Saturday, July 16, 2022

Today is the Summer RaDAR Challenge

 After a little deliberation, I have decided to use my bicycle as my mode of transportation for today's RaDAR (Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio) Challenge.  I am fortunate to have several city parks nearby that I can utilize as operating positions.  Since my Icom IC-705 is in for repair (disappointing story), I will be using my Recent RS-918.  It has been a while since I used this little rig, so I figured I'd give it a little excercise today.  My antenna will be an endfed and 9:1 unun.  I will be a Category B station meaning I will be operating for 4 hours.

I plan to start at 9am at my home.  I will then bike to Memorial Park for my second location.  


The next planned stop will be Kinsaul Park, one of my favorite places to operate and a venue for many of my past YouTube videos. 


If I make it this far in the challenge, I will cross State Road 77 to arrive at Sheffield Park.  


From there, I will bike back to the house.


Each segment is just over 2 KM, the minimum distance needed according to the RaDAR rules.  I will change locations once I have made my required 5 contacts at each location.  This should be fun today.

If you are interested in RaDAR, you can find out more about it by reading Eddie's ZS6BNE Blog here:

https://zs6bne.wordpress.com/2021/10/11/the-new-radar/

73

-Bob

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