{"id":5588,"date":"2021-11-16T20:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/?page_id=5588"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:54:34","slug":"hb9eaj","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/hb9eaj\/","title":{"rendered":"HB9EAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephan Schmid, 4143 Dornach, [my call sign]@gmail.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/HB9EAJ\">QRZ.COM<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SOTA (Summits on the Air) Activations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neon1.net\/sota\/myact\/page?c=HB9EAJ&amp;l=0&amp;p=1\">All my activations<\/a><\/strong>\n|\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sotl.as\/activators\/HB9EAJ\">SOTLAS activation statistics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POTA (Parks on the Air) Activations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pota.app\/#\/profile\/HB9EAJ\">All my POTA statistics and activations<\/a><\/strong>\n\n\n\n<h3>Portable Rigs:<\/h3>\n<p><\/p><ul>\n<li>HF and 6m-band portable transceiver:<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/lab599.com\/\" title=\"Lab599 Discovery TX-500 transceiver\">Lab599 Discovery TX-500<\/a> with external 2Ah (~25Wh, 190g) and 4Ah (~50Wh, 400g) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery\" title=\"Lithium iron phosphate battery\">LiFePO4<\/a> 4S battery packs, max. 10W RF output power.<\/li>\n<li>HF, VHF and UHF portable transceiver:<br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yaesu.com\/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&amp;ProdCatID=102&amp;encProdID=36B7B98621AF7554C9A03C8B190C5079\" title=\"Yaesu FT818ND transceiver\">Yaesu FT-818ND<\/a> with internal 3Ah (~30Wh) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithium_polymer_battery\" title=\"Lithium polymer battery\">LiPo<\/a> and external 3S 18650 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithium-ion_battery\" title=\"Lithium-ion battery\">Li-Ion<\/a> battery holder (~30Wh, 175g), max. 6W RF output power.<br>\nWhen travelling by plane, I swap the three 18650 cells into an empty USB power bank, which also allows to charge them ;-).<\/li>\n<li>HF and 6m-band mobile transceiver:<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaesu.com\/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&amp;ProdCatID=102&amp;encProdID=DF4DB262968932E999EAF928B5B6A1A7\" title=\"Yaesu FT891 transceiver\">Yaesu FT-891<\/a> with external 18Ah (~230Wh, 1.9kg) LiFePO4 battery pack, max. 100W RF output power.<\/li>\n<li>VHF and UHF handheld transceivers:<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/yaesu.com\/product-detail.aspx?Model=FT-60R&amp;CatName=VHF\/UHF%20Handhelds\" title=\"Yaesu FT60 handheld\">Yaesu FT-60<\/a> Japanese version (my preferred HT, thanks to its excellent receiver) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaesu.com\/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&amp;ProdCatID=249&amp;encProdID=4A66D869E574453F343581B53E9FAB40\" title=\"Yaesu FT2DE handheld\">Yaesu FT-2DE<\/a>, also used for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sotaspots.co.uk\/Aprs2Sota_Info.php\" title=\"A gateway between the Amateur Radio APRS system and SOTAwatch\">APRS2SOTA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System\" title=\"Automatic Packet Reporting System\">APRS<\/a>. Both with max. 5W RF output power.<\/li>\n<li>30m-band CW QRP portable transceiver:<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrp-labs.com\/qcxmini.html\" title=\"QRP Labs QCX-mini CW transceiver\">QRP Labs QCX-mini kit<\/a>, max. 5W RF output power @12V. I built it with the optional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrp-labs.com\/agc.html\" title=\"Automatic Gain Control board\">AGC board<\/a> and used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrp-labs.com\/dummy.html\" title=\"50-ohm 20W HF dummy load\">QRP dummy load<\/a> to align the LPF for max. output power. Currently only used for training CW, along with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morserino.info\/\" title=\"Morserino-32 kit to practice Morse code\">Morserino<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><\/p>\n<h3>Portable Antennas:<\/h3>\n<p><\/p><ul>\n<li>Mostly home-made multi-band resonant half-wave end-fed dipoles for the 10-, 15-, 17-, 20-, 30-, 40- and 60-meter bands.<br> \nPlease see my corresponding document: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Portable-7-Band-EFHW_HB9EAJ-V1.2.pdf\" title=\"Portable 7-band EFHW antenna\">A Portable 7-Band End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) Antenna<\/a><\/strong>  (version 1.2).<br> \nSimilar presentation in German: <a href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EFHW-presentation_1.0.pdf\" title=\"Portable 7-band EFHW antenna presentation in German\">Eine portable 7-Band End-Fed Half-Wave Antenne<\/a> (version 1.0).<br>\nWith an additional loading coil and\/or some length of wire, the 80- and 160-meter band can be used as well, albeit with less efficiency.<br> \nTypically, I strive for an inverted-L configuration, supported by a 6m-tall telescopic glass fiber mast (<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.sotl.as\/large\/5f7936b184be644a5034c7a327303f6c.jpg\">image<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>A lightweight and partially commercial vertical monopole antenna for size-constrained summits. The ~2.5m tall base-loaded antenna with ground spike works from the 40- to the 6-meter band (<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.sotl.as\/large\/bfd72379cd0d210fa5370cb2c43ae95f.jpg\" title=\"Antenna setup at H\u00e4chle, HB\/LU-003, 2091m ASL\">image<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Br445SLnUWo\" title=\"YouTube antenna review video\">video<\/a>). For better efficiency between the 20-meter and 10-meter band, I sometimes use a 5.2m telescopic whip instead.<\/li>\n<li>Home-made OCF Up-and-Outer or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/dk7zb\/Wire-Antennas\/Vertical_L.htm\">vertical-L by DK7ZB<\/a> for the 17-meter band. This is the lowest band that fits on a 6m tall mast.<\/li>\n<li>Home-made <a href=\"https:\/\/vk2ji.com\/equipment\/antennas\/hb9sl-vp2e-wire-directional-antenna\/\">VP2E<\/a> for the 17-meter band.<\/li>\n<li>Home-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/dk7zb\/DK7ZB-Quad\/Oblong.htm\">diamond-shaped loop<\/a> for the 6-meter band (<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.sotl.as\/large\/81df8bfc68d087776856fb1adebbe5b5.jpg\">image<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Portable and light 2-element log-periodic for the 2-meter and the 70-centimeter bands (<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.sotl.as\/large\/4e2dff291ea7607abd02949ceb6a7aba.jpg\">image<\/a>).<\/li> \n<\/ul><p><\/p>\n\n<h3>Maintained names.csv File:<\/h3>\n<p>\nFor logging contacts during SOTA and POTA activations, I&rsquo;m using the Android app <a href=\"http:\/\/vk3zpf.com\/vk-port-a-log\" title=\"Portable Android logging app\">VK port-a-log<\/a>. \nThis and other logging software supports a file containing call signs and their corresponding names in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comma-separated_values\" title=\"Comma separated values format\">CSV format<\/a>. Telling the name of the other station helps to spot wrong call signs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDownload the current <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/hb9eaj\/download\/names.csv\" title=\"The latest call sign to name CSV file\">names.csv<\/a><\/strong> file (updated on <strong>2026-04-12<\/strong> with <strong>74,111<\/strong> call signs, information also contained in the file header).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUse the <a href=\"https:\/\/polo.ham2k.com\/docs\/polo-features\/callsign-notes\/\">Callsign Notes<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/polo.ham2k.com\/\">Ham2K Portable Logger<\/a> and add the corresponding callsign notes file to the app (menu: Settings &#8211; Data Settings &#8211; Callsign Notes &#8211; Add a new file): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/hb9eaj\/download\/names.txt\">https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/hb9eaj\/download\/names.txt<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe above files contain data that was merged from several sources and I&rsquo;m constantly adding new calls\/names while doing SOTA or POTA.\nThank you for sending me your corrections, e.g. your updated names.csv file. \nDue to limited size on some older devices, only calls that are somehow related with portable stations are added. \nThe above file will be sporadically updated, depending on the accumulated changes.\n<\/p>\n\n<h3>Off-Grid SOTA and POTA Spotting Solution:<\/h3>\n<p>\n<a title=\"SOTAmat website\" href=\"https:\/\/sotamat.com\/\">SOTAm\u0101t<\/a>, developed by Brian AB6D, allows to spot when there is no mobile network coverage, simply by using an HF SSB transceiver and a smartphone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMy SOTAm\u0101t presentations:\n<ul>\n<li>At the HB9SOTA general assembly in 2023: <a title=\"SOTAmat presentation slides in German\" href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SOTAmat-HB9SOTA-de-2023.pdf\">Off-Grid Spotting mit SOTAm\u0101t<\/a> (in German)<\/li>\n<li>At the Ham Radio Friedrichshafen in 2023: <a title=\"SOTAmat presentation slides in English\" href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SOTAmat-HamRadio-en-2023.pdf\">Off-Grid Spotting with SOTAm\u0101t<\/a> (in English)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h3>YouTube Channel:<\/h3>\n<p>\nIf you like to use your radio outdoors as well, then please have a look at my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@PortableRadio\" title=\"HB9EAJ Portable Radio\">HB9EAJ Portable Radio YouTube channel<\/a><\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Impressions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Glass fiber mast, antenna, no guying\" class=\"wp-image-3461\" style=\"width:640px;height:913px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Setting up the antenna in the fastest way possible -&gt; see the bright antenna support at the bottom. If the soil or snow is firm and there is not much wind, no guying is needed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0665-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0665-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4958\" style=\"width:640px;height:525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Setting up my home-made 7-band EFHW antenna. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"EFHW antenna, transatlantic s2s, ssb\" class=\"wp-image-3462\" style=\"width:638px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2-137x200.jpg 137w, https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sota2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alternative commercial EFHW antenna setup pointing NW that led to a Trans-Atlantic S2S contact at solar minimum, using 5W SSB.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shack-in-the-snow-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shack-in-the-snow-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4955\" style=\"width:1024px;height:573px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A typical shack-in-the-snow using the Android logging app <a href=\"http:\/\/vk3zpf.com\/vk-port-a-log\">VK port-a-log<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephan Schmid, 4143 Dornach, [my call sign]@gmail.com, QRZ.COM SOTA (Summits on the Air) Activations: All my activations | SOTLAS activation statistics POTA (Parks on the Air) Activations: All my POTA statistics and activations Portable Rigs: HF and 6m-band portable transceiver: &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/hb9eaj\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HB9EAJ<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5588","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5588"}],"version-history":[{"count":107,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12163,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5588\/revisions\/12163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}