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~ LA8OKA Martin ~

YO/LA8OKA from Romania
2 Desember - 8 Desember 2012 - Business trip to Bucharest

27 January - 2 February 2013 - Business trip to Bucharest
10
February - 15 February 2013 - Business trip to Bucharest

Romania

Operator:

YO/LA8OKA:
LA8OKA Martin Storli

QSL Info

Martin Storli
Rudbakken 12
N-1480 Slattum
Norway

Story Desember 2012, January and February 2013:
I had to go to
Bucharest for customer support on our customers aircraft in Romania. Not to far from the hotel where a large shopping centre with a good hardware store, where I could obtain all necessary parts for building antennas.

QTH:
Bucharest - Romania

Operating bands and modes Desember 2012, January and February 2013
I
During the trhree short trips to Bucharest I managed to work 106 QSO's and 29 DXCC's on 80 m, 40 m, 30 m, 20 m 17 m, 15 m, 12 m and 10 m on SSB, PSK and RTTY. The antennas used this time was a half wave dipole antenna for 20 m and random wire antennas made out of installation cable. The antennas was hanging out of the window of the hotel on a telescopic painters pole.
I was also on the air with APRS from the aircraft when I was out flying with the customer. The flights took me to near all parts of Romania.

Radio Equipment Desember 2012, Janauary and February 2013:

Elecraft KX3 160 m - 6 m HF/VHF Multimode Transceiver
Kenwood TH-D72 2 m/70 cm VHF/UHF FM/APRS Transceiver
MicroHAM USB III Interface
Dipole antenna for 20 m
and random wire antennas made on location
Switch Mode PS 12 VDC - 5 A

Shack at hotel
The shack at the hotel during the stay in February.

The pole antenna
The painters pole and the antenna hanging from the pole.


The pole antenna
The painters pole and the antenna hanging from the pole.

TH-D72 in aircraft
The Kenwood TH-D72 was placed in a cup holder close to the window in the paasenger cabin of the aircraft.

APRS Flights YO/LA8OKA
Map over the flights as plotted from the APRS beacons.