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Originally Posted By oldcatawba: Activated US-0804 this afternoon, great location but the bands were trash. I rehung the OCFD but didn't change anything. Made 11 contacts and called it good. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/252051/IMG_3046_jpeg-3542741.JPG Wow. Great pic. 20m is non existent here. Can't hear a thing. Throwing in the towel on this one. |
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| 7 contacts on 40m and 4 contacts on 20m. My last three or four activations I've made a point of making contact on multiple bands, today was a struggle. Solar activity is the issue I believe? |
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My last activation was US 0982 a few days ago, the bands sucked!! Here it is in all its glory lol JPC-12 Antenna vs Real-World POTA Conditions Be gentle this is my first time (making this type of video) |
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Originally Posted By Colt653: hunting park to park 20m is cooking https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2275/IMG_6332_jpeg-3547696.JPG @Colt653 Frequency? |
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Attached File Attached File Activated US-6902 today on 20m and 40m, was a long activation but got it done. Overcast and cloudy today but rain moving in tomorrow through Tuesday. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By sseagle: New Hampshire doesn't exist! I could hear perfectly, never could get a response.  Good thing I am not stubborn.If you're just looking for a QSO (not POTA) there's a guy from NH who checks into the Tuesday night SSB net sometimes who you could make a contact with for your logbook. |
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Originally Posted By sseagle: New Hampshire doesn't exist! I could hear perfectly, never could get a response. Good thing I am not stubborn.don't give up I worked NH today, park to park. N1WUU 20m ssb (HAMRS software needs updated with the new parks ) Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Emoto: If you're just looking for a QSO (not POTA) there's a guy from NH who checks into the Tuesday night SSB net sometimes who you could make a contact with for your logbook. Checking in. PM me, we can set up a time and freq. |
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Had a fun weekend, got a couple activations. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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I bought a used one so I could treat it like a beater. Ordered some rails for it, put a Chinese TXCO in it and truly enjoyed using it for truck based POTA. Such a great transceiver. Everyone should have a 991A for portable and 2M, a 7300 for dedicated digital and a TS-590SG for when you just want to enjoy radio. |
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Originally Posted By tyrex13: I bought a used one so I could treat it like a beater. Ordered some rails for it, put a Chinese TXCO in it and truly enjoyed using it for truck based POTA. Such a great transceiver. Everyone should have a 991A for portable and 2M, a 7300 for dedicated digital and a TS-590SG for when you just want to enjoy radio. Originally Posted By tyrex13: I bought a used one so I could treat it like a beater. Ordered some rails for it, put a Chinese TXCO in it and truly enjoyed using it for truck based POTA. Such a great transceiver. Everyone should have a 991A for portable and 2M, a 7300 for dedicated digital and a TS-590SG for when you just want to enjoy radio. Bacon and Bears...what keeps you safe when in the bush? That Glock on the tailgate doesn't seem like it's sufficient for bear repellent. |
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Originally Posted By K9-Bob: Bacon and Bears...what keeps you safe when in the bush? That Glock on the tailgate doesn't seem like it's sufficient for bear repellent. My primary PDW for bears is a G20 with 200 or 220 gr hard cast. That was in my chest rig near by. There are a few bear bait stations about half a mile away keeping the bears busy and had hunters walking through my camp. Hunted bears generally aren't interested in people. Sig 716i in the back seat of the truck JIC. |
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Looking for a suggestion for POTA/ SOTA kit - need 20-25 feet of coax. I think I want RG174, looking for source preferably with PL259s already attached? And ideally fairly cheap. I have a section of RG 58 in the kit, but there must be smaller/ more flexible? Also wondering if anyone has an online chart that compares the cross sections (diameter) of coax including rg 58, 8x, 174, 316, LMR 240 and 400? |
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Originally Posted By penrod72: Looking for a suggestion for POTA/ SOTA kit - need 20-25 feet of coax. I think I want RG174, looking for source preferably with PL259s already attached? And ideally fairly cheap. I have a section of RG 58 in the kit, but there must be smaller/ more flexible? Also wondering if anyone has an online chart that compares the cross sections (diameter) of coax including rg 58, 8x, 174, 316, LMR 240 and 400? Depends on power and band. I use RG8x when I might do 10m at 100 watts. RG174 is great for 40 and 80 and I’ve used it on 20m a bunch, but it starts to get pretty lossy above that. |
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Originally Posted By penrod72: Looking for a suggestion for POTA/ SOTA kit - need 20-25 feet of coax. I think I want RG174, looking for source preferably with PL259s already attached? And ideally fairly cheap. I have a section of RG 58 in the kit, but there must be smaller/ more flexible? Also wondering if anyone has an online chart that compares the cross sections (diameter) of coax including rg 58, 8x, 174, 316, LMR 240 and 400? If the link doesn't work, go to one of their bulk coax pages and it is under instructions/downloads. https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/chartsguides/d/dxe-11u_vq.pdf |
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Thanks for the info! I had chatgpt make me a list of crimp diameters for different coax, and I need to buy one more set of jaws (ebay ~$15) and am set to crimp the world, including powerpoles. I likely have the right connectors here - I tend to buy crap and then not recall what it is or where I put it and then not recall why I bought it. So I am just going to buy a length of RG174 and make my own. Not really worried about the losses - if I am portable it will likely be on my G90 or a qrp rig, and 20 or 40 meters. For the rare times I would be on 10 I doubt I will notice, or if I do it with purpose I have other coax I could bring, it just won't pack as nice. |
Your photos of Alaska are always amazing  We went to an Indian restaurant for lunch then went to a new POTA spot as we arrived, a big thunderstorm brewed up suddenly static crashes over S-9 we ran the TS480HX / tarheel mobile with all the noise, it was a challenge to get 10 in the log 107th different park… Attached File |
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Getting out tomorrow for some SOTA / POTA action. I'll be on summit W1/HA-005, Mt Cabot, in US-4512 White Mountain National Forest. Should be calling CQ on 40 or 20, whichever is best, around noon EST. 'ARFCOM' contacts get a free patch. |
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Originally Posted By Ersatz_Naugahyde: Getting out tomorrow for some SOTA / POTA action. I'll be on summit W1/HA-005, Mt Cabot, in US-4512 White Mountain National Forest. Should be calling CQ on 40 or 20, whichever is best, around noon EST. 'ARFCOM' contacts get a free patch. Skunked.. One lousy contact on 2m. 
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Originally Posted By Ersatz_Naugahyde: Skunked.. One lousy contact on 2m. |
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US-4431 41 QSO’s in 44 minutes. 20m SSB Attached File Attached File |
| Made a couple contacts from us2032 today. Running qrp with my ft818. Didn't have enough time to get 10 today. |
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Originally Posted By tyrex13: Prescott National Forest Originally Posted By tyrex13: Originally Posted By oldcatawba: Sweet activation, what park? Prescott National Forest That's a bit far from your usual stomping ground. I hope you had fun, but I bet it was damned hot. 
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Yesterday, was 8 QSO's into 4572 and 1765, got called from work. Critical outage hours away. Guy needed a part we had. worked the last 2 QSO's and got 4 hours overtime for a highway cruise. Ran to get the card, met the guy halfway. Wife was happy to go for a nice drive  
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Originally Posted By TVille: Near Knoxville, TN, I don't hear a thing on frequency, even down in the noise.  I might've gone back to hunting by the time you tune in, though I would come back at times to call CQ. I thought I would've had more action. Conditions may have been an issue. I was being heard at several other parks in locations I shouldn't have any problem getting through, even got some other parks in those general areas. Solid comms with some guy in ND also using a Yaesu 891. He was at 80w, I may have been too at that point since I was using a battery I had been using all morning to power my sonar while fishing. I could hear two ops in Acadia NP great, but they weren't hearing me. |
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