VHF Contest September 2020

8. September 20208. September 2020 DF7EE 0 Kommentare

Almost 10 Years ago the QTH “Hohe Geba” in Jo50DO was the loacation of many UHF and VHF contest for Barney DK8ZB and myself (DF7ZS back then). It was about time to go there again for the September VHF Contest and for the CM*. This time Alex DD5ZZ and DF7EE.

We have choosen a very small setup that fits in a normal car:

IC-9700 + Beko PA 600w + 2x 9 Element portable Tonna + portable mast + Laptop for VHF

IC-7300 + Expert 1.3 + Multband Vertical by DD5ZZ + Laptop for a few contacts @ Fieldday

Here is our monster Antenna!

Just before the contest started we realized that a Multi Operator Team in on another hilltop very close to us and we will have serious trouble when turning the antenna to the west.

I know that it is a lot to ask from an out of the box Icom IC-9700, but unfortunatly we could not test the difference to a top notch DB6NT Transverter with a decent HF TRX. That would have been very intresting to compare!

However, we took on the extra challenge and focused on any other direction. 🙁

Conditions were quite good and we managed to get some decent points in our logs. I have operated a bit more than Alex DD5ZZ, but we are happy with both results.