From SUMMIT TO SEA - POTA and SOTA on THE SAME DAY

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What do you do when the weather suddenly is in sync with the season? You play radio, and why not do a SOTA and a POTA on the same day? Please join me on this journey from summit to sea!
The IC-705 is on loan to me from Christech AS, my favorite Norwegian ham radio store, for the summer. When they called me and asked if I wanted to borrow an IC-705 for the summer to test out and make some videos on I just couldn't resist. So the radio is on loan and sponsored.
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Комментарии : 22

@JohnTarbox 2 месяца назад

Once again, I appreciate the music you generated. Perhaps you could do a video on how to use the website to generate somgs about ham radio?

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

I could perhaps do a members only video about it at some point. Unfortunately the RU-vid algorithm punishes me pretty hard from straying away from topic. I will need to see how I could do it in a good way. Thanks for the idea though John, I will let it brew in the back of head for a couple of days.

@DD5LP 2 месяца назад

Hi Morten, perhaps the expression "side operator" isn't known? I have never heard it before. I would normally say "second operator". Even then trying to get a chaser to stay after he has got his contact can be difficult. I guess the at705 would not work with the IC7100? Being an ICOM tuner I think it might have if you had the correct cable. 73 Ed

@JohnTarbox 2 месяца назад

Agreed that second operator might be better.

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

Second operator might be better if there are only two operators. I know English is not my first language, but there's something about "two second operators" that does not sing well in my linguistic ear. As with the AT-705 it would probably work fine with the IC-7100, but we would be limited to ten watts, and then we could have just kept going with the 705.

@DD5LP 2 месяца назад

@@LB0FI agreed I had thought the ATU 705 would be at least rated to 50w but I suppose ICOM only want it used with the IC705. Another related question to readability at QRP, does the 705 have a built-in speech processor? That can help a lot in marginal conditions. 73 Ed.

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

@@DD5LP The 705 has the same very good compressor as the 7300 and 7610 has, so that helps a lot!

@KS0JD 2 месяца назад

Nice POTA/SOTA for a break from TEHRS! 73 Mort!

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

Thanks! And we’re only two weeks away from the next season of TEHRS!

@m1sdh 2 месяца назад

Looks like you had a great time! I think in UK it depends on where you are to have success on VHF/UHF. I've not had much luck calling CQ on 2m from SOTA summits near me. 73

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

I had to try though, especially after seeing how well Radio Rover does in Scotland with 2m. And yes, it was a great day out!

@stevea3498 2 месяца назад

I have activated several times now QRP, but I always use a resonant antenna. My X6100 has a tuner but I never use it. Maybe cause I activate near the ocean most of the time here.lol conditions haven’t been great , hope to catch you on the air soon. VE1SK

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

@@stevea3498 Oh, I have done plenty of QRP activations, it was just that this wasn’t the day for it.

@russbrown194 2 месяца назад

I am curious if you called each other on UHF/VHF. Assuming that Retevis is a dual banner, you could activate enough on that just between yourselves. Thanks for another great video, Morton!

@LB0FI 2 месяца назад

@@russbrown194 you can’t do a S2S from the same summit in SOTA unfortunately.

@DD5LP 2 месяца назад

With a team of five, four can exit the activation zone and call the one at the summit and these counts as contacts(but not s2s). You'd have to cycle round to get everyone their needed 4 contacts. Whether that is "in the spirit of SOTA" is questionable, but it is valid. Ed

@russbrown194 2 месяца назад

@@LB0FI thanks Morton, I didn't realize that. Only have done one SOTA activation and that was a sidelight to a POTA activation. Appreciate the education!