Big SOTA day with five summits in Shenandoah for 49 points total. Surprised at last summit to hear Japanese stations coming back, a first for me on the east coast. Over 1000 miles per Watt! I got rained on a little (a cheap shower cap kept the KX2 dry) overall the weather was good, even too warm.
I feel sorry for the little fellas, but where else am I supposed to get a transconductance amplifier?
I also received a Charlie QSL 😸
I had a great time at the W4V #summitsontheair workshop, followed by a fun activation of Hogback. It’s only a short walk from the road so I brought my big iron Elecraft K3 and furniture. The high bands were hopping!
kicking off the W2 SOTA campout in the Adirondacks with perfect weather
Just updated the frequency synthesizer in ye olde Elecraft K3 to the KSYN3A. Hoping it will help pull out some weak CW sigs
off work today and a chance to play POTA. K3 communicating with ye olde Panasonic CF-54 Toughbook native RS-232 serial port 🦕
a bicycle leaning against a park bench with a CW QRP POTA station
biked to Warren Woods State Park for a POTA activation - tough conditions but managed 11 contacts in just over an hour
a short hike for a #summitsontheair peak today meant I brought my new-to-me K3 for the TransAtlantic S2S event #hamradio
A partially populated circuit board
I’ve restarted my build of the Norcal 40A CW transceiver for 40 meters. A while ago I ordered PCBs based on a Gerber file that was shared my a builder group. Using lots of old out-of-production parts that I sourced earlier (check out the air variable trimmer in the bottom right). #amateurradio
Practice tests are a great way to see how ready you are. I’d study a bit on your own and see how close that gets you before committing to a class.
it was challenging, but I managed to finish the solder smoke challenge direct conversion receiver
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can you make more your point more clearly?
an “AI Overview” of dBm, Volts, and Watts that claims both 20 dBm and 50 dBm correspond to 100 W
in case anyone needs another reason not to trust AI
