Reaching Out on 2m @ 5w
Reaching Out on 2m @ 5w Activated Palomar Mountain State Park today with the HT on 5w. We (XYL & me) operated next to the Boucher Hill Lookout Station…
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The Activation that Wasn’t
Wednesday, July 23rd turned out to be a great day. So after a morning of
cutting grass the XYL says “Let’s go to the park.” Those of you who really know me
wouldn’t be surprised that I had four different antenna systems in the back of the
vehicle just ready to go.
RADAR…a Fun Subset of POTA
RADAR is Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio
My first HF rig.
Have been looking for an HF Transceiver that would give me a couple possibilities. I wanted a rig that would work at home, but without taking up a lot…
ASSAULT ON OLD ISLAND
ASSAULT ON OLD ISLAND Who knows why the island had never been activated? Location perhaps or reported dangers such as a snake infestation maybe, but regardless, John, (KK4JS) was…
A POTA DAY WITH TOM THE PILOT
A POTA DAY WITH TOM THE PILOT (W4ID) Now one would ordinarily expect that a retired airline pilot with considerable flying hours in both military and civilian commercial aircraft…
A Day of POTA with “da Judge”
Yesterday, “da-Judge”, KX4MI, and I went out and attacked a five park POTA activation plan. By the time I returned to the QTH, the odometer read 205 miles. This…
A Day Off Work
A Day Off Work I decided to take Monday off after a long weekend, usually I would engage in some Parks On The Air (POTA), pick a park or…