concerning fishpoles the best option is the Sport centre “DECATHLON”.
They have shops in main cities and offer a wide range of poles at various prices.
Make sure you choose Fiber glass at lower prices than Carbon fiber material, although they weight more.
Concerning SLAB you should find them in car accesories shops like FEUVERT or similar, or you can check in Electricity dealers. Sorry I can not propose any in that area.
When do you plan to be in these areas?; I’ll be around in August; if you want send me an e-mail.
If you need further details (VHF relay list and freqs. etc) you can ask for them as well.
In reply to M0RCP:
Morning Rick
Try ebay or similar, I bought a 5m pole that collapses down to 45cm and weighs next to nothing. It has been on Holiday and work trips all over the place with me. Easier than the hassle of finding one loacal.
I usualy use an 817 and a 2200Mah Li-po, its enough for a week of sporadic radio and fits inside my “hand luggage” laptop case with computer and travel docs.
the fishpole I bought at Decathlon is a Caperlan Telepocket S 600, 6 meter long.
It collapses to as little as 57 cm, so that I could put it inside my luggage without any problem.
It holds my random wire nicely and I used a ZM-2 tuner to change bands.
The better the price, something around 15 Eur!!
Of course, there are many other types available.
Please make sure you don’t take the Caperlan “C” model, as they are Carbon fiber and much more expensive.
Esteve, very good idea to provide all these addresses!
Anyway, maybe you prefer to take one instead of finding the dealer as it’s been told…
Good luck with your expedition, 73
Ignacio.
If you’d like we could do a joint activation. I am currently staying
in Durango and have a car but still no SLAB. I have
limited internet access, i’m sending this using the library’s wifi.
My email is rcp123esp at gmail.com. Contact me and I’ll send you my
mobile phone number.