Archives: 2022
August 7, 2022
Put in a minimal effort in the NAQP CW contest. Got two contact on 10m from Hawaii though which is a new one for me I believe. My ADIF mapper is broken so I used a different one: NAQP CW August 2022 QSOs
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July 31, 2022
Saw that there was a Feld Hell sprint contest this weekend and I never worked that mode before so I tried it out. It sends a fax style signal with the font embedded in the waveform. I only made one contact and it was a little cumbersome as I'm not familiar with the QSO flow exactly. I feel like it…
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July 12, 2022
Had a slow start but then things started to pick up in the afternoon. Ended up with 332 CW contacts from S&P. 15m worked well for a lot of the time. This is one of my favorite ones due to the easy exchange of the ITU zone. There's only a couple tricky ones, US and Brazil are commonly heard…
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June 26, 2022
This year we hosted the summer Field Day at the SPARC club station. After a discussion with the members we decide to be a "D" Class station rather than "A" to make it easier since it was the first time we've done it as a single club in awhile. "A" stations use generator power and temporary…
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May 31, 2022
Put in a solid 3 hours on this with search and pounce since I had some other events to go to.
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May 23, 2022
I attended the national convention in Dayton, OH for my second time. The convention had been cancelled the last 2 years. I stayed at the Hope Hotel where the contest events were being held. First thing I did was purchase a Begali key after trying them all out. Begali Sculpture Janus, the Ferrari of…
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May 19, 2022
Once in Ohio I stopped at Lake White State Park, this was in close proximity to a highway so I figured it would have cell services so I could spot myself and get a pileup going. I was able to get about 40 contacts in less than half an hour here. Not a great park, more of a boat launch that's under…
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May 18, 2022
My next stop on the way to Dayton was Weavers Bend in the Cherokee National Forest. This was a great drive from the previous site in Georgia through the mountains into Tennessee. This site is 6 miles down a dirt road at the end and right on the French Broad River. There's a train bridge in view…
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May 17, 2022
I drove up to the National Convention in Dayton, OH this year and stopped on the way in Georgia and Tennessee to camp and do some Parks on the Air Activations. My first stop was Lake Conasauga in north Georgia. This lake has a fairly traditional campground, which I normally avoid, but it's way out…
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April 24, 2022
We had another SPARC in the Park event at Sawgrass Park in St Pete. A couple more new people came so I think it's worthwhile. In total there were about 10 people. I made 20 contacts, mostly as a demo for the new people. Then W4WYR came with the fox and we had a fox hunt. This was my second fox hunt…
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