On July 24, 2021, around 1830 UTC, some potentially incredible 2m simplex contacts were made between a station in New Hampshire and about 20 stations in Southern California. Those contacts may have been part of some kind of incredible propagation event. Or they may have been the result of happenstance, via a set of internet linked transceivers at each end of the continent. Check out the video and let me know what YOU think made these contacts possible.
Big thanks to the @SoCal Simplex Archive for allowing me to share his recording as part of my video. Please check out the links below for more of the audio.
First call from NE1B: https://youtu.be/hmuXBf0Himk?t=37670
First NE1B QSO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmuXBf0Himk&t=37865s
W2CAZ/M CQ call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmuXBf0Himk&t=38060s
Beginning of about 30 minutes of QSOs with NE1B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEIOhuhZyYU&t=4335s
Transmission with apparent packet loss: https://youtu.be/JEIOhuhZyYU?t=4419
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Chinese radios have come a long way, many have impressive feature lists, but those features seem to be stuck behind programming or poorly implemented design. The HG-UV98 seems like a radio that *should* be a fully implemented APRS radio. It can do bluetooth to tablets and computers, it digitpeats and handles weather station information. So how did they forget MESSAGING!? I think its 100% the developers not understanding the value of APRS.
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Colorado 14er Event
Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains and Summits On The Air (SOTA) peaks to set up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other radio amateurs across the state and around the world.
Bob K0NR will be our guest to talk about this event. Read more here https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2021/07/2021-colorado-sota-14er-event/
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Matt K0MOS will be our guest to talk about this challenge. Read more here https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/woc-10-10-10-event-update/26220
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Colorado 14er Event
Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains and Summits On The Air (SOTA) peaks to set up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other radio amateurs across the state and around the world.
Bob K0NR will be our guest to talk about this event. Read more here https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2021/07/2021-colorado-sota-14er-event/
10-10-10 Challenge
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, WØC-SOTA is organizing a 10-10-10 Event with a challenge for Activators and Chasers alike. (Activators operate from summits, Chasers try to contact them.) 10 Activations, 10K Feet, Within 10 Days.
Matt K0MOS will be our guest to talk about this challenge. Read more here https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/woc-10-10-10-event-update/26220
Join us as we talk about how YOU can participate in this episode of the All Portable Discussion Zone “AP/DZ”. Every aspect of Portable Ops is explored in this biweekly live stream as we discuss news, gear, achievements, the workbench, contests, awards and more – find all Portable Ops related topics here.
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