Saturday and Sunday I tried true RaDAR (Radpid Deployment Amateur Radio) activation. That means: Setup the station in 5 minutes or less and use qrp output. Yaesu says, that the internal batteries of the FT-817 produce 2.5w. I used this weekend first time the internal batteries only, the MP-1 antenna, 10m RG-58 and the PalmRadio Keyer. All very easy in the rucksack 😉
For the first activation I decided Saturday morning. That’s the easiest (subjective) time to qualify a summit. I made in 9 minutes 12 QSO. For Sunday I decided the late afternoon. Not the best time for SOTA. I stopped the time:
arrived on the summit until qrv: 4 min 14 sec
qualified the summit (4 QSO made) : 3 min 42 sec
(made 8 QSO in 8 min 1 sec)
from qrt to setdown the station and leave the summit: 3 min 41 sec
the setup could be faster … 😉
