Posts Tagged ‘Portable operation’
Another day of outdoor op’s
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The view from my other spot along the lake |
1. WA5OVB Phil's IC 7200 was doing a great job picking up my portable signal I gave Phil 579 report and I was given a 569 with some QSB.
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The Chameleon CHA P antenna setup |
2. KW7D Paul's signal was strong, he was in New Mexico where the weather is much more pleasent than it is going to be up this way. Paul was calling CQ and I was able to catch his attention with my portable signal.
3. K3PR is Joes call and we had a nice long QSO exchanging as much info as we could. At first my signal was in around a 229 but conditions changed and I moved up the scale to 559! Joe and I had a nice QSO about antennas, rigs, WX and just what we were up too.
I did hear a station 4U1A the United Nations in Austria and when I first heard their CQ call they had not been spotted and I was trying to get their attention from my portable setup. I did not have any luck and even less luck after they were spotted and the pileup began.
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Things pack up very nicely. |
VE3WDM's QRPower BLOG 2017-10-22 02:23:00
DF0DW WAG contest
IQ1GE DX calling CQ
DJ0SP WAG contest
DL5HIA WAG contest
DF8AA WAG contest
W2RR NYQSO party
DJ6OZ WAG contest
DL0DA WAG contest
As you can see the WAG contest dominated the bands and it turned out the NYQSO party participants were just not making it over the German WAG contesters. I did not include the signal reports in the above list as it was a contest so the standard 599 was sent. I knew I was no were close to 599 as the German stations asked on more than one occasion for a repeat.
Do You Travel? Don’t Forget Your Ham Gear! – ETH087
In this episode of the Everything Ham Radio Podcast, we talk with Vance Martin, N3VEM, about how he takes his Ham Radio Equipment with him when he goes on business trips. If you travel at all, you know the boringness of sitting in a hotel room after working all day, right? Maybe it is a new city, or maybe you have to be up early and don’t want to “go out” and be out late so you are able to function the next day.
So why not take your ham radio equipment with you while you travel and use that down time to make some contacts? This can also give you a chance to get out of your shack and get some fresh air and make some contacts to boot.
Vance and I talk about everything from what he does before he leaves, to what to do at the airport to how he operates while he has down time while traveling. Check out the show notes and listen to the episode by following the link below:
Flight of the Bumble Bee QRP contest
Setting up |
The view from the op table |
Setting up the loop |
The outdoor shack. |
Chameleon CHA P |
Fuelling up before |
Flight of the Bumble Bee QRP contest
Setting up |
The view from the op table |
Setting up the loop |
The outdoor shack. |
Chameleon CHA P |
Fuelling up before |
Skunked on my day out.
The setup in the car |
The CHA P loop |
Reverse Beacon Network |
Skunked on my day out.
The setup in the car |
The CHA P loop |
Reverse Beacon Network |