For the first time in the russian history, radio fans have spent the whole series of the distant officially registered short-wave communications from the highest top of Europe - mountains of the Western Elbrus. The connection between R6SE and DL5AWI was from peak "Day of the athletic" with an altitude of 3950 meters.
The mountaineering is a check of limits of physical and psychological possibilities of the person.Every person would like to feel as a pioneer - if not Columbus so Magellan, to subdue new top or to open for radio fans of the world a new corner on our planet.
Preparation for radio expedition has begun in the summer 2005 and included physical, technical and climbing components. The special attention was given to physical preparation, - run on 10-12 km became an indispensable condition for applicants for inclusion in the command of climbers-radio fans.
Technical training consisted in a choice of radio equipment and antenna-feeding devices for a radio communication on short waves which would have sufficient capacity and the minimum of weight.
The equipment:
base camp - ICOM-746, 3,5-7 MHz on 10 meter mast from separate knees, G.P. 14 MHz, 1 kw generator from Honda, a power unit 12volt 20А and computers.
mountain tops - ICOM-706 MK2G, the accumulator 12V 12A, self-made aerial G.P. on 14 MHz and easy 50-Ohm 10 metre cable. The weight of all radio amateur equipment was about 12 kg.
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