Demystifying POTA Late Shift Times

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A Sweet Xiegu G90 Go Box. How To Figure Out Parks On The Air Late Shift Times, How To Hunt FT8 POTA Stations.
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Комментарии : 34

@betterbprepared Год назад

Another great mail-bag Monday! Thanks for the FT8 POTA segment!!

@WillShattuck Год назад

The banana and mouse on the floor every episode is something I look forward to hunting for. Almost like Where's Waldo :)

@hamradiotube Год назад

They're the true stars.

@lyledal Год назад

Loved finding out I was a POTA hunter and I didn't even know it.

@curtmyersk2cwm477 Год назад

When I first registered as a POTA user I was surprised to learn I already had the Bronze award, all CW (hi hi). Many of my SKCC contacts were at a park operating as POTA but without actually mentioning it at the time. Fun stuff!

@StuartM0TTQAmateurRadio Год назад

You're dead right about late shift. I don't mind hanging around at 1am local in a park on a warm summer night as per the old rules but I ain't doing it in February. Personally I'd just abolish shifts and do something to incentivise QSOs on the bands that aren't 40m and 20m. Keep up ithe good work.

@twohandsandaradio Год назад

Late shift is really jacked up now. I can't get my head around it for some reason. I've hunted almost 3000 parks and all I've had to worry about was my time UTC. Now each park might be a late shift, might not be? I think they over thought it. Zulu time was an international standard to eliminate all this time zone confuculation and it seems to be a step backwards. I digress. Keep calm and pota on.

@MrJimmy440 Год назад

Again another very helpful video. I never thought to change my grid setting. Thank you much , Jim K2WPA NJ

@DaveW6OOD Год назад

I love your freedom seeder in the back.

@hamradiotube Год назад

That's my new one.

Год назад

Oh man, that Sahara station was rare? Ignorance is bliss. I worked my ass off yesterday to get 10 QSOs while QRP and that was my last one! Hope you're able to get him soon!

@hamradiotube Год назад

I can never hear him. Maybe one day. Awesome you got him QRP though!

@SmokeSignalsRF Год назад

Another great episode and thank you for KISS Methods to determine POTA Late Shift 🎙️

@tracymoon4437 Год назад

They were on FT4. Do not overlook the force that is FT4…or something like that.

@Chriswilsie Год назад

Just getting into ft-8 I'll take all the information you got.

@hamradiotube Год назад

I did a whole video on how to get it up and running along with another one on Gridtracker.

@Chriswilsie Год назад

@@hamradiotube I’ll search for it and thank you. Still waiting on MFJ-1205r.

@HammockRadio Год назад

"Two birds stoned at once.." I see what you did there... 🤣

@hamradiotube Год назад

👍🏻

@aa3konthego Год назад

Do you have WSJT-X talking to GridTracker AND your logging program at the same time?

@hamradiotube Год назад

I don't have my logging program hooked up to it, but I could. I just don't like anything auto-logging so I export the .adif from WSJT-X from time to time and import to my logging software.

@robcarnaroli269 Год назад

My contacts go green once I've logged someone. So if they go to another park later and start activating, I wouldn't easily know. Is it OK to just answer their CQ again?

@hamradiotube Год назад

yeah that's one of the downfalls of activating on FT8. Unless you're looking at the spotting page you have no idea what park they're in. I'd say go ahead.

@curtmyersk2cwm477 Год назад

Nice, thanks.. Curt K2CWM

@startobytes Месяц назад

so basically i can't activate between shifts?

@hamradiotube Месяц назад

Sure you can. You can activate whatever time you want.

@thogevoll Год назад

They should just eliminate "late shift". I mean what the F. Why not just use UTC time and be done with it?

@pieterdutoit9642 Год назад

POTA was nice now to may rules the rest all work on Z time/ UTC now they come with funny stuff --- no go here ,Pieter

@davidwilcox9110 Год назад

Who cares what shift? I don’t get it. Use Zulu time for the time you log the contact. It’s the same at both places.

@jamiefheim Год назад

Why do they make things so complicated and confusing? Why is there even such a thing as Late Shift? Why not just get on the air and make contact? de KW7WP. Oh, I do appreciate your explanation. Keep up the good work and 73😊

Год назад

You can do just that, those are just bonuses and they work automatically.

@hamradiotube Год назад

Hahahahahahaha!!! Yet another reason to not be on Facebook.

@jamiefheim Год назад

@@tracymoon4437 I don’t hate POTA, in fact I activate a couple times each summer and occasionally do some hunting😀