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Our third SOTA activation for 2018 is done. Monika (DL6SCF), our daugther Lisa and I activated the Römerstein DM/BW-078. Beautiful weather, a little bit overcast and not too warm. The CONDX where better than last sunday.

Details: Kategorie: SOTA; Veröffentlicht: 11. Mai 2018

Weiterlesen: SOTA - DM/BW-078 - Römerstein

Here you find a list of all my SOTA activations

Details: Kategorie: SOTA; Veröffentlicht: 11. Mai 2018

Weiterlesen: SOTA - Activations

Our second SOTA activation for 2018 is done. Monika (DL6SCF) and I activated the "Michelsberg" DM/BW-855. Beautiful weather - very sunny but not too warm. The CONDX where horrible. Deep QSB from S0 up to S9 from Spain und into the UK - very frustrating.

Details: Kategorie: SOTA; Veröffentlicht: 06. Mai 2018

Weiterlesen: SOTA - DM/BW-855 - Michelsberg

The first SOTA activation for 2018 is done. Monika (DL6SCF) and I activated the "Kaltes Feld" DM/BW-659.

Details: Kategorie: SOTA; Veröffentlicht: 06. Mai 2018

Weiterlesen: SOTA - DM/BW-659 - Kaltes Feld

My current working conditions for SOTA are:

ELECRAFT KX3. With its build in antenna tuner it does a quite remarkable job.
For the power I use a LiFePO4 battery with 12V 6,6Ah with a build in BMS.
Microphone for the SSB contacts is the stock-mike from ELECRAFT.
For CW I use the Palm Pico Paddle.
Antenna is a HYENDFED 3-band antenna.
Flight-Deck for KX3
A 10m fibre pole from DX-Wire - MINI
Some velcro-straps

Details: Kategorie: SOTA; Veröffentlicht: 29. Juni 2017

Inspired by the work of Richard G3CWI from SOTABEAMS and his flight decks for some QRP transceivers, I decided to build a matching one for my ELECRAFT KX3.

Starting point was a clipboard which can be found for some bucks at AMAZON. In the lower section, I can simply secure my log sheets with the strong clip.

Details: Kategorie: SOTA; Veröffentlicht: 27. Mai 2016

Weiterlesen: SOTA - Flight deck for KX3

My second SOTA activation is done. Monika (DL6SCF) and I made a short hiking trip on the Swabian Alps. On top of the Kornberg we made a stop and started the activation ... unfortunately we have to shut down operation due to a rising thunderstorm.