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20250113 - FT8 QRP with Linked EFHW Antenna

20250113 - FT8 QRP with Linked EFHW Antenna

POTA activation today at US-1038 Chewacla State Park using the sBITX+ and a linked EFHW. James joined Ken and I to take a look at what a POTA activation is all about. It was a day of gremlins and strange issues. But we both got our activation in! Here

20250101 - Welcome 2025 - POTA in Red Rock country

20250101 - Welcome 2025 - POTA in Red Rock country

First day of 2025 and a tail of a different Coconino County! The Last POTA was in the forest at 7000'. Today is more of a dry desert at 4000'. Same National Forest, but this time in the Red Rock area. Two POTA activation attemts today at two

20241230 - morning POTA 10M FT8

20241230 - morning POTA 10M FT8

Trying FT8 POTA on 10M @2.5w in Coconino National Forest. Here is the setup: PARK: US-4428 ELEVATION: Approx. 6,400 feet RIG: uSDX+ HF with ATU100 tuner ANTENNA: 10m EFHW 9:1 BATTERY: 12v Car Battery Map and detail of POTA activation:

20241230 - Evening POTA on the Arizona Trail

20241230 - Evening POTA on the Arizona Trail

Made it to the Arizona Trail near C.C. Cragin Lake in the Coconino National Forest. This is a pretty high plateu at around 7300+ feet elevation. (my iPhone GPS said I was at 73,330' - what a bug!!!) Targeting 20M, I did get one contact on 15M @ 1.

20241228 - FT8 POTA Coconino National Forest

20241228 - FT8 POTA Coconino National Forest

Evening POTA FT8 Coconino National Forest It is dry here... Here is the setup: * PARK: US-4428 * ELEVATION: 6,500 feet * RIG: uSDX+ HF with ATU100 tuner * ANTENNA: 20m EFHW 9:1 * BATTERY: 12v Car Battery Propergation on 20M was very good tonight. Within minutes, I had 5 contacts on

20241221 - QRP Power? Do you need 100W?

20241221 - QRP Power? Do you need 100W?

Experimenting with the Chineesium HF Rig today... here is the setup: 20M @ 2.8W out of the tuner SWR=1.17 10M @ 1.4W out of the tuner SWR=1.2 on a not so greatly tuned 20M antenna. USB to PC running WSJT-X for FT8 ops. Today was