Just back from holidays, from tuscany coast. I’ve been active mostly in BPSK-31 on 20 meters and RTTY. I’ve been able to operate just during the baby’s sleeping hours…
I’ve also enjoyed making a small bazooka antenna for 30 Mhz with a pieco of RG59 I saved years ago from an old 10 Mbit network lan. I’ve used a plan recovered on the net months ago, and I’ve been surprised of excellent swr … 1:1.2 on all band.
Main antenna however was the old triband dipole, while the buddiple was too high on swr due to the presence of threes in the camping.
Most of the contacts has been done in QRP, with 5 W only, and I was suprised of how efficient are bpsk modes. So finally I logged 150 digital qsos, and a few ones on ssb too.
[tags]ham radio,psk-31,antenna,mobile,portable,rtty[/tags]
Love the approach!
BPSK is a great mode for QRP. Using it for mobile operation at the same time is a great idea.
Glad you had a good time; it sounds like it was a lot of fun.
Scot, K9JY
150 digital QSO’s, wow that sounds great. Thanks for the photos, looks like a great mobile operation for the holidays.
73, Scott, KI4WLR
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