Archives: 2021
June 30, 2021
I received my CWOPs CWT Bronze Participation Medal. Even though it's a participation medal it's not easy to get. It is award for completing at least 10 contacts each in at least 60 weekly CWT morse code contests in the year. There's 3 hour long sessions every Wednesday. I'm going for Gold this…
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June 28, 2021
We had our 3-club joint field day this year at the Clearwater Fire Training Facility. We ran 3 stations plus a 6meter FT8 station. We setup 5 antennas including my hexbeam that I used to have on the roof of my old house. The hexbeam went together real easy and worked amazing. We have a triplexer so…
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June 14, 2021
Super casual effort on 6m FT8 for the ARRL June VHF Contest, made 27 contacts with quite a few being with people in the club. Map of where my 6m signal was getting heard.
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June 10, 2021
I never had much interest in DMR but my friend sent me an Amazon link for a DMR radio for $20 so I couldn't resist. It's $40 now though, not sure it's worth that much. The brand is "Cotre", it's chinese, there's no manual and it doesn't have a display. jhart99 has done a good job of documenting…
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May 31, 2021
SX9V in Crete confirm our QSO from CQ WPX CW giving my 100th DXCC entity in LOTW, completing my 3 way digtial/voice/CW DXCC. Time to order the certificate.
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May 31, 2021
Made a minor effort in the WPX contest this weekend. Worked a station in Crete, I'm hoping he reports to LOTW as I don't have that one on CW and I'm at 99 for my DXCC. Map of contest, CQ WPX CW 2021
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May 29, 2021
Local Club, The Glorious Society of the Wormhole, held their annual hamfest this Saturday. It was very well attended. I ran a couple tables for SPARC and we made out pretty well. Also picked up an antenna for my handheld. This is the same location we do SPARCfest, we've already got the permit for…
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May 13, 2021
I've been kind of neglecting the POTA activations. Had my first business trip in 14 months so I stopped on the way back from Miami for an activation. This is nearby a couple other Wildlife Management Areas that I've already done. It was hot and muggy so I only made 14 CW contacts. My signal wasn't…
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April 26, 2021
Had some unexpected guests for the weekend so I didn't get to put in as much time as I would've liked, still managed 205 contacts in the little time I was on.
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April 18, 2021
Since I moved I've had my WX satellite receiver antenna on the old tripod from the hexbeam and it was kind of in the way in the garden. A club member gave me a push up pole they weren't using and I finally got the parts I needed to set it up. From the top down, 2m antenna, FlightAware ADS-B 1090MHz…
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