This afternoon's 10–15W SSB #POTA #HamRadio activation.
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This afternoon's 10–15W SSB #POTA #HamRadio activation. Three QSOs on 15m including Dominican Republic. Then when I needed just one more QSO to successfully activate US-4857 for my first time, I got Germany with a 33 signal report on 15W.
️ Most of the QSOs were on only 10W.All this on my home made inverted V linked dipole pulled up into a tree.
It was a gorgeous day to sit outside under the trees. Despite being August in North Carolina, the temperature was reasonable and it wasn't too humid. I can't wait for a fall filled with POTA activations and ham public service driving around helping with communications at bicycle races.
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This afternoon's 10–15W SSB #POTA #HamRadio activation. Three QSOs on 15m including Dominican Republic. Then when I needed just one more QSO to successfully activate US-4857 for my first time, I got Germany with a 33 signal report on 15W.
️ Most of the QSOs were on only 10W.All this on my home made inverted V linked dipole pulled up into a tree.
It was a gorgeous day to sit outside under the trees. Despite being August in North Carolina, the temperature was reasonable and it wasn't too humid. I can't wait for a fall filled with POTA activations and ham public service driving around helping with communications at bicycle races.
I celebrated a day off work today in part by doing #POTA. I finally activated the park closest to my house — a short ten minute drive away. This time, using a measly 5W on CW, into a wire thrown up into a tree (40m EFHW), in a low area next to a stream because that's where the park is.
I needed just one more QSO to successfully activate, and then got a 539 signal report from a patient hunter in Sweden. Patient in particular because I had only one contact outside the east US, and thought I'd copied poorly. I was so confused that I sent
SRI CALL AGN?before I realized what I was hearing.I'm still a CW greenhorn, and some of the other operators also had to be a little patient. I ran 15WPM. I don't think anyone was running much over 20WPM calling back, and with a few
?andAGN?for some repeats, I got through without having to requestQRS. I hope by the end of the year to run 20WPM comfortably, including handling pileups.#HamRadio continues to blow my mind.
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