A Good Day for QRP?

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Today I POTA with ‪@Scout75PortableRadio‬ (Click to see his channel and give him a sub!)
Despite having high SFI, something else was happening and even at 100w Shane wasn't making the right amount of contacts. Sometimes even good conditions aren't good enough.
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@Scout75PortableRadio Месяц назад

The struggle was real that day, but we made it part of the fun. Never a bad time playing radio in a park. Especially with friends. Thanks for the shout out in the video!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Couldn't have had as much fun without you.

@jmount1200 Месяц назад

I went out Friday evening and Saturday morning and had the very same problem. I couldn't find anybody. Then I found out there was a solar flare. Fortunately I got my four on each Peak. Happy hunting!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.

@LetsGoAmateurRadio Месяц назад

Same experience for me the other day but I still had fun too

@sparty837 Месяц назад

When I do QRP in Houston, I noticed that at least 50% of my contact are the same repeats, the guys with yagi's (I also noticed it on some of the big CW POTA channels). I decided to go to 30w CW and I started get a lot more contacts and most were new call signs. When I tried hunting with my vertical dipole at home, I can only hear 1 out of maybe 200 activators CW. I have come to believe that QRP is limiting POTA's growth and may cause problems as the "old" hams with yagi's go silent (no hunters, no POTA).

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

I hear what you're saying - but how about the current generation of activators is going to age into shacks with yagis - We all get older.

@thedoobie1 Месяц назад

"The meaning of life the universe and everything!" 😂

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Just trying to get the message across .. anyway I can!

@daviddurflinger3104 Месяц назад

Cool Steve, a 2 Fer, I have been running greyline in Arizona on 20 meters with some success,AI7VS Dave have a nice weekend 😀.

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Thanks, you too!

@d3w4yn3 Месяц назад

Reminds me of some of the challenging days I had when I started QRP. Good to see you guys working it!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Yep, fun times!

@frasermderry Месяц назад

Tough day! Good Hitchhiker's reference!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Right! Don't forget your towel

@frasermderry Месяц назад

@@temporarilyoffline OMG, the TOWEL!!! 🤪

@45auto Месяц назад

A lovely park and a friend to share an activation. What fun!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

That's all you need!

@cornbread-KO5RN Месяц назад

@@temporarilyoffline 10# bag of charcoal and a few steaks 🥩 wouldn’t make anyone mad 😂

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

@@cornbread-KO5RN Great idea!

@davidp1922 Месяц назад

This is your brain…. This is your brain on POTA…lol. Sometimes it’s just a bad day but still a great day. Love the videos

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Exactly David, Thanks!

@MentalWhiplash Месяц назад

SMARTEST thing you did a couple times when it was weak was going with just one park number....good call! For others, don't fret if you don't get a park number for P2P...you'll get credit for a single park automatically when POTA resolves the contacts. CW ops rarely exchange park numbers and get P2P credit everytime.

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Yeah, its all handled on the back end - doesn't need to be said on the air but people do it. Technically a X-fer counts as X contacts in the hunters log so the other P2P would know they were done sooner... but 1-2 extra lines in the log isn't going to make an activation... let it all get sorted out later.

@phillyedhrj Месяц назад

6:10 What's your vector, Victor Victor?

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

We have clearance Clarance

@RodMurray Месяц назад

If this was the afternoon of May 2nd, it was brutal propagation here in ONS. After 2.5 hrs of calling CQ POTA and hunting on 20, 40, switching antennas, and a few other bands, I only managed 7 in the log! Another day it’ll be better. VA3MZD

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

This was 4/21... but conditions have been bad here recently. Sometimes "its not you, its them"

@jimmymizell1970 Месяц назад

I had a similar experience on 10m last Sat 4/27 from Bastrop State Park. Got the activation but it was a struggle. 73's from KI5PRK

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

It's tough out there sometimes!

@ralphnunn3 Месяц назад

'No comment on the 'Alpha Hotel'... LOL. Sorry, couldn't resist...

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

I knew I could count on you Ralph!

@ChrisKD9YSW Месяц назад

Great to see @Scout75 with you there T.O. Hopefully one of these days I can do a POTA with one of you

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

How far are you from St Croix Falls? Message me on discord.

@ChrisKD9YSW Месяц назад

@@temporarilyoffline will do

@robertmeyer4744 Месяц назад

nice antenna . bands have been bad at times. even in NY . lots of QSB. their was 2 solar flairs in same day. 10 and 12 meters not so good. 1 contact on FT8 10 meters at 400 watt. getting my ferrite quite warm . 15 meters was little better. I cut a wire for 17 meters and did not try yet. using end fed mono band as veritable with ground plain . 49:1 UNUN with 2 stack FT 240-61. 10 meter DX commander pole. using speaker wire to test then I use DX 50 or DX 10 wire. I cut wire for 20 meters but to long for veritable on 10 meter pole. buy just a tad. will try fold back like 40 meter wire on DX commander. I got extra tubbing . now their is a working miniature DX commander antenna. 2 meter and 70 CM . on Lord Callum's you tube channel now. he just posted that video . 73's

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

I saw that, it was pretty awesome. See if you can find Mike M0MSN's video on how they grow those dx commanders.

@Rusted_Link Месяц назад

Wait! What was the actual date. I remember the weekend of March 27 hearing everyone talking in the same segment. I asked multiple times why everyone was using the same frequency. Then I had to go to my cuddle room.

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

4/21 for this one. Sun be weird lately.

@jmollo55 Месяц назад

Is it possible to do a refresher video on Ham Alert ?? I feel that i have it set up correctly but i rarely get notifications ... i used your original video to set it up .... i have many of the youtubers listed but rarely get notified and the few others i have never give notifications ... so feel ive done something wrong thank you in advance

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Sure! Good idea

@jmollo55 Месяц назад

@@temporarilyoffline Thank You !!!

@KMondy Месяц назад

The struggle is real, however, I love operating QRP.

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.

@phillyedhrj Месяц назад

Does the playback automatically stop when someone answers you or when you key up?

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

When I key up. There is probably a better way to do it, but I'm impatient.

@K5YVY Месяц назад

@@temporarilyofflinethat’s the only way I do it, click that ptt 😎

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

@@K5YVY See how smart I was? Thanks Joe!

@KQ4KXA Месяц назад

What app was you both talking about at the end?

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Polo by Ham2k software

@K3JRZOnTheAir Месяц назад

It’s worse on contest weekends. 73!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

There was a Canada QSO party thing and the Rookie Roundup... the two DX stations I heard had put their radios on auto-CQ and took a nap. Not enough space between auto-call to actually respond, even if I had an amp.

@angelscomputers Месяц назад

Days like this one is the day when you put your radios away and move to the next hobby hahaha. Usually ALL ham radio folks have many other hobbies as well.

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Exactly! It was a nice day and we had fun. Much better with friends!

@victorcharlie7491 Месяц назад

High electron density and thin altitudinal thickness always comes in handy, when it comes,Great contacts, tnx Man!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

This is how I know you're smarter than me. Thanks for watching!

@victorcharlie7491 Месяц назад

@@temporarilyofflineWhen it comes to radios, your the smartest guy I know!

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

@@victorcharlie7491 You must not know many people ;-)

@sharudinsenapi Месяц назад

Nice camera you have there

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

Thanks, its the Osmo Pocket 3 and I've been having fun playing with it.

@Superacerc Месяц назад

Was this from yesterday? It was really weird yesterday for propagation. I think i found a signal counting down in all the noise as it singed off the tic tac craft flying around me. Theyre coming for us. Anyone have will Smith's telephone number?

@temporarilyoffline Месяц назад

4/21 Was the date of this activation. Propagation has been really weird lately - High SFI should be awesome, but... its not.

@Superacerc Месяц назад

Yeah yesterday my activation people were in and out even on CW. I could hear them clearly, when I sent their callsign back it was like they disappeared completely. After a couple contacts the person reappeared just as if they never left and we picked back up. Also randomly, just like your video, people appeared out of nowhere on my frequency. Sometimes I would just work them and they had no idea I was doing pota there for an hr...then they would disappear.

@Superacerc Месяц назад

Kp index was almost 7 yesterday afternoon. That would explain it.