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Posted: 10/6/2021 10:58:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/7/2021 10:04:43 AM EDT
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I think it's funny to look at the stations you work on POTA. I recognize some of the call signs as guys I work CW. There are some very dedicated hunters out there...
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Posted: 10/7/2021 10:23:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KD5TXX: I think it's funny to look at the stations you work on POTA. I recognize some of the call signs as guys I work CW. There are some very dedicated hunters out there... |
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Posted: 10/7/2021 11:10:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ManiacRat461: It's usually the same folks. First name basis with a few now. There are newer ones now tho too. POTA is growing. More DX too. When I started DX was rare. Now I usually get at least one. Glad to see this grow. Might be wrong, but I really think POTA is helping keep and grow amateur radio. It gives those of us who aren't rag chewers, aren't into EMCOMM and aren't into the normal contesting something to do. Plus it's camping/outdoors and radio. Well, it's definitely popular. I was crawling 20 M last night and a guy named Ken from NV who was at a park in Utah had a huge pile-up on his hands. (Phone) |
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Posted: 10/7/2021 12:32:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ManiacRat]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: Well, it's definitely popular. I was crawling 20 M last night and a guy named Ken from NV who was at a park in Utah had a huge pile-up on his hands. (Phone) Pileups on late shift are pretty much the norm. Daytime can happen but not as often or as long. |
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Posted: 10/8/2021 9:28:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Colt653]
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I see one of you guys on the spotter, but can't hear you
I noticed the ARFCOM subdued patch 
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TN, USA
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Posted: 10/9/2021 12:11:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ManiacRat461: K7xxx Super nice guy. He's on my map as a park to park. Pileups on late shift are pretty much the norm. Daytime can happen but not as often or as long. I've worked him 13 times at Dixie National Forest (K-4395). 7 more and I can get a Repeat Offender (Hunter) for that park. I've been there and it and Cedar Breaks are absolutely gorgeous. I'm afraid the weather is going to close in on him before I can get 7 more though. Cedar Breaks usually closes about the 13th of October due to snow. |
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Posted: 10/9/2021 8:49:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SACraig: I've worked him 13 times at Dixie National Forest (K-4395). 7 more and I can get a Repeat Offender (Hunter) for that park. I've been there and it and Cedar Breaks are absolutely gorgeous. I'm afraid the weather is going to close in on him before I can get 7 more though. Cedar Breaks usually closes about the 13th of October due to snow. |
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Posted: 10/9/2021 7:54:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Colt653]
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Posted: 10/9/2021 8:09:13 PM EDT
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Have fun! I'll try to hunt you. I dunno if ill
make it out tonight or not. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 10/9/2021 8:40:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Derek45: about to start a late one ft-891 What park? |
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Posted: 10/9/2021 10:29:23 PM EDT
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More CW spots today than I have ever seen. At one point there were 18 active spots.
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Posted: 10/10/2021 1:17:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Colt653]
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Posted: 10/11/2021 8:00:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/13/2021 11:29:39 PM EDT
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I was looking through my statistics, I apparently didn't get any hunting done in February. My goal for next year will be at least one a month, that and getting set up and running before I miss November at the new place.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 2:44:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: QRPer]
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Set up a JOTA station at a POTA site today...double win. 40 ssb was slammed. Got 12 quick on 40 CW. Then just kinda hunted around. Got several P2P SSB. Was the first time I had ever activated SSB. Did get Sweeden and Croatia on 17.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 4:36:27 PM EDT
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Got to activate Grandfather mountain state park. Wish I could have done a sota there too but the actual mountain was a hike and kids just couldn’t do it.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 7:50:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Got to activate Grandfather mountain state park. Wish I could have done a sota there too but the actual mountain was a hike and kids just couldn’t do it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/83E45C59-9C26-4678-8F96-7183D4AFD03D_jpe-2132637.JPG Dude, that's a great pic. My wife was just asking if next week the fall colors will come out. possibly next weekend, and we will hit K-1745 again when it does. ....from last year 
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Posted: 10/17/2021 9:29:02 AM EDT
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I called on .520 while at the swinging bridge area at grandfather mountain. I was able to get 4 contacts there. One was in SC which was probably 50-60mi south.
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Posted: 10/17/2021 12:55:31 PM EDT
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I’m heading to Cold Bay for some bird hunting today and bringing my radio. Hoping to have time to activate K-0147 and K-0144. I won’t have any cell or data. So I won’t be able to spot.
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Posted: 10/17/2021 6:43:22 PM EDT
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new FT-891, Bienno, and QRPKITS 20/40m dipole kit worked like a champ today
wife immediately spots another bald eagle LOL 60 QSO’s on a perfect day  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 10/24/2021 8:29:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: swampfoxoutdoors]
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Myself another member here and another local ham friend activated a SOTA/POTA this weekend. It was probably the most epic POTA I will ever do.
I’ll try and post the maps here when I get to a computer but we were on a mountain top in North Ga at the NC line and talking to stations in Florida, Alabama, costal SC and TN along with south GA on 146.520. It was insane. Then threw up a wire and made North Pole Alaska on 10w on 20m. Me in the camo hat  Attached FileFellow Arfcomer in Brown shirt  Attached File50w 3 element Yagi @ 5000’  Attached FileShowing all VHF and HF contacts  Attached FileEverything in this photo is VHF contacts. Mostly FM and 4 vhf SSB at 10w.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/24/2021 9:06:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: swampfoxoutdoors]
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Posted: 10/24/2021 11:20:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Better view of VHF FM contacts https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/DB29555C-0189-452D-A5A3-DF3F2E8110D9_jpe-2141718.JPG very cool
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Posted: 10/24/2021 12:12:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ManiacRat]
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I've got some VHF contacts. But it's so flat down here we don't get much distance unless propagation is open. That's awesome though.
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Posted: 10/27/2021 9:19:05 PM EDT
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I might activate Lake Monroe State Conservation Area K-8356 (FL) this weekend.
is there a video or instructions on what I should do to make it all official? I'll be operating /m SSB, probably 20m daytime |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 10/27/2021 9:40:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: I might activate Lake Monroe State Conservation Area K-8356 (FL) this weekend. is there a video or instructions on what I should do to make it all official? I'll be operating /m SSB, probably 20m daytime Probably not the best weekend for SSB since you'll be up against the CQ WW SSB contest all weekend. The bands are likely to be packed with DX contesters. I do both so I'll watch for you though. |
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Posted: 10/27/2021 9:42:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Colt653]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: I might activate Lake Monroe State Conservation Area K-8356 (FL) this weekend. is there a video or instructions on what I should do to make it all official? I'll be operating /m SSB, probably 20m daytime go here to check it all out -- https://parksontheair.com/ show up setup spot yourself here -- https://pota.app/#/ log everything and submit it afterwards. I started with a paper log, and quickly started using -- https://www.hamrs.app/ 
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Posted: 10/27/2021 10:01:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Myself another member here and another local ham friend activated a SOTA/POTA this weekend. It was probably the most epic POTA I will ever do. I’ll try and post the maps here when I get to a computer but we were on a mountain top in North Ga at the NC line and talking to stations in Florida, Alabama, costal SC and TN along with south GA on 146.520. It was insane. Then threw up a wire and made North Pole Alaska on 10w on 20m. Me in the camo hat https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/2EC21D0A-31A5-41AE-821A-EB3F52A99182_jpe-2141693.JPG Fellow Arfcomer in Brown shirt https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/AC71836D-6BA3-4397-9268-DAE61AF10238_jpe-2141710.JPG 50w 3 element Yagi @ 5000’ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/5D77C319-3C06-40F5-BA51-0B7554155DFA_jpe-2141702.JPG Showing all VHF and HF contacts https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/7FEC091C-73FD-45AC-868E-CC2334783965_png-2141715.JPG Everything in this photo is VHF contacts. Mostly FM and 4 vhf SSB at 10w. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/405EED3A-76B2-47E0-AA44-ACCB77815625_png-2141716.JPG The VHF contacts are an interesting, did the SSB contacts take more time to make than FM? Got me thinking even more about getting an FT-991A again since I was gifted a 2M yagi. Not SOTA though, not this guy, lol. |
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Posted: 10/27/2021 10:19:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alembic: The VHF contacts are an interesting, did the SSB contacts take more time to make than FM? Got me thinking even more about getting an FT-991A again since I was gifted a 2M yagi. Not SOTA though, not this guy, lol. It was late in the day and most of the 2M ssb guys had cut the radios off. My friend that is a member here is a major vhf / uhf weak signal guy. He knew a number of the 2m ssb contacts by name in FL. Think it was only 4-5ssb on 2M. 2 of these we worked also on .52. |
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Posted: 10/27/2021 10:24:23 PM EDT
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Had some good activations last week. First ones that involved air travel for me.
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Posted: 10/27/2021 11:31:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tyrex13: Had some good activations last week. First ones that involved air travel for me. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/83116/6592513B-A832-4F67-8F5C-8E8F13528BA8_jpe-2145778.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/83116/8630B900-C101-4B44-A386-F6712670B07C_jpe-2145779.JPG Sweet! I got a really nice guy with a 3 letter call sign yesterday in AK. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 9:29:00 AM EDT
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It's the weekend
LET'S GO ! 
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Posted: 10/30/2021 9:31:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: swampfoxoutdoors]
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Quote HistoryBeing the WW DX SSB weekend most of the local POTA guys are sitting this weekend out. Including myself. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 9:36:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Being the WW DX SSB weekend most of the local POTA guys are sitting this weekend out. Including myself. yeah, as mentioned above, I already planned to not do my first activation this weekend. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 9:47:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: yeah, as mentioned above, I already planned to not do my first activation this weekend. Just got on and did some hunting. 40 is kinda rough but no contesters at the moment. 20m is kinda crazy. A few guys out activating now. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 9:52:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Being the WW DX SSB weekend most of the local POTA guys are sitting this weekend out. Including myself. Yeah, we are gonna try it anyway, maybe on 17m Road trip to pick up some primers, and she wants see fall colors |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 10:23:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Being the WW DX SSB weekend most of the local POTA guys are sitting this weekend out. Including myself. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 10:45:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam: Sweet! I got a really nice guy with a 3 letter call sign yesterday in AK. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam: Originally Posted By tyrex13: Had some good activations last week. First ones that involved air travel for me. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/83116/6592513B-A832-4F67-8F5C-8E8F13528BA8_jpe-2145778.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/83116/8630B900-C101-4B44-A386-F6712670B07C_jpe-2145779.JPG Sweet! I got a really nice guy with a 3 letter call sign yesterday in AK. There was an Alaskan gal calling on 20m last night. I couldn’t raise her with 400w. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:00:15 PM EDT
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Agree with previous comments on how good POTA is for the hobby. Last weekend I heard POTA stations all over the bands. It's more accessible than SOTA for guys outside of the mountain states. A lot more casual operating than humping it up a mountain. Good practice for portable emcom stuff.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 2:35:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: There was an Alaskan gal calling on 20m last night. I couldn’t raise her with 400w. She is the one who confirmed my last state, Alaska a week ago.  I was using 4 watts from KY. 
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Posted: 10/30/2021 4:50:20 PM EDT
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50 in the log 7.258
taking a break |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 9:43:45 PM EDT
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Great day. Did 2 POTA activations, both on 40m SSB. despite solar weirdness, and the CQWWSSB contest, both went really well. worked some 10meter DX driving to the 2nd park
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Posted: 11/4/2021 9:04:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RED_5]
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got 2 parks yesterday at lunch, thought about doing an activation after work today,
but at lunch, I discovered bands were crappy.. I heard a DL station and 2 other qso's on 20m and that was it. so I figured it would be a waste of time to do one today Heard talk of a geomagnetic storm causing issues (?) I also discovered that today was Thursday! I've been thinking this was Wednesday all day till I got home  IF the band(s) look okay tomorrow at lunch, I'll probably activate a nearby park after work ( > 19:30 UTC) and maybe a different one on the sat/sun...we'll see. ETA: next day/Friday- it rained all day here.. band was much better... I hunted 4 POTA for lunch  was going to go after work, but I needed to get something done so I didn't have to wait till monday. I'll activate something this weekend. |
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Posted: 11/6/2021 5:50:48 PM EDT
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I activated 2 parks today.
I read that HAMRS was the app for logging POTA/SOTA so I got it and started entering my paper logs from today. I can't find the answer, maybe my googlefu is weak? but I think it would be easier to enter a manual qso time than to have to edit every contact (?) |
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Posted: 11/6/2021 7:59:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: but I think it would be easier to enter a manual qso time than to have to edit every contact (?) @RED_5 HAMRS should automatically log the QSO in UTC time. ...if not, you have something set wrong what OS ? |
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Posted: 11/6/2021 8:25:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Derek45: @RED_5 HAMRS should automatically log the QSO in UTC time. ...if not, you have something set wrong what OS ? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Derek45: @RED_5 HAMRS should automatically log the QSO in UTC time. ...if not, you have something set wrong what OS ? @Derek45 I read that HAMRS was the app for logging POTA/SOTA so I got it and started entering my paper logs from today.  granted it does enter the current UTC time.. |
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Posted: 11/6/2021 8:45:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: @Derek45 granted it does enter the current UTC time.. OK, I see what you mean. what I have done is fooled HAMRS by setting my WINDOWS 10 clock to the time that I activated. so if I did a POTA activation at 1400pm local, and logged on paper, . . . when I'd get home I'd mal-adjust my PC's clock to 1400pm local. Open up HAMRS and start entering your QSO's. You'll only have to edit the mins a bit as you go.
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Posted: 11/6/2021 10:25:58 PM EDT
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Yeah HAMRS isn't so great for going back after the fact. You can use any logging software by the way. As long as it exports ADIF. I used N3FJP for a long time when I still did paper logs. It's still my shack logger.
HAMRS just gets used because it works on everything. Including phones, so portability is easy that way. |
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Posted: 11/6/2021 10:41:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Better view of VHF FM contacts https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/424008/DB29555C-0189-452D-A5A3-DF3F2E8110D9_jpe-2141718.JPG that is amazing |
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