Stephan Schmid, 4056 Basel, [my call sign]@qsl.net, QRZ.COM

My Activations:

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Rigs for SOTA:

• HF and 6m-band portable transceiver:
  Lab599 Discovery TX-500 with external 2Ah (~25Wh) and 4Ah (~50Wh) LiFePo4 battery packs, max. 10W RF output power.
• HF, VHF and UHF portable transceiver:
  FT-818ND with internal 3Ah (~30Wh) LiPo and external 3S 18650 Li-Ion battery holder (~30Wh), max. 6W RF output power.
  When travelling by plane, I swap the three 18650 cells into an empty USB power bank, which allows to charge them ;-).
• VHF and UHF handheld transceiver:
  FT-2DE, also used for APRS2SOTA and APRS, max. 5W RF output power.

Portable Antennas:

• Commercial and home-made multi-band resonant half-wave end-fed dipoles for the 10-, 15-, 17-, 20-, 30-, 40- and 60-meter bands.
  Please see my corresponding document: A Portable 7-Band End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) Antenna (version 1.1).
  With an additional loading coil and some length of wire, the 80- and 160-meter band can be used as well, albeit with less efficiency.
  Typically, I strive for an inverted-L configuration, supported by a 6m-tall telescopic glass fiber mast (image).
• Home-made diamond-shaped loop for the 6-meter band (image).
• Home-made VP2E for the 17-meter band.
• Commercial 2-element log-periodic for the 2-meter and the 70-centimeter bands (image).

Some Impressions: