This was a short excursion today :-(.
I went on air at about 11:30 UTC. First 10 minutes were quiet. I managed to get 15 stations in the log until at about 12:15 UTC park officers came along and asked me to remove the dipole, which I had mounted solely with light sailing cords between 2 trees in approximately 2.50m height. I tried to make them change opinion, but the insisted on removing it, telling me a small antenna on the ground would be ok, but my dipole would be way far to big!?! I am pretty sure some other park visitor must have complained about it, since last time I haven’t seen any park officer at all and lots of people passed by. However I logged 2 more stations – 18MU128 and 14DX019, since both of them already tried to catch me the other day and ended this days activity very disappointed.
However, I already thought about buying that ATAS-120a, which should play nicely in conjunction with the FT-891. Once this one is with me, I’ll do some testing in the garden, since somehow it needs a good counterpoise. Will keep you updated about this little project.
QSL anyone?
QSL can be requested via 13AT021 André. For those who like to save postage, I do accept QSL requests via Paypal as well. Send standard contribution (“Send to friends and family”) to 13at31@gmx.de and add QSO details and Your QRZ in the comments field.
The proof
A short video only, but you deserve to have this quick on-off activity proven as well.
The log
| 14AT496 |
| 56LR001 |
| 26AT169 |
| 109AT077 |
| 47DX109 |
| 1AT506 |
| 1AT591/40Y |
| 26SD117 |
| 161AT142 |
| 14TW110 |
| 26SY114 |
| 14HF003/p |
| 14AT047 |
| 13AT125 |
| 13TR11 |
| 18MU126 |
| 14DX019 |
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