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@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2025-07-19 20:13:22

Squeaking in at the end of @… week #HC29S — I played #POTA today, hunting CW park-to-park, to test my new QRP linked …

Map of QSOs on 5–15W of power, on 15m, 20m, and 40m, from Umstead State Park US-2755 near Raleigh, North Carolina

Linked dipole with links for 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, and 40 meters in 24AWG silicone wire, and 5m of 2mm shock cord to pull into an inverted V, with about 30m of RG316 coax with an SMA connector on one end, and a 7-turn common-mode choke / balun wound on a FT82-31 toroid, all mounted to a 5mm-thick 3D-printed winder form. One of the shock cords is wrapped around the winder and coax loop, making a tidy bundle.