This is a video of a QSO with portable Italian station IZ7FLP/P from Pico de Santa Irene (1202m), SOTA ref. EA1/LU-016, 6 points plus a seasonal bonus of 3 points.
Giovanni is very active in the diploma of Italian castles (DCI) and Italian municipalities (DMI). You can follow his adventures at http://iz7flp.jimdo.com/.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Alto das Valiñas (EA1/LU-025)
This is a video of a QSO with station MM/PA1SVM from Scotland on 20m SSB on Christmas Eve.
Alto das Valiñas (SOTA ref. EA1/LU-025) has an altitude of 1104m and a value of 4 points, with a seasonal bonus of 3 points.
Alto das Valiñas (SOTA ref. EA1/LU-025) has an altitude of 1104m and a value of 4 points, with a seasonal bonus of 3 points.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Pedestrian mobile with Paquito, Man-Paquito
These are some videos of my new light-weight backpack radio. It is made out of a Yaesu FT-857D. The whip is 2.9m long and the antenna tuner is an SG-211. Thebattery is home made out of 4Ah NiMH cells and the power I was using was 20W.
The battery is a home-made 13.2V NiMh battery and the antenna is a 2.9m whip of military origin. My first QSO was with Canadian station VE2JCW on 20m SSB when I was tuning my antenna, before I could start the video recording.
The second QSO with IW3RUA from the North of Italy was on 17m SSB, and I was delighted to get such a good signal report.
The final QSO with the Czech Republic was slightly more difficult, but the new little manpack behaved like a champion. Test passed!
The battery is a home-made 13.2V NiMh battery and the antenna is a 2.9m whip of military origin. My first QSO was with Canadian station VE2JCW on 20m SSB when I was tuning my antenna, before I could start the video recording.
The second QSO with IW3RUA from the North of Italy was on 17m SSB, and I was delighted to get such a good signal report.
The final QSO with the Czech Republic was slightly more difficult, but the new little manpack behaved like a champion. Test passed!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Alto de Onsolar (EA1/LU-030)
Here are a couple of videos of the SOTA activation of Alto de Onsolar (EA1/LU-030). On the first video you can see the final ascent and station setup.
On the second video you can see some quick QSOs from the summit, with the Slovak Republic, Canada and the United States.
As on other occasions I was accompanied by my friend Robi, who took care of the video recording.
On the second video you can see some quick QSOs from the summit, with the Slovak Republic, Canada and the United States.
As on other occasions I was accompanied by my friend Robi, who took care of the video recording.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Pico de Santa Irene: EA1/LU-016 (G4ZSY)
This is a video of a QSO from Pico de Santa Irene (SOTA ref. EA1/LU-016) with English station G4ZSY.
This peak gives 6 points plus a seasonal bonus of 3 points. There is a trigpoint and a telephone station at the summit.
This peak gives 6 points plus a seasonal bonus of 3 points. There is a trigpoint and a telephone station at the summit.
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