Summits on the air (SOTA) - CW activation on 15m, 20m and 40m

CW at 20 WPM using Yaesu FT-891 transceiver at 30W, FC-50 antenna tuner, 12.8V 12Ah LiFePO battery, 22m long end-fed random wire antenna as inverted-v supported on 9m telescopic mast. Audio recorded using Sony ICD-UX570 digital recorded.
Summits on the air (SOTA) activation of Mt Elliot (VK2/HU-093) located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Activation on Sunday 29 October 2023. Operating on 15 m (21.065 MHz), 20 m (14.065 MHz) and 40 m (7.032 MHz).
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:43 - CW on 15m
5:55 - CW on 20m
8:40 - CW on 40m
Music:
In My Mind by Scandinavianz & AXM
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[@kao354]

James, thank you for your videos! Great CW, as usual.

[@vk2ter]

Thank you Kao, glad you enjoyed the video, 73

[@o2bnov0307]

It is great to hear your activation. After coffee, I am going out to K-3503 for some ham radio fun. I have a QSO with one of the same stations you contacted. Have a great day/evening. vy 73 de David AE4LH

[@vk2ter]

Thank you David for the feedback. Hope u have a great SOTA activation, enjoy the outdoors and operating portable, 73

[@dennispeake1877]

g'day James, I like your antenna system 22m long end-fed random wire antenna as inverted-v EFRW Looks like 9.1 transformer at the end. What wire did you use ? it was very heavy last time at the beach on a 9m pole. Cheers mate de Dennis VK4OC.TU for your video.

[@vk2ter]

Hi Dennis, the wire is only 0.5mm (24 AWG) so it is fairly lightweight. For some of my other antennas I use speaker wire which is about 1mm (18 AWG). The transformer is a 9 to 1 unun for the EFRW. Thanks again for your comments, 73