WRTC-2018 / IARU Field Contest Operation near Wittenberg

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Posted By DL4LAM

Excellent antenna for portable operation.

I bought  this antenna more than one year ago, but had no opportunity to use it.
Recently at WRTC-2018 in Wittenberg, it was time to check it out.

After assembling several WRTC Spiderbeam antennas at various sites as a volunteer, finally we (me, accompanied by Hava, DO5HO, and Christian, DL6KAC) had time to build up the 404 UL on a 12 m (40 ft) Spiderpole in the field ( about 2 km away from closest WRTC site).

Assembly was quick and easy, low wind load and no guying was required.
Matching unit approx. 11 m above the ground, the ends around 3,5 m above
ground level.

We operated from the field with 100 W and had beautiful contacts on
10-15-20-40 m.

During the WRTC/IARU, we worked several Y8 [WRTC] stations in the neighborhood and sometimes could log contacts faster than our professionell competitors. 

SWR on all bands is very good.

It´s a good antenna, worked very well and the weight is very low.  Easy to transport.  

Well done !

73 de Peter, DL4LAM