Tag: SOTA

End Feed Half Wave antenna for SOTA

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As SOTA is becomming more and more an issue for me and I would like to act not only as hunter, but also as activator, I decided to build myself a multiband EFHW antenna. My choice fell to the EFHW antenna as built by HB9EAJ.

Here are some pitures of building the antenna.

The coupler and coil are still “open” and will remain open until testing is done.
Testing is still open. The test will be done as soon as i find some time for.

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Five new summits

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Here is a result of this weekend: five new summits worked:

Saturday, 29.01.2022:

  • HB/AI-008 (Fänerenspitz/ Fähnerenspitz), 4 points – HB9BCK/P
  • LA/BU-026 (Ringkollen), 2 points – LB9HI/P

Sunday, 30.01.2022:

  • EI/IE-018 (Two Rock Mountain), 6 points – EI3ISB
  • EA2/BI-066 (Montaño), 1 point – EC2AG
  • EA4/MD-028 (Peña de la Cabra), 8 points – EA3FUA

All contachts where on 20 meter band in SSB.

Those five contacts are binging me 21 point and I now have toal of 60 chaser points.

SOTA

Seven new summits

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On this weekend I have made contacts to seven new summits:

Saturday, 22.01.2022:

  • CT/TM-014 (Bousende), 8 points – CT2GSN/P
  • CT/DL-012 (Vandoma), 1 point – CT2HOV/P
  • LA/OS-003 (Tryvannshøgda), 2 pints – LB9HI/P

Sunday, 23.01.2022:

  • SV/MC-077 (Ag. Christoforos), 4 points – SV2RUJ/P
  • LA/BU-127 (Knausen), 2 points – LB8CG/P
  • GM/CS-108 (Deuchary Hill), 2 points – MM0EFI/P
  • EA1/CT-102 (Brusco), 1 point – EA2ESE/P

All contachts where on 20 meter band in SSB.

With those seven contacts I now have 39 chaser points.

Thanks to all activators for new summits.

SOTA