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  1. This weekend was a little slow on the radio, but I managed to get 18 parks in the logs still! Mostly 20 meters, but there's a couple 40 meter ones. Prince Edward there is usually not one I get tho, so that's kinda an awesome hit!

    #hamRadio #amateurRadio #POTA #HF #20m #40m #EFHW

  2. Well, last weekend was kinda slow for my radio adventures, so I waited until this weekend to make my post & map for it all. Didn't do too bad. Yesterday and today kind of made up for the poor conditions last weekend. The 3 over to the UK area were digital on 6m during a quick opening this afternoon.

    #amateurRadio #hamRadio #20m #17m #40m #6m #POTA #HF

  3. Nightshift 'up the hill'. #POTA activation last night #FT8 on #40m, #60m and #80m yielded nearly 80 QSO.
    Thanks hunters!
    #hamradio #amateurradio

  4. Here's my POTA haul for the last 2 weekends! The sun ahs been kind of difficult recently, so I'm a little shorter than usual, but I'm still really happy with all I got! I did manage to get a few new parks tho! Mostly all is 20m, with a few 40m, 17m and 10m stuck in there for giggles.

    #hamRadio #amateurRadio #POTA #40m #20m #17m #10m #HF #parksOnTheAir

  5. Night shift with my trainee last night due to the hot weather. While I activated the park for #POTA with european stations he managed some DX connections on #40m.
    Thanks hunters!

    #hamradio #amateurradio

  6. @kc9red my apologies, I was going to hop on #40m / #FT8 last night after the storms, but I feel asleep on the couch waiting for the storms to pass, lol

  7. Welp, here's the weekend's contacts. Really annoyed with myself that I ended up doing digital (the blue ones) but in my defense, those were all 6m and 10m. The bands were open, so I decided to have a little fun with it. Otherwise, just the red ones are SSB, and that's all I could actually manage in propagation the way it was this weekend.

    #amateurRadio #hamradio #POTA #SOTA #6m #10m #20m #40m #SSB #FT8

  8. Saturday Night Fever - due to high temperatures I started radio activities shortly before sunset.
    If my count is correct this was my #POTA activation #100 for DE-0192. #FT8 on #17m and #40m. More than 50 QSO on 6 continents.
    In between police 🚔 showed up to check if everything was alright, but unfortunately they couldn't save me from being attacked by gigantic blood-thirsty midgets.
    Furthest QSO ~ 15.000 km with #melbourne .
    Thanks hunters!

    #hamradio #amateurradio

  9. I've found some time to relax and enjoy some time on the air 🙂

    I'm currently on #40m / #FT8

  10. This weekend's haul wasn't too bad for how terrible conditions were. Propagation was pretty horrible, but still managed about 50 contacts. Can the sun please chill out a bit?

    #amateurRadio #hamRadio #40m #20m #17m #pota #propagation

  11. This weekend the HF bands were horrid. I did manage to get about 30 or so contacts, but definitely had to work for them! Green is 40m, blue is 20m, and the one purple is 17m. At least it was a good test for my new microphone, a Yaesu M-90D that I picked up at Dayton Hamvention this weekend. Certain circumstances required me to leave early, so I missed the fedihams meetup. =(

    #amateurRadio #hamRadio #POTA #40m #20m #17m #hamvention #fediham

  12. Marvellous weather conditions pulled me outdoors to do another #POTA activation. #40m, #20m and #17m were fun for #SSB and #Digimodes. North America and Japan were in the log. In the end 84 QSO.
    Thanks hunters!

    #hamradio #amateurradio

  13. Not too bad this weekend. I ended up with 39 POTA contacts on a mix of bands. It was rather fun, and got a few new ones that finally gave me 1000 parks hunted!

    #amateurRadio #hamRadio #10m #15m #17m #20m #40m #POTA

  14. #AmateurRadio #CW #MorseCode #HamRadio

    I learned by listening to the #GordonWest cassette series from #RadioShack. When I took my tests, I think the license I got was called Tech Plus, or something like that.

    I passed the 5wpm test, and they talked me into taking the 13wpm test. Somehow, I passed it, so at least I didn't have to take another code test for a while.

    I never really could do #CW until I got on the air. There was a #Novice portion of #40m, and I hung out there, and it all worked

  15. The last 2 weekends in one map. The bands have been horrible lately, and this is all I got. Mostly all on 20 meters, a few on 40 meters. It was tough but fun.

    #hamRadio #amateurRadio #POTA #20m #40m #SSB #solarMess

  16. So I had a big problem of RF interference in the shack when I ran #ft8 on #40m...then I discovered the ground connection on the power supply and tied it to the station RF ground bus--just like it says in the @arrl Operating Manual. 💥 problem solved just like that!😅

  17. Been really enjoying the EFHW antenna for sure! I'm coloring the markers by band now, 'cause that seems way more interesting. I'm especially happy to get Nova Scotia this weekend!

    Red=80m Green=40m Blue=20m Purple=17m

    #hamRadio #amateurRadio #POTA #parksOnTheAir #ssb #efhw #17m #20m #40m #80m

  18. This weekend, I am gonna participate in the #SKCC #WES ..

    Since this is #StraightKey territory, I am gonna end call contacts with the old school "shave and a haircut" instead of just sending dit-dit.

    Just cuz that was my favorite part of #MorseCode back when all I had was the #novice band on #40m.

    #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

  19. Is anyone out here using #JS8call ?

    I am experimenting with it on 40m now, and have my station up on #40m all day today. I'd appreciate any signal reports or messages to help test features.

    Let me know if you have a station on, and I'll send you a message.

    #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

  20. This weekend was an interesting one. Yesterday was amazing band conditions and got most of my contacts, but today was kinda meh. There was lots of QRN, and propagation wasn't all that great. But ya know, I'll take 52 POTA contacts for a weekend! And I snuck one LLOTA contact in there too!

    #amateurRadio #hamRadio #QRN #POTA #LLOTA #10m #12m #15m #17m #20m #40m

  21. Nightshift for #POTA DE-0192 at Easter. #80m, #60m and #40m #FT8. 32 QSO in the end. We're all tired now.
    Thanks hunters!

    #hamradio #amateurradio

  22. Just worked T31TTT in Central Kiribati 🇰🇮 (Gridsquare: AI47 / distance: 10016.8 km) on 40m using FT8 #hamr #wavelog #40m #FT8 #T31TTT

  23. Holy cow this weekend was insane on HF. I ended up with 142 SSB POTA contacts, on all bands from 40 meters to 10 meters. It was so much fun! The colors are listed in the image's ALT text. I think I need a vacation after all that!

    #HF #POTA #hamRadio #amateurRadio #10m #12m #15m #17m #20m #40m #insanity #EFHW

  24. Wow, the solar storm really made things difficult this weekend. Only manages a few contacts, but it was still fun!

    #amateurRadio #hamRadio #POTA #20m #40m #solarStorm

  25. Went 'up the hill' this morning for another #POTA activation. What I didn't know was that a huge magnetic storm was going on. When I realized it I decided to do #FT8 only.
    The outcome was 45 QSO on #40m and #15m, with Sri Lanka as #atno.
    Thanks chasers!
    Spring is coming, 7 °C and partly overcast this morning. Some birds accompanied me but unfortunately I don't know what species they were.

    #hamradio #amateurradio