The coming week, starting 25/7/16, I will be activating SOTA summits in DM and OK.
My grandson Samuel PA4SAM will join me. This is a very special trip for both of us.
Samuel is now a 20 year old student at the Technical University. When he was 4 years old he build, with a little help, a crystal set. Later I trained him for the Novice and Full Licencense and he became PA4SAM. This is his first SOTA activation. Please listen out for us.
Samuel will work in SSB with a FT-817, 5 W into a Delta Loop and I work in CW with my KX1, 3 W into a W3EDP. See further the Alerts.
We hope to work many Chasers.
73 de Geert PA7ZEE es Samuel PA4SAM.
look forwards to that one.
karl 73s
Hello Geert,
What region are you going to ?
Iāll be activating a few summits myself next week 25-29 july, but Iām on holiday in Daun, with ānon hamā friends, so has to be seen in how much SOTA activity I can trick them ā¦
Iāll probably do ON-024 and 025 on monday, and then if possible DM/RP-001/002/003 during that week. Iāll put up alerts as soon as I know where and when ā¦
Would be great to have a S2S contact with you or Samuel, or even meet āliveā
(we met briefly at the QSL wall in FH)
73 en veel geluk met Samuelās āSOTA DOOPā ! hi
Luc ON7DQ
Hi Geert,
Iād be very interest to hear how the Delta Loop works out as a portable antenna - I believe you will need to put up at least two masts, if not three to support it. I guess itāll be a 20m Delta loop as if it were a 40m one itād be very large for a portable antenna! Unfortunately it is unlikely that I will hear you from DM or OK on 20m (skip distance) but Iāll try if I see you spotted, you never know.
73 Ed.
Hi Geert
Always good to get the youngsters involved, I look forward to hearing & working you both.
Best Wishes Ken G0FEX
Dr OM Luc,
See the Alerts. We hope for S2S.
73 de geert pa7zee es samuel pa4sam
Dr OM Ed,
We use a 20 m Delta Loop corner fed, with abt 11 m twinlead and a balun to the T1 tuner from Elecraft. Works fb on 20- and 40 m. Hoisted in the top via a tree or the mini mast 10 m DX-Wire.
hpe 2 wrk u ed.
73 de geert pa7zee es samuel pa4sam
Geert, if you are around PlzeÅ (Pilsen), let me know!
Hi Geert,
based on your alerts, your trip looks great. Enjoy!
I like the Czech part of the Erzgebirge too. I feel very āremoteā over there.
Lars (Dresden)
Hoi Geert,
Wat leuk dat je met je kleinzoon op pad gaat! Ik hoop je te werken!
Veel plezier!
Nice you make a trip with your grandson. I hope to work you both.
73,
Sake
Great to get Sam on a S2S today. Thanks very much.
EI/IW-036 Knockmore, clare island
73
David (EJ7GEB/p)
Hi SOTA Friends.
Today was our last activation day in OK. We had a lot of rain and thunderstorm. Reason that we did not complete our whole plan.
Many thanks to all the Chasers. Aspecialy thanks to the Chasers who placed a Spot on SOTAwatch as there were EA2DT, G8VNW, YO9YUL, EA2LU and PA0INA. The top Chaser was SA4BLM who placed four times a spot; Fantastic!!
Tomorrow we will end our SOTA tour in DM/HE and hope to work you all again. See the Alerts for information.
73 de geert pa7zee es samuel pa4sam.
Just a shame conditions dire to me at moment.
Did look and listen out for you folks but propagation was not allowing it .
Karl
Hi Geert & Samuel,
I did listen for your stations but didnāt hear a whisper.
Conditions are really poor from here to parts of Germany at the moment.
Even OK (Tjech Repulbic) is poor and which is normally not a problem from my location.
Hope to hear you today and wishes a nice trip and dry weather
73 de Pascal / PA1BR