Here we go
again - the next two weeks I'll be QRV from the Canary Islands. Last year we
travelled to Gran Canarias and I made several contacts in digimodes. For this
year I have planned a similar activation of IOTA AF-004. Mostly I will be use
also this year digimodes because it isn't as noisy as SSB. We will stay in a
nice hotel so this fact will be really important - especially for our
neighbors.
First time
this year I'm going to take my Flexradio 3000 with me. In the last years I
travelled only with a normal transceiver, the Yaesu FT-857d. From my point of
view the Flex is temporally the best choice for running digital modes. There
are less cables and connections which are making the daily setup at the one
hand very easy and on the other hand less bugs can occur. Another advantage is
the very wideband automatic antenna tuner which can bring down SWRs normally up
to10. My antenna will be a wire groundplane mounted on fiber telescope. This
telescope has a length of 6 meters while the package is very small with less
than 50 centimeters. Between the antenna and the Flex I'm going to use 5 meters
of Aircell 7 with clamp connectors. These connectors aren't cheap but very good
for rough use. I'm not going to use a kind of balun. Only a RF-choke will be
used after the GP which will be fed directly with coax. The connected radiator
of my GP will be up to 10 meters long and I hope that I could install a kind of
inverted L with the telescope.
As human
interface for the Flex I need a computer. Therefore I will be using a
MacbookPro 13" which has also a small package. Because of its small
dimensions it can be put easily in the normal room safe.
In summary
I'm going to take with me the following equipment for the activation:
•
Flexradio 3000
•
Sharman Multicom SPA-8230 switching
power supply
•
MacbookPro 13"
•
IPad 3 as second monitor (using the
App AirDisplay)
•
MH31 dynamic microphone
•
some cables and wires
•
Leatherman tool
Hope to
catch you on the bands!
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