A Bahamas Adventure, by Gregg Marco, W6IZT
The availability of the Explorer category proved to be a perfect match for the goals of our C6AGU operation. The team was operating from an uninhabited island in classic DXpedition style. There was no hotel withing 100 miles of our location.
Operating via remote access from our boat, we utilized RIB (radio-in-a-box) hardware. The RIB configuration, developed by George, AA7JV, and funded by the NCDXF, was comprised of a Flex 6700 transceiver, operating with 100 watts. The antenna was an N6BT V8 vertical fed through an automatic L-network tuner mounted to the base of the antenna, placed a few feet above the high tide line. Power was supplied by a solar array and batteries. George, AA7JV, and Mike, KN4EEI, set up the station…
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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2023