Firecracker Hamfest and POTA

Firecracker Hamfest

Matt and I wandered around and talked to some people. I only bought a few small things:

  • tiny efhw kit.
  • nice 65W PD 20Ah power brick.
  • broken kenwood HT, won’t power on, but charges. (took a chance, but no plan.)

US-4356, Boyd Big Tree Preserve

  • EFHW from pavilion, across side trail entrance, into a tree.
  • Rough time with SSB to start. I couldn’t be heard. I’d stalk these multi-operator activators for 10 minutes, prepare my logs, and then not be able to contact them.
  • Operated all FT8 on 40m.
  • One SSB P2P at the end.
  • It was very hot.

While operating, I got an email from a contact, so I sent a photo and explained my setup with WSJT-X and the x6100.

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