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Posted: 6/7/2021 11:22:24 PM EDT
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I got a day off of work tomorrow and plan on playing with the radio most of the day. If I hear you, I'll give you a call.
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Posted: 6/7/2021 11:34:05 PM EDT
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Sounds awesome!
If you’re going through the work of setting up though, I’d say go for a POTA activation. You’ll make a ton of contacts in a short time 
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Posted: 6/8/2021 8:17:35 AM EDT
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You going to be operating CW?
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Posted: 6/8/2021 11:30:31 PM EDT
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Any luck? My plans went sideways and I just turned the radio on.
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Posted: 6/9/2021 1:35:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds awesome! If you’re going through the work of setting up though, I’d say go for a POTA activation. You’ll make a ton of contacts in a short time A friend of mine just did a POTA activation. He made 1,130 contacts in 24 hours and got an award for this . He used a 100W radio with an OCFD dipole at 50 ft. Another friend does POTA all the time since he only needs internet access to do his daily job. He runs 100 watts from a Yaesu FTDX10 and an QCFD dipole too. The pileups are almost never ending. I had a hard time believing this until I heard him on the air. POTA program has been extremely popular lately. OP, holler is you want to make a QSO. 20 or 40 meters will be best for this. |
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Posted: 6/12/2021 10:04:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A friend of mine just did a POTA activation. He made 1,130 contacts in 24 hours and got an award for this . He used a 100W radio with an OCFD dipole at 50 ft. Another friend does POTA all the time since he only needs internet access to do his daily job. He runs 100 watts from a Yaesu FTDX10 and an QCFD dipole too. The pileups are almost never ending. I had a hard time believing this until I heard him on the air. POTA program has been extremely popular lately. OP, holler is you want to make a QSO. 20 or 40 meters will be best for this.  |
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Posted: 6/13/2021 12:12:12 AM EDT
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Activate!
You don't need a lot of time. Only need 10 contacts for it to be "activated" but even less than 10 counts. Yellowstone will probably draw a lot of folks. I can't say I've seen it on the spot page. I'm sure it's been activated but not recently. |
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Posted: 6/13/2021 12:13:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A friend of mine just did a POTA activation. He made 1,130 contacts in 24 hours and got an award for this . He used a 100W radio with an OCFD dipole at 50 ft. Another friend does POTA all the time since he only needs internet access to do his daily job. He runs 100 watts from a Yaesu FTDX10 and an QCFD dipole too. The pileups are almost never ending. I had a hard time believing this until I heard him on the air. POTA program has been extremely popular lately. OP, holler is you want to make a QSO. 20 or 40 meters will be best for this. |
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Posted: 6/14/2021 11:01:40 PM EDT
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I didn’t have enough power to get above the lightening crashes that I was hearing. QRP is a real bitch. I heard a station in Puerto Rico but couldn’t work a station in Omaha. Usually if I can hear a station I can work them at home but I guess have the Drake L4B makes it easy. I’ll plan to activate next year and put a little more effort into my antenna.
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Posted: 6/15/2021 7:50:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Activate! You don't need a lot of time. Only need 10 contacts for it to be "activated" but even less than 10 counts. Yellowstone will probably draw a lot of folks. I can't say I've seen it on the spot page. I'm sure it's been activated but not recently. I agree do a parks on the air activation Once you get on the spotter, you should get a pile-up....even @QRP 
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