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My Amateur Radio Life
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New Pota Activation
Posted: 11 May 2022 03:36 PM PDT
https://va3qv.wordpress.com/2022/05/11/new-pota-activation/
Now I havent really been blogging much, mostly because I have been spending much of my radio time just hunting the elusive pota stations. Its been
going quite well and so far I have worked just over 1100 individual parks
in 6 different DXCC entities all from the comfort of my shack.
But you remember me mentioning the arrival of my new QRP rig and today I decided to take it out for its second trip. I also brought out my
SotaBeams wire antenna and used my MFJ 33 foot long mast to use the antenna
in the vertical configuration
We went to Lemoines Point in Kingston and activated VE5141 and did it with
5W and a wire
The band conditions seemed much better before I left but I did manage to
get the necessary 10 contacts to complete the activation
The weather was good but the bands were rough and I honestly wonder how
those activators manage to give me all the parks I have been hunting Its
much easier to hunt. more comfortable as well
See you later and dont forget to:
73bob
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