PJ2CF (Carlo) and P41E (Ethiën) organized a field day at an abandoned sport field on the Mahuma hill, close to the Airport and Meteorological facilities. This field is ideal for field days like ours, considering the height and (at the time of operating) very low noise floor.
PJ2CF armed a 40-meter dipole, while P41E armed his end-fed antenna. We compared the performance of both: the dipole appears to outperform in most areas, however you are limited to a single band.
The propagation conditions ware very challenging, from our location we could reach Aruba, but just barely, however conditions improved slightly as we progressed.
PJ2AFM (Angelo) served as net-controller from his QTH for Antillen-net. PJ2SG and PJ2XX also presented at the field operation from where they joined the Antillen-net.
Operating conditions:
PJ2CF's dipole antenna
P41E's end-fed antenna:
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