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Going Portable!...Take 2

Portable day out at Hampton Nr Herne Bay, Kent Paul M0XLD and I had a portable day at Hampton testing the newly built rotary dipole (see homebrew 3) These are some photographs of the day. I used my Yaesu FT897D and Paul was on his FT857	The Yaesu FT897D powered by auxiliary 12v car battery
	You cant have a good portable day without supplies! I took the gas cooker, drink supplies and some tinned food for later. Power was supplied by a 80AH 12 volt car battery which was good for 50 to 80 watts of TX power all afternoon. Paul M0XLD took his super 2.2Kw new petrol generator, details of its performance can be obtained by writing to M0XLD's Email!
Here is the Rotary Dipole as recently constructed. I tuned it to 20m for the afternoon as this seemed a useful all round band for the time of day. The WX was very changeable and with gusts up to an estimated 30mph the height was kept to a minimum to save potential damage. Contacts worked include a variety of NVIS and medium distance contacts:- YT9M, F/EI4L thanks for the gr8 QSO John, GW4PJQ and PD1ANF Thanks for the great report Arie! Click here for a You Tube video!
Paul M0XLD working my newly purchased 6m Beam designed and Manufactured by Justin Johnson G0KSC. Contacts worked by Paul that day include; IK8EKC in JN70DT EA5UB in JM08BT IZ6BXV in JN72CL EB6ADC in JN29DV EA3EVL in JN00HR IK5RLP in JN52LR EA3NG in JN01OC EA5HRI in IM97PW EA3AYQ in JN11MS Paul also brought along a very small 2m beam which although there was not much activity we did hear a DL3 station but was unable to QSL.
	The photo furthest left shows both sets of aerials mounted. The photo left shows the two beams, The 6m and the 2m below it. Although the 6m looks big in comparison the 2m beam is tiny!
The WX was not good when we first arrived, however as you can see from the photographs this soon changed. The location was good and some interesting contacts were made, both on 20m and 6m. I can't wait to take the rotary dipole to other locations and test it out. Looking good so far!