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20241227 - Arizona POTA - Tonto National Forest
My first Arizona POTA activation. I used 9:1 end fed antenna and the sBITX running at <10w. Made 3 phone contacts and a bunch of FT8. Here is the setup: Here is the activation info:
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20241219 - My first FT8 POTA activation
Today was a day in history for me... Mark this day down as my first: * POTA Activation with my own gear. * POTA Activation using the new sBITx Radio. * First TX from the new sBITx Radio. * POTA Activation covering the FT8 Digital mode. * Use of my home built end fed 1/
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20241212 - sBitx V3
New Radio Alert! My Gigaparts order just arrived... I am excited about the possibilities of this hacker type HF rig. POTA? Digital? HUGE SCREEN!
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20241206 - POTA Hunt
Interesting airwave pipeline up the Appalachian mountain range this morning. There is a weather front moving in that same direction.
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20241206 - Xiegu G90
After getting the POTA bug, I decided I wanted a portable rig to take to the park. There are generally two radios that keep popping up on YouTube for this application: The Xiegu G90 and the Yaesu FT-891. After doing research on both radios, I kept mulling over the
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20241205 - POTA Hunt
Different arcs of parks today...
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20241204 - POTA Hunt
Today’s QSL’s and #potahunting. Early morning was pretty clear shot up and down the East coast.
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20241203 - POTA Hunt
Good #POTA hunting contacts today. 10M/15M have been good band for me lately. Two more DX POTA parks!
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20241202 - POTA Hunt
Early morning 10M was clear to Europe for #POTA. I am amazed at what a ~53′ wire in the back yard can do! I am thinking that arc of parks in the Euro zone are all about where the 2nd or 3rd bounce of signals land as the skip across
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20241126 - Yaesu FT-991A
NEW RADIO ALERT! My first ownership of a "big rig" (not those little HT things!) Gigaparts had a sale a few days ago on the Yaesu FT-991A at the lowest price I have seen. After using Ken's 991A, really became at home with this great
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20241109 - DX on FT8
One thing that is really cool about HAM radio is that you can connect to places one may have no idea where they are and opens up a new world of discovery. Today I made a contact on 10m to the country of Malawi, as well as my first Oceania
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20241102 - QSL Card Antartica!
Russian science center in Antartica! I know it is FT8 and not SSB, but how great is this contact for a new ham to get!