June 29, 2020

Field Day 2020 – Ocala National Forest K-4471

Since we were unable to do the multi-club event at the fire station this year, I planned a camping trip to a POTA park with my g/f for Field Day. I wanted to do some primitive camping but at a place where you can park at the site. This type of camping is pretty rare in Florida. I found that Ocala National Forest allows for dispersed camping. Upon arriving, I found the area I had planned via Google Maps satellite view wasn’t very suitable for camping. We drove around for an hour and eventually found a suitable spot. At this year’s Hamcation I bought another spider beam 40ft mast so…

June 6, 2020

CW Ops #2626

Today I was honored to join the CW Ops as member #2626. To join you have to be nominated by a member and then sponsored by 3 other members that have at least 2 contacts with you at 25 Words Per Minute(WPM). I wouldn’t be able to do that if it weren’t for the CW Academy. I highly recommend the CWA for learning morse code. I’ve taken all four levels of it and it helps immensely (as long as you practice everyday). Thanks to all my instructors, Level 1 Pete AG3R, Level 2 Prep Phil W2OZB, Glenn W4YES & Mark KD8EDC, Intermediate John AJ1DM & Tony VE2KM, and Advanced Joe…