We had major turbulencies tonight and had to put down and secure our antennas. The hexbeam rotated freely on the mast without any halt, which, of course, tore the coax apart. To prevent damage to the brand new hexbeam itself, we decided to put it down and lock it into its position with cords.

Tomorrow we will have to inspect the damages and start repairing the antennas. We hope to be back on the air as soon as possible.

The 40m delta loop and a dipole are the only usable antennas at the moment.

After some testing, we were able to connect to the internet for the first time. Currently we have 586 QSOs in the log. Sadly, internet connection is not stable enough for real time log. We are trying to optimize this process. Maybe we can enable real time logbook in a few hours.

Weather is very nice - it's dry and not too warm. We set up our SP7IDX Hexbeam, a 40m Delta Loop, a dipole and our 2m antennas for EME operation.

We will set up more antennas eventually.

Pictures will follow.

After one hour of carrying our material from our cars to the boat, we are now on our ride to Palagruza. I am not sure if our APRS packets are heard. We will reach our target approximately at 10.00 UTC.

It is about 20C with low wind. Ideal conditions for us.

Right now we fetched Manfred in Röthenbach, Nuremberg and completed our team. We are now heading for the city of Split in Croatia with two fully loaded cars and one roof rack. Let's hope we will not run into any major traffic jams and arrive in time for our ferry.

We will listen on 40m around 7100 kHz +/- and maybe call CQ eventually.