March 4, 2000
Carter, N3AO & Ron, WB3AAL trip to the Appalachian Trail
near Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
& Eckville, PA in Berks County.
WB3AAL's solar station, TS-50 & Solar charged battery
Ron is keeping his finger warm for the key
Ron working LY2FE on 15 Meters
Ron working DL1EKG on 10 Meters
Poqet PC on the Appalachian Trail
Carter's, N3AO, Equipment
Elecraft K2 Transceiver @ 5
watts
Internal battery/Internal keyer
Paddlette (Standard size) paddles
Aiwa Stereo headphones
40-meter dipole in inverted vee configuration cut for 7.040 MHz
50 feet of RG-8X coax
Antenna Launcher and spools of Mason's Line for raising/tying off ends of
antenna
Garmin GPS45X, with 4 fresh AA batteries
Konica Revio 35-mm Camera
Yaesu VX-5 HT, with charged battery/ Local repeater pre-programmed in
Paper Log Book/pad of paper/pens & pencils
MFJ-971 Portable tuner (not necessary, but brought along anyway)
Portable Roll-a-Table, by Camp-Time
2 Roll-a-Stools, by Camp-Time
Toolbox with 20-meter dipole, connectors, VOM, tools, compass, lighter, etc.
Manuals for K2 and VX-5 HT
Coat, scarf, hat, mittens
Water bottles, filled at home
Lunch!
A good friend!!!
Ron's, WB3AAL, Equipment
Kenwood TS-50 Transceiver @ 5
Watts
Die Hard Deep Cycle battery solar charged
Timewave DSP-599zx
MFJ Portable Tuner MFJ-971
Whiterook Products MK-65MB Red Keyer
MFJ Stereo Headphone
Poqet PC for logging on Log Jr-EQF
"Killer Vertical" as per QST June 1999 with
50 feet of ladder line
Good Friend which is also a EPA QRP Club Member
