2025 California QSO Party (CQP P2R) CW_Only Los Padres National Forest 2 of 2 скачать в хорошем качестве

2025 California QSO Party (CQP P2R) CW_Only Los Padres National Forest 2 of 2

The gear was up, the dipole tuned, and the solar array catching light. Now came the real test: could this stripped-down system hold steady through the chaos of the California QSO Part? In this video, I walk you through my operating system in the wild — from rig to power flow to antenna strategy. The Icom IC-7300 running at 100 watts. A vertical dipole pulling in the bands. A 180-watt solar panel feeding a 20Ah LiFePo battery, keeping the station alive long after sundown. No mains, no luxury. Just the forest, the code, and the challenge of keeping a clean signal on the air. This isn’t contesting locked inside four walls. This is P2R: Parks-to-Radiosport. Radiosport stripped to its core — strategy, endurance, and adaptation — then rebuilt under the open sky. Video 2 takes you deeper: how the system fits together, why each piece matters, and what it means to operate a contest rig powered only by sun and grit. 📡 P2R is radiosport reborn in the wild. 👉 Subscribe now and follow this 3-part journey. The code carries further when it starts in the forest.