The wife and I will be camping at Fort Mountain State Park later this month and I’m planning operate as a portable station while we’re there. This year I will be operating a different setup from what I used in 2018.
My gear this trip will be the Yaesu FT-857D radio with an LDG autotuner, a SignaLink for digital modes along with my new laptop dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 10 and two antennas. The primary antenna will be a GAP 20M monoband antenna and my backup will be a 40/20/10/6 OCFD. I have little experience with the GAP antenna so far and I’m hopeful that it will work well. Getting the OCFD into a tree in the woods is not always the most fun activity but is good practice for field day and other portable operating opportunities.
I have updated the Portable Ops page with details for the grid square and dates for when i’ll be operating.