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POTA is doing it's thing. Just worked N3RTW who is active in US-0691 Prince William Forest Park now (10:30 EDT) 7.042 with a nice signal and a very short excahnge.
💬 View post · May 19 · 7 days ago
So, I don't know why it took so long to think of this. Is there a Gemini version of QRZ? The ARRL look up tool anything like that? Anyone got a good link to share?
💬 1 comment · May 19 · 8 days ago
40m is working close today. I copied KC9HEK calling CW SKCC about 75 miles away but no reply to my answer. Copied WA2YLY in Hawley PA 92 miles away down in PA, short QSO. Bob was a 599, he reported me at 559. I'm only using 4 watts out to my zepp and there was some fade so if you're trying HF it's working but at least on 40,m CW it's real close in!
💬 2 comments · May 18 · 8 days ago
CW - Morse Code — Someone I think over on The Station shared this with me and it's just fun. It's Wordel but a CW test to see how fast you can copy. It starts at like 40WPM and each replay and you only get like 20 of them slows down and you still have 5 guesses. MORSEL.FUN 100% give it a shot it's fun.
💬 2 likes · May 15 · 11 days ago
I'm someone who has had "get into ham radio" on my list for a while, but various stuff in life has distracted me from taking the test and getting any equipment just yet. So in the meantime...I want to hear what y'all actually DO. Tell me what your typical interactions with ham radio looks like! What fun stuff can I do, what does the reality of it look like, how can I enjoy radios? Because my plan has always been get the license then figure this part out but...seems like I should really have...
💬 2 comments · 1 like · May 15 · 11 days ago
I sent a photo of my cat 630 miles over the air — We used VarAC to transfer an 8kb image over the 20-meter band from Portland, OR to Salt Lake City, UT. My antenna is an inverted-vee dipole resonant at 14.1 MHz. It shares a feed point with a 10-meter inverted vee. The transfer took just under an hour. Given my antenna's thin, low-quality wire elements and the thunderstorm over the receiving station, I'm impressed that we were able to complete the transfer at all. I was transmitting at 45 Watts,...
💬 8 comments · 4 likes · May 14 · 12 days ago
Passed my General license exam yesterday — Time for HF
💬 6 comments · 3 likes · May 07 · 3 weeks ago
