My Week in Radio
Contesting
I finished the FT Challenge. There was no special exchange this year. We could use other defined subbands in addition to the regular frequencies to alleviate crowding. We could work anyone, even if they’re not participating explicitly.
I operated QRP, so it was nice to find the quieter subbands and more FT4 activity. You earned multipliers for each 3000km, so I don’t really know on my score yet.
I found wsjtx-improved
on the Debian Linux repository,
so used that.
I saw the color improvements,
the better location labels with states,
and it had filters.
AllStar
I learning some obvious things about AllStar: it can’t hear my DTMF if it’s currently transmitting, since it’s simplex, so it’s hard to control on a busy net.
Yagi in the Wind
Finally, I watched my home-built yagi flapping around on that windy day. I guess I can stop worrying about it, since it held up fine.