Australia to Japan - CW summits on the air (SOTA) activation

CW at 18 WPM using Yaesu FT-891 operating at 30W, FC-50 antenna tuning unit, 12.8V 12Ah LiFePO4 battery and end-fed random wire antenna comprising 22m long radiator as an inverted-v and 9:1 unun.
Summits on the air (SOTA) activation of Mt Elliot (VK2/HU-093) located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Activation on Saturday 14 January 2023. Three contacts to Japan operating on 15m (21.062 MHz) and 10m (28.062 MHz).

[@KD2YDN]

Summer 2022 I didn’t understand any cw. Now every park and summit for the past 5 months have been cw. Your videos have helped A LOT. Great activation, cheers.

[@vk2ter]

Thank you Christopher for the feedback. Well done with your progression with CW (I am subbed to your channel), you are very proficient given you have only been learning since the middle of last year. Keep up the good work, 73

[@jozefbezan2501]

Danke für das tolle Video.73 von Jozef,S56CJG QTH Wien.Austria.😊😊😊

[@vk2ter]

Thank you Jozef, 73

[@kao354]

Thank you very much for the video! The last QSO was really hard! But you did it anyway!

[@vk2ter]

You're welcome! The last QSO was very tough because of QSB and QRM but managed to complete the contact, 73

[@kishor_VU2MZT]

very nice James ,,,, your cw really help me to learn cw , and i upgraded my call sign to general class from restricted grade (vu3izj to vu2mzt )

[@vk2ter]

well done Kishor on obtaining your general class licence. i hope your cw is progressing well and that the videos are helping with your practice, 73

[@petermajor4599]

💎

[@DavidKirwanirl]

So cool

[@vk2ter]

Thank you David, 73

[@dennispeake1877]

James, that 15m & 10m on the DX on Japan was a bit hard with QRM and copy was so low on CW. Good job mate and the radio is working great now Yaesu 891. Thanks for a good working conditions with the video, and it did not raining HIHI 73 44 de Dennis vk4oc.

[@vk2ter]

The last contact was certainly very challenging due to the QRM and QSB. There were powerlines and houses nearby which could have been the source of the noise. It started to get cloudy during the activation but luckily it did not rain. Thanks again Dennis, 73