February 20, 2021
We had a large donation so Norm KA1IJA and I packed up all the items and setup some tables at the Brooksville Hamfest. The weather was great and it was almost chilly at some points but we had a good time bartering with people. We came out with a decent amount for the club and sold most of the…
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January 26, 2021
Worked on the ground crew to pull up Lisa's new antenna. Had some issues with the mast and getting the rotor install but Mike worked through it and we got it up in the air.
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January 4, 2021
Spent a good chunk of the weekend doing the RTTY Roundup. With the lower RF noise level at my new house I was able to get more contacts on 80m (91). Someone mentioned in the last club meeting that the underground power lines make for a quieter experience, I think that is the case here. With RTTY I…
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December 31, 2020
4,260 total contacts this year (10,476 lifetime total QSOs) Finished CW Academy and got my CW Ops number, #2626 11 Parks on the Air activations, 1st time doing CW activation, 264 POTA activation QSOs, 17 hunter QSOs Became VE Liaison to the ARRL VEC, 11 new Technicians so far Moved and got a new…
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November 29, 2020
I used the old tripod for the hexbeam to put the QFH weather antenna up on some military camo poles. It's at about 12ft. I secured the tripod with some concrete garden blocks for now. I expected to get much cleaner images than when I had it in the attic at the old house but all I was getting was…
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November 16, 2020
This weekend was the USA Coach Ham Fest and Rod Run. There was another more established hot rod show at the Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant down the road so there were only 2 hot rods from members there. This event took place when the cancelled SPARCfest would've been. It was a beautiful day and a…
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November 13, 2020
I received my Zero Five 80m Ground Plane antenna today. It's a 43ft vertical with 6 10ft radials at the bottom. I've installed it on a pole 9ft up so the radials clear my fruit trees. I've been playing around with it a little and it's got great reception, I might have to do some work on the cabling…
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November 9, 2020
8 contacts into the ARRL Sweepstakes CW contest I hit my 10,000th contact ever. It was with N4ZZ, I'll send him a card. I'm still in the process of getting my old house ready as a rental so my shack is mostly still in boxes. I pulled out the bare minimum of stuff to get my Flexradio hooked up. I…
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October 1, 2020
I brought my POTA setup to my new QTH and setup in the sweet fruit tree garden I now own. It was a rare brisk morning in Florida (68F) so the weather was perfect. Very little RF noise on 40m, much quieter than the S7 or higher noise I have at my old place, lots of AF noise with people mowing their…
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September 24, 2020
Took the antenna down today after the afternoon CWT. Made some DX CW contacts with Sweden and Croatia before shutting it down. Didn't have any issue taking down the antenna or taking it apart. The hexbeam fit nicely in the box my hammock frame came in. It's amazing how small it all packed up to. I…
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