May 13, 2021
I've been kind of neglecting the POTA activations. Had my first business trip in 14 months so I stopped on the way back from Miami for an activation. This is nearby a couple other Wildlife Management Areas that I've already done. It was hot and muggy so I only made 14 CW contacts. My signal wasn't…
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April 26, 2021
Had some unexpected guests for the weekend so I didn't get to put in as much time as I would've liked, still managed 205 contacts in the little time I was on.
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April 18, 2021
Since I moved I've had my WX satellite receiver antenna on the old tripod from the hexbeam and it was kind of in the way in the garden. A club member gave me a push up pole they weren't using and I finally got the parts I needed to set it up. From the top down, 2m antenna, FlightAware ADS-B 1090MHz…
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April 15, 2021
Been awhile since I've received a card and today I got 11, one from a shortwave listener
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April 5, 2021
I joined up with Corey N4FQ again for the FLS POTA Event. We activated Terra Ceia Preserve State Park K-3663 on Saturday which is pretty close to my house. I had activated this one before but we went further in this time. We found a good spot and wound up with 169 contacts. N4FQ invited some…
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March 23, 2021
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March 15, 2021
I was able to pick up Idaho on SSB during the Idaho QSO Party this weekend which finished off my Worked All States triple play award. That is a contact with every state in SSB(Voice), CW(Morse code) and Digital modes. I've just needed that Idaho contact for over a year. I paid for the award plaque,…
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March 14, 2021
Worked on the ground crew for install Dee's new antenna. His antenna was damaged in the same storm that damaged the club tower. He had insurance on his so he got a replacement of the same antenna but the newer model. Quite a few club members attended and the install went very smoothly.…
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March 5, 2021
We finally got back to meeting in person. We met outside the church at our normal location. Had 36 people attend, everyone seemed very comfortable. I've done more meetings on Zoom than I've done in person so I'm still getting the hang of running official meetings. Club secretary Charles W4BPP gave…
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March 1, 2021
Spent some time on the NAQP RTTY contest this week as part of the Aardvarks Wireless Group team. Ended up with 193 contacts, still didn't get North Dakota. That's the last one I need for Worked All States RTTY. My vertical antenna works much better on 80m, I got 53 contacts there. I really enjoy…
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