A few Roseland members operated portable on Saturday morning starting at 10 AM ET from Bramhall Terrace at South Mountain Reservation. This week’s setup was for 10 meters, SSB and digital (FT8) using a legacy (circa 1989) Realistic HTX-100 25 watt transceiver. If you enjoy portable operations or just a pleasant time outdoors with friends, please consider joining us on a future portable operation. We provide a table and some chairs, however it is recommended to bring a folding chair for your comfort.
To locate us during operation and/or when you’re on site, give a call on KC2TXA/R (EchoLink node KC2TXA-R) or on 146.52 simplex.
Equipment list:
- Realistic HTX-100 10 meter transceiver.
- 12V 15Ah LiFePO4 Battery.
- Digirig Mobile PC to radio interface (for FT8).
- Laptop running Windows 10 and WSJT-X software
- GPS USB dongle for precise time synchronization (required for FT4/8 modes).
- Alinco electret condenser microphone (uses the Kenwood pinout standard), compatible with the HTX-100.
- Arborist throw line kit w/ 15oz throw bag (used to get the antenna rope high in the tree).
- 3/16 inch black dacron polyester rope.
- 10 meter dipole in a inverted V configuration.
- Various HTs for local communications such as talk-in.
- Folding table & chairs for a comfortable operating position.
We operated from 10 AM - 12:30 PM ET under the call sign KB2SUL and made the following contacts:
DX Entities: Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Slovak Republic, Angola
US States: Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon
Locations where our FT8 signal was received, according to PSK Reporter:
Saturday October 26 2024 - Portable Operation
Some photos courtesy Maurice, KB2SUL
Jesse N1UGK, Maurice KB2SUL operating 10 meters
Mike KC2NJ verifying dipole resonance with a NanoVNA
10 Meter dipole at approx. 20 feet
HTX-100 and DigiRig computer interface
1990 Radio Shack catalog ad; $643.35 in 2024 dollars per CPI calculator