Hi, All.
Detailed write-up with photos & movies here:
http://web.ncf.ca/fj620/contests/fybo2007/
This year, I decided to take part in Freeze Your B** Off & February
Polar Bear Moonlight Madness Event as a pedestrian mobile QRP polar
bear, so I walked from my home to a couple of local parks all within
grid square FN25dk and walked around the trees operating 20m and 40m
as a pedestrian mobile bear. My coldest operating temperature was
at the start of the event, with a wind chill of -6°F.
I mounted a 300 ohm twinlead DCTL loop for 40m and a 16ft quarter-wave
teflon coated wire for 20m on a pair of fishing poles which I attached
to a PVC pipe frame and zipped into my backpack. I dragged 14.5ft of
RG-174 for a 20m counterpoise.
I used a KX1 powered by 8 lithium batteries which I held kept inside
my fleece to extend thier life. The KX1 was attached to a clip board
with rubber bands. I put the clipboard in a shopping bag and just
rested it on the snow if I had to extend or retract the 20m antenna
due to low tree branches.
I walked 6.78 miles in a couple of downtown parks in Ottawa, from
1400Z until 1730Z and again from 1900Z until 2300Z. It was a nice and
sunny day (before dusk) but with a brutal wind chill, and the parks
were by the river, so I was giving out minus temps a few times that I
was not sheltered from the wind.
I think the highlight of the contest for me was working VE3WMB/PM who
was also in Ottawa about 10km distance from me. It's my first /PM to
/PM contact!
All in all, a really fun event!
72 es 73 de VA3SIE/PM
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