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This afternoon's 10–15W SSB #POTA #HamRadio activation. Three QSOs on 15m including Dominican Republic. Then when I needed just one more QSO to successfully activate US-4857 for my first time, I got Germany with a 33 signal report on 15W. ❤️ Most of the QSOs were on only 10W.

Today I went to Swift Creek Bluffs State Nature Preserve, just a few miles from my house, and stumped up to the ridge for some #POTA #HamRadio therapy. Tossed a 40m EFHW into the twigs and a 13' counterpoise wire over a branch of a nearby sapling, connected to my tiny QRP unun, and hoo…

In order to 3d print a little amplified speaker box to use for #HamRadio SSB 2-operator POTA with my wife, I want to model components and then model the box to go around them. I found a speaker on grabcad that is only a few mm different from the speaker I found in my bin. Just different enough …

If you are a US citizen holding a #HamRadio license, please add your name to #AmateurRadio antennas with bills in both the house and senate,…

Today's 20m #HamRadio #POTA activation of US-3844 Jordan Lake State Recreational Area. The first 10 QSOs (conversations) were 2-operator on SSB with my wife doing her first-ever activation, then once she successfully activated and called it quits, I went on to hunt another 10 park-to-p…

For running my #HamRadio portable setup from solar power, I made a power distribution box. I didn't know where to stop, apparently, and now I have a beast that weighs 1.2kg. It has two isolated battery busses, each of which has an XT60M, PowerPole, and 5.5x2.1mm barrel connector to choose from, supporting the batteries I have and that friends might have. It has four other circuits that …

FCC: "You need to do an RF exposure calculation for your barefoot 100W #HamRadio rig"
Urban climber: "Hold my beer"
https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanclimbing/s/tIGndPPCD0

Working on a #HamRadio linked dipole for QRP. I designed and printed the winder because I couldn't find anything I was quite satisfied with. It has holes to hold FT82, FT140, or FT240 toroids (depending on power requirements) with zip ties. I haven't yet tuned up the 10m dipole sections wound on so far; I'll do that when it's not a tropical storm outside and I can raise it up on a mast …

I bought #HamRadio. However, the insert style that came with them is only for RG58 and RG59. So I pulled out

#HamRadio achievement unlocked!
I have previously successfully activated #POTA parks by "hunting" CW (answering people in other parks calling out to connect to anyone who can hear them), and by calling CQ on SSB (using voice to call out for any station to come back to me) as well…

Today's #HamRadio #POTA CW activation of US-3847 Occoneechee Mountain Natural State Conservation Area (four hunting park-to-park QSOs, six running calling CQ) along with tonight's SST together made a milestone for me: Now 75% of all my logged QSOs are Morse code.
I still marvel t…

I have #HamRadio single-paddle #Morse key.
I added optional stabilizer bars for which I recommend 3mm stainless rod…

This is the third full build iteration of my miniature #QRP unun supporting both EFHW and "random wire" antennas. At this point, it is still fiddly to build, but I'd expect an experienced #HamRadio DIY / homebrew enthusiast to find the build not terribly difficult.
There's nothing…

One of my many simultaneous ongoing #HamRadio projects are a set of bandpass filters. I forgot until now that my uSimmics work with various filters counts as @…