Setting up was a piece of cake, being able to strap the fiber pole to a wooden pole marker and lifting the antenna wire up in the air.
Unfortunately I was positioned about 5m behind a sign that designated a quiet zone so I stayed in the car for most of the activation — leaving my back aching due to the weird positioning — and I was unable to measure the antenna and make it resonant on the 10-20m bands.
All in all it resulted in about 30 short QSOs and it was the first time being part of the receiving end of a pileup. A few park-to-park contacts were also made, but there was an issue with the ADIF logfile (twice). POTA apparently doesn’t support the POTA specific fields that are part of the ADIF specification since a few years. It’s pretty nice getting preferential treatment in a P2P even though you’re a weak signal.
The battery drained to about 13.3V, which is about 80% charged according to most LiFePO4 charts. Extrapolating that, a single full battery charge could last me anywhere from 5-8 hours of active use. This matches the 6A peak draw / 12Ah battery.
