@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.infoBeautiful day today, and I went out for a social #POTA activation this afternoon. A new ham with a license only a few days old joined me to learn about POTA. I was going to do SSB instead of CW as a result, but turns out they are more interested in CW and specifically wanted to see a CW activation.
More passers-by stopped by to ask about what we were doing than I think all other activ…
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.infoIt's a great day for propagation on 10m from NC to Chile. I'm helping KR4KZA try for his first hopefully successful POTA activation. So far one AZ station and three Chilean stations. And just now Colombia too! Pretty cool for a new ham using his limited HF privileges while studying for general. 😎
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@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.infoI finally got out and did a #POTA activation using only my QMX. Most of this was on a 20m EFHW, and then I did a few QSOs on a random wire through a tuner.
It didn't start out well. I couldn't figure out why no one was responding to me. I finally discovered that when I last used the QMX I was showing it to someone at a ham club gathering and had put the CW keyer in practice mode. 🤡 I …
