Friday, July 29, 2022

On the road again

Today we started our travels east. My 30m APRS (VK8MT-15) was working really well until Salmon Gums then because of a cabling issue it stopped.  

Turns out that I forgot to plug the radio into the 12 Volt car supply. So all the beaconing today was only 5 Watts max, running on the radio's 7.2 Volt battery pack (until it went flat). That's kind of impressive! Until it wasn't.
We are staying overnight at a free camp site near Fraser Range (see last beacon for the day, back on the 12 Volt supply).
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