Qrp Portable in MTZ Franfurt

Hi, yesterday (26/07/11) I had to drive  to MTZ in Frankfurt so I decided to take my homemade QRP transceiver  "The Fivehead" (from a kit by G3PCJ, Tim Walford) and my homemade magnectic loop antenna "The Wonder Loop" (by G4ILO Julian Moss), the loop has a diameter of 80cm and is set up on a camera tripod about 1.5m over ground, after calling CQ on 40m SSB a number of times without succsess I tuned around the 40m band and picked up DK4MH/P who had actived the SOTA DMBW-168 summit at 15:55 Utc and he gave me a 44 report and I gave him 57, at a distance of 234 Kms or 145 Miles which is not bad at all for 1.5 watts and a small magnectic loop, Julian (G4ILO) recomends the use of a 250 pF air variable which I didn't have so I used a Polyvaricon that I had and this works fine with the 1.5 watts but not recommended with more power, photos to follow.
Vy 72/3 de Colin

Hi, my name is Colin and my call sign is DD5CF I also hold the call sign G1ZOS,  I enjoy being a QRP operator and most of all when portable,

                      QRP to me is not just about the reduction of power output to 10 watts SSB or 5w CW,  it is also about using simple homebuilt equipment and simple wire antenna,   but if you are able to afford commerical equipment and multi element high gain antenna that is also good because it is the QRP SPIRIT that counts, just reduce power and start enjoying the challenge of Ham Radio again, I would prefer a deckchair copy to an armchair copy anyday.

I hope to be able to keep  you up to date about my portable operations with locations photos and types of antenna used.

Vy 73 de Colin G-QRP # 4057, Flying Pigs # 2656