Final preparation

 I made my decision, I take the magloop with me on vacation. One final test this evening on 60m FT8 convinced me that it is the most versatile antenna. It covers all the bands the (tr)uSDX has and has a small footprint. Tuning for every new frequency is a disadavantage but for digimodes it is not important, once tuned it is ok.

I made a FT8 contact with a station in Germany over a distance of 273km with the setup as showed on the photo. From inside the shack with about 4W. For 60m I need a double loop which should be inefficient. But I got a report of -8dB which is not even weak.

Unfortunatly I lost CAT control two times. Not shure what causes this. It is not RFI since it was happening when receiving. May be the poll time is too high? I figure it out...

The (tr)uSDX is not the most reliable radio but it does the job. I don't bother that I have to reset the radio at times or reconnect the USB cable to get things working again. At least it is possible to make contacts with it.

Now to pack everything in the rucksack and wait for the day that we can finally go...