March 31, 2018
This was a fun one. I went out to Terra Ceia Preserve State Park. It's less than a 30 minute drive and not much of a park, more of a swamp with a dirt road you aren't allowed to drive on. I had a failed attempt at an activation in Big Cypress due to being too close to the powerlines I think so I…
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March 16, 2018
I used some military camo poles I picked up at Hamacation to make a higher mast for my 80m OCF dipole. This added about 12ft to the top. I don't notice a huge difference and the SWR got worse which was unexpected. I'm still able to get through pileups into Europe and have been making contacts. I've…
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March 15, 2018
I received the QSL certificate from W0JH. They noted that they had their pre-meeting breakfast at the same restaurant I ate at in Stillwater when I was there two days before the QSO. Small world.
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March 5, 2018
I participated in the ARRL DX Phone Contest this weekend. The band was full of DX contacts so it was a really fun time. I made 74 contacts in 40 countries over the weekend. Since I had things to do at night I only used 20m so I entered as single operator low power 20m only. If the scores are like…
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