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Richard<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@hamchallenge" class="u-url mention">@<span>hamchallenge</span></a></span> My usual setup involves a suitcase with 2 pcs 18Ah LFP4s in parallel, along with some 3D printed bulkhead connectors. The suitcase acts as a makeshift desk <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC36S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC36S</span></a>. I don&#39;t operate much from home, so these 6 hours were my whole day of operating.</p><p>I was surprised only 3 DXpeds were active, but a fourth DX, the ITU HQ was lurking on 18MHz. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC07S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC07S</span></a>. Working 10+ DXCCs is rather easy in FT8 from Europe, when you&#39;re being chased in <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC37S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC37S</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hamchallenge</span></a></p>
Richard<p>Let&#39;s try a 10fer for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@hamchallenge" class="u-url mention">@<span>hamchallenge</span></a></span> : :alex_crazy: </p><p>I went out today for POTA RO-0109 <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC29S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC29S</span></a> in front of this communist mammoth <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC13S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC13S</span></a>, operated all day on 36Ah <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC36S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC36S</span></a> (ha!). I worked one DX, the ITU HQ, out of today&#39;s DXpeds PJ4M, VP8DPD and V73MT <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC07S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC07S</span></a>, 14 DXCCs <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC37s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC37s</span></a>, plus all xOTA <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC16S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC16S</span></a> I heard. I had 20 contacts on CW <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC38S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC38S</span></a> including <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@YO3AX" class="u-url mention">@<span>YO3AX</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@G0TRT" class="u-url mention">@<span>G0TRT</span></a></span>. I even heard F4JRC on 6m <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC28S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC28S</span></a>. I fixed my audio card <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC45S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC45S</span></a> and used the antenna I built with the YL <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HC33S" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HC33S</span></a>.</p><p>Details follow.</p>