2014 I was lucky enough to use VK3PF's light weight 2m Yagi which is based on this design by DK7ZB.
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