Olivier, ON4EI is back in Ireland to operate EI8GQB/EI1A from a caravan using green energy.
He will activate the EI1A callsign during the CQ World Wide DX SSB contest (27th-28th).
Follow overall activity and antenna experimentation on http://www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB where you will find a live information banner with on air frequencies and information.
Equipment:
18m top loaded vertical monopole for 160-80-40 meter bands + 32 radials.
3 element east-west oriented inverted V beam for 40 meter band.
200m long beverage RX antenna East-West directional.
2 Spiderbeam antennas for 20/15/10 meter bands.
Rigs are Elecraft K3+P3 & Kenwood TS2000 100w.
500aH battery bank + 180W solar panel and 400W wind generator.
Objective:
Experiment new 160M Inverted L antenna.
Run the 48H contest with green energy only.
Score among TOP 10 Europe station in SOABLP category.
