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QRP POTA With MTR3B V4 Currahee!
We made it to US-2991 Bonham State Park this morning and I took my new Mountain Topper out for its first activation. Here’s what I brought: Loadout: MTR-3B V4Bioenno 3 AH LiPoBamaKey TP-IIISparkplug 49:1 UnUn w. 20m EFHW wirePOTA 20… Continue reading
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Overcoming Injuries: A POTA Day at US-0548
What an absolutely beautiful day at US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. About 45 degrees. While an overcast sky looked like dirty dish water and the air carried moisture just marginally on the dry side of mist, it was a stunning… Continue reading
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New Rig! CFT1 at US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
It’s not a review! I picked up a new QRP rig, took it to US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, and ran it through some paces. I’m in no way qualified for product reviews, but am willing to share my experience. … Continue reading
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Hagerman and wires!!
Spring is springing, and the weather this morning did not disappoint. W5DRT, David, joined me at the day use area of US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Normally, I’d grab 10 quick Q’s then get out of the way for SSB… Continue reading
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California Dreamin’
Work sent me on a quick trip to California. During all the covid business, I made some long work trips to Mississippi and Maryland and my boss has taken it easy on me ever since. I could ‘ve easily ducked… Continue reading
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Radio Jedi
I used to shoot a little pistol competition and once saw a sticker on a gun box that said revolver shooters are the Jedi of action pistol competition. It made me chuckle and still does. Is a revolver easier to… Continue reading
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POTA in Central Texas
With a week of precious vacation gradually dissolving in the wet and gloomy North Texas weather, I desperately grabbed a BnB in Laguna Park, TX with intentions of activating parks new to me. These are my old stomping grounds from… Continue reading
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Spread The Word!
I’ve watched a ton of YouTube videos while learning CW. Most every night, I fire up my Kindle or phone and copy along to someone else’s POTA activation. There’s several CW operators filming and posting their POTA activations to YouTube… Continue reading
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POTA The Destroyer
I happened across a live stream by Walt, Coastal Waves & Wire posing the topic of what POTA will mean to the solar minimum. The talked slipped into is POTA a contest and should it be allowed on the non-contesting… Continue reading
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Wires and Antenna Models
I’ve been playing at modeling antennas. It’s an on-and-off again thing where every time I play with the software I get a little closer to understanding it. I use MMANA-GAL to model. It’s free. It’s also fairly simple if you… Continue reading
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