Equipment:
- 12V 7AH SLA battery
- FT-817 at 5W
- homebrew CW paddle and memory keyer
- homebrew switched L tuner
- 12m vertical wire radiator + counterpoises
- pencil on block notes for logging
One HAM-dream finally came true: operating from the sea shore. The 24th OQRP Contest and the visit of XYL's friend allowed me for a little outdoor activity in the bushes of Gozinka cove.
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Even though a couple of contests were around, 20m and 40m bands were quite dead for a Saturday afternoon. Was the propagation on holidays too?! I didn't feel any salty-water effect/improvement!
I continued the OQRP contest from the apartment terrace, close to downtown Rab. The antenna was ca. 12m of wire held vertical with a 9m fiberglass fishing pole and one counterpoise of ca 8m tied to the metallic terrace fence. With a switched L tuner I could get a proper match from 80 to 10m.
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In the OQRP Contest I worked 38 stations in 15 DXCC entities. I worked everyone I could hear, but did not look for non-contest stations to increase the QSO count.
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A big thank to all the operators I worked, both in and out the contest. I will reply to all QSLs received with a photographic card I'm assembling with the pictures I took on the island.
72!