Over the last few weeks I’ve been giving presentations on the topic of increasing our awareness and propensity of getting young people involved with ham radio. I will be premiering them here each Sunday at around 7pm. Subscribe to get notifications! Let’s make ham radio young again!
First POTA ever! Me, my wife Jesten, and our new pupperino Percy go to Castlewood State Park near St. Louis, MO (K-1751) hike the Rivercrest trail and activate a park bench under intense mower and barking dog QRM, using the (frankensteined) DX Idiot and the QRPGuys Tri-Band Vertical Antenna we made last week.
Also say hi to Percy! ???? The newest member of the Mann Fam.
Stations Worked:
W6GAE
W6OUL
W1KVN
KG5CIK
N7MSI
NE1D
KN4PPD
K5DGR
KC1CBQ
KI5JMU
KN4SWS
KO4FHS
Before you ask, I used Hamlog for iOS to log. ????
????We March Together – Patrick Patrikios
????Survive the Montage – RKVC
????Canon G1X – https://amzn.to/32qq8vo
#n0ssc #dxidiot #potawithpercy
0:00 – Hike on the Riverside Trail
1:18 – Found a Geocache
1:40 – POTA station setup MONTAGE
3:07 – The Moment of Truth
3:30 – Station Description
4:03 – Calling CQ POTA
4:45 – W6GAE
5:37 – W6OUL
6:21 – Setting up Voice Keyer
6:51 – W1KVN
8:34 – KG5CIK
9:39 – N7MSI
10:19 – Scratching Percy’s itchy collar
10:42 – All about Percy the Dog
11:20 – What calling CQ is like sometimes
12:00 – NE1D
13:18 – K5DGR (heavy QRM)
14:00 – Answering KB1CBQ’s CQ
14:52 – KI5JMU
15:23 – Celebrations! But maybe just one more…
15:54 – KN4SWS
16:25 – KO4FHS
17:15 – Wrap up
17:53 – Its a Teardown MONTAGE
[…] for new readers – Back at the start of the 2020 (before it turned into the worst year ever), I embarked on a journey to practice Morse daily. I streamed every session to Twitch.tv and YouTube (you can see some goofy […]
Been waiting to take technicians test for months now. My local club (South Florida area) that hosts testing before monthly meetings has canceled everything through the end of 2020 and they stated in their most recent online meeting that may even extend til this time next year. I was hoping to be up and running for hurricane season this year. Any alternative ways of testing are not of interest it appears. Oh well maybe next year. G.
Press Release by the Intrepid-DX Group Wednesday, July 1, 2020
First Annual “Dream Rig” Youth Essay Contest.
The Intrepid-DX Group is a US based 501 C(3) nonprofit organization that promotes Amateur Radio activities in developing countries.
Announcing our first annual Youth Essay Contest-Prize is a Dream Rig!
The Intrepid-DX Group recognizes the importance of including Youth in our great hobby because they are our future! We are establishing an annual Dream Rig Youth Essay Contest to learn the suggestions of young people for attracting other young operators to Amateur Radio.
What is the Prize?
The prize is a factory fresh ICOM IC-7300! See the features here:
