[TenTec] SOTA rigs

[Barry N1EU]

>From the SOTA rules:

The method of final access to the Summit must be non-motorised.
Operations must not be in, or in the vicinity of a motor vehicle. No
part of the station may be connected in any way to the motor vehicle.

All equipment must be carried to the site by the Activator team.

73, Barry N1EU

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at dj0ip.de> wrote:
> If you   s t r e t c h   that first dit in the "h", it becomes a dah  and
> the "h" becomes a "b".  Biking.  Then the sport is much more appealing to
> me!
>
> QUESTION:  is it mandatory to have to hike to the mountain top?  Or, if you
> find a mountain top you can drive to, does that qualify as a summit?
>
> I think at my age, I'll stick to IOTA, even if I have to hike a ways.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:03 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] SOTA rigs
>
> As currently defined, SOTA=human powered ascent, generally hiking.  If you
> guys want to hike mountain summits with 10 pound rigs and 5 pound batteries,
> more power to you.  I've been very active in SOTA and personally, I prefer
> one pound radios and half pound batteries in my pack when I'm hiking 5-10
> miles and climbing 2000-3000ft.  Just saying . . .
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:51 AM, PA5MW, Mark <pa5mw at home.nl> wrote:
>> Wow.
>> Great pictures and even greater setup!
>>
>> Thanks for sharing.
>> 73 Mark, PA5MW
>>
>>
>> On 17-4-2013 9:25, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>>>
>>> Well long before there was a sport called "SOTA", I was operating SOTA.
>>> But my operations weren't for a few hours, they were for days.
>>> Like these two, on top of La Rabassa in the Pyrenees mountains (over
>>> 2000 meters high):
>>>
>>> 1975:  C31IL (Andorra) / see:
>>> http://www.dj0ip.de/my-expeditions/andorra-1975/
>>> 1979:  C31SE (Andorra) / see:
>>> http://www.dj0ip.de/my-expeditions/andorra-1979/
>>>
>>> Read the story of how to run for 10 days off of batteries at 6,600
>>> feet height.
>>>
>>> On the first trip we used a SWAN SS-100 (50w out).
>>> It was the first transistorized rig I had ever seen with this much power.
>>> I only had an Argonaut 505 at the time.  The Triton was available but
>>> we hadn't heard of it yet here in Germany.
>>> I was the one on the motorbike. Sigi, NV7E (now 5Z4EE) was the one
>>> with the VW bus.
>>>
>>> On the second trip in 1979 I had the original OMNI (Analog), and my
>>> Argonaut
>>> 509 with 405 amp as backup.
>>> I also had hair. Lots of it.
>>>
>>> Side Note: as you'll see in one of the pictures of the 1975
>>> expedition, I was already a big fan of Wire Beam antennas, 30 years
>>> before I joined Spiderbeam!
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Rick, DJ0IP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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