Impromptu HF Parachute Mobile jump on the 24th of August 2021. Jeff & Matt made a pit stop to drop off some stuff and I was already thinking of making an HF jump, all I needed was an excuse so off to the sky we go.

Thanks to everyone that tried to make the QSO on this jump. The radio audio you are hearing came from a recording that Steve (KO4AFL) made from his QTH. He didn’t hear all that I heard and I didn’t hear all the stations he heard but this will do the trick. My recorder failed me miserably so the only radio audio I have is his recording.

If you haven’t heard or read already Jeff (KF0CSJ)/Ham Radio Nomad lost his vehicle/home in a fire that very day. If you have any way of helping him join up the discord https://discord.gg/snJ7SP4vUs . There is a channel on there #nomad dedicated to helping him out.

On this jump I made contacts with:
WN9TCH
AE4MQ
W8LYO
KE8SDA
W1ECB
KF0CSJ
WB4DKU
KK6USY
KG7PJJ
KM6KFW
K0FBS
KB8VND

0:00 intro
0:28 Ready to load
0:42 Loading up
1:11 Time to jump
1:56 Start calling CQ 10,500 Feet
4:38 passing 7600 Feet
6:30 passing 5500 feet
8:15 QRT

The radio: Icom IC-706MkIIG
The antenna: Packtenna EFHW 20m https://www.packtenna.com/store/p3/PackTenna_Mini_End-Fed_Half_Wave_Antenna.html
The battery: Bioenno 12AH https://amzn.to/3g69oQV
The radio pack: Maxpedition Jumbo Versipack - https://amzn.to/2TN2OWM
The feedline: Messi & Paoloni Airborne 5 - https://amzn.to/357QxyI
The headphones: Westone Pro30 - https://amzn.to/3goGj27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwsEnI4Sxyw