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This weekend was a rather interesting one. Propagation was not what I expected, but I got a very good about of contacts! Over 50 this weekend! I guess the incoming solar storm is affecting things a bit. Hey, I'll take it, I got a whole mess of new POTA parks, so it's a win for sure!
#amateurRadio #hamRadio #hf #80m #40m #20m #17m #15m #POTA #solarStorm
Activated Minute Man today with my new LDG Z-100A tuner on the FT-891. It was easy to use with my Rybakov, which is great for DX. I made contacts on 20, 15 and 10 meters, including Spain, Italy, France and Austria. I share my setup, including the FT-891's LAMP tuner setting.
Despite the rain, gonna try to activate US-0864 Steamtown in a bit! Look for me on 20m, probably
I log by hand in the field, then use Claude to turn a photo of my notebook page into an ADIF file for Wavelog and POTA.
I wrote up the workflow and shared the skill I use:
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/Paper_Log_to_ADIF/
#hamradio #amateurradio #POTA #ParksOnTheAir #CW #QRP #Wavelog #ADIF #bkg
Today's Minute Man activation also got me BKG700 from a 2m CW QSO with AA1N.
@unicycle I don't have a boat, so I'd definitely have to depend on a buddy. This would be a fun way to try out a dual-operator CW #POTA — which I think should be more of a thing. 😁
Something like this;
CQ POTA DE WJ3FF ES KZ4LY
AB3DE
AB3DE DE WJ3FF GA UR 599 NC BK
BK UR 599 PA BK
AB3DE DE KZ4LY TU GA UR 599 NC BK
BK UR 599 PA BK
TU PA DE WJ3FF ES KZ4LY 72 E E
Some ops will be confused, but that's only going to be fixed if more of us do this! 🙂
As long as we both spot ourselves the same, we should show up for at least ham2k users as a single combined spot to help them realize it is a dual op setup, just like with multi op SSB.
A few hours to kill before the conference so a visit to Glebe Farm Wetland Reserve for some radio. Made use of a little house to get out of the wind. #pota #amateurradio