First SOTA Chase of 2020, my son Douglas KI7LLD with his first SOTA Activation of 2020 on Pistol Hill just East of Tucson Arizona in Vail.zee
Doug was initially a 57, did not realize he was on the HT, really a great signal considering he was on 5w at 30 miles or so. Went to 20 over nine with his SOTA set up and Ed Fong roll up 2m antenna set at about 12'.
As everything in Radio, there are always issues to overcome, I find this the greatest challenge.
While exchanging a qso with KI7LLD, I lost all power to the Yaesu 857d. Went to the back up travel radio (Kenwood D74A), could receive well, no contact. Stepped into the back yard of the HOA to pull a 59 contact on 144.41 and 146.52fm.
Moved back inside, trade antenna feed line to put the D74a on the external ELK antenna for a 9++ Signal.
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