[TenTec] SOTA rigs

[Barry N1EU]

I believe the SOTA program originated with QRP enthusiasts in England
who also happened to be avid hikers.  The radio part takes a back seat
to the hiking part.

73, Barry N1EU

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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