You carried that to a SOTA summit?!
Um, yeah... Why not? It's just an Icom IC-7300 and a 4-element 10m beam. It was for the ARRL 10m contest.
With a newly minted 10m portable 4 element wire beam antenna, I couldn't resist hauling the station up to a local SOTA summit. The pack wasn't light, but it's not too hard of a hike - 1.5 miles and 1,000 ft of elevation gain, mostly on trail.
This was its virgin voyage, with no QSOs yet, so let's break this puppy in.
My Gear:
I've had questions about the chair I'm using and unfortunately they don't make the Helinox Ground Chair anymore, but the "Chair One" is an awesome alternative: https://amzn.to/2JYxeRB
The Icom IC-7300 is not my normal SOTA rig, but for contests, the waterfall is such a benefit, I sometimes carry it out to summits. It's a fantastic radio at an incredible price for what you get: https://amzn.to/34g4UAZ
Pool cleaning poles make surprisingly good portable antenna masts. This one is a 12 footer: https://amzn.to/34iaCSW
Here's the battery I'm using: https://amzn.to/2KDavu8. It's a 12 V 12 Ah LiFePO4 from Bioenno. Great stuff!
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