Exercise in frustration: CW POTA at Letchworth State Park

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Today I'm back at US-2096 Letchworth State Park for another CW Parks On The Air activation. I brought my KX2 kit with me on this trip, and figured I'd just use what was in the bag. Man, was I wrong. For some reason, conditions were pretty horrendous. I thought maybe there was some crazy solar activity, but that wasn't the case. I ended up having to get out a better antenna to finish the activation. This was the slowest activation I've ever done, and it was pretty frustrating. I apologize if you watched the entire thing (unless you're trying to fall asleep LOL). Thanks and 73!
Evan
K2EJT
www.buymeacoffee.com/K2EJT

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1 май 2024

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Комментарии : 12

@8231trosen 3 месяца назад

It is really helpful to see your response to "slow" conditions.

@KQ3Q 3 месяца назад

Conditions have been horrendous. Im glad you were able to activate even when the sun is mad at us. Hi hi

@o2bnov0307 3 месяца назад

Great activation. Thanks for the video.

@AA0Z 3 месяца назад

So adding a 2nd counterpoise to the AX1...for some reason I never thought about that. I've had issues with tuning the AX1 when it's not directly attached to my radio. Maybe that's the trick I need!!!

@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад

It actually made a pretty drastic difference

@NC0Q 3 месяца назад

You’ve caused me to second-guess my choice of paddle for portable ops. I WAS using a handheld like yours, but I 3D printed it and it was a piece of crap. Actually worked fine right up until I felt I was good enough to attempt CW POTA activation and literally fell apart during 7th contact. UPS dropped off Code Warrior Jr today. Oh well. Thanks for posting the video, it’s good copy practice!

@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад

The Code Warrior Jr is a good paddle. It'll serve you well

@KC2BKM 3 месяца назад

I wonder if that was the day the RBN went down.

@Swamp-Fox 3 месяца назад

If it were easy, everybody would do it! 73, Patrick KF4LMZ

@Superacerc 3 месяца назад

Solar conditions have been terrible most of the week. I activated a park today and could barely get anyone on CW on 20m. 40m brought some participation but not the normal amount. I got some use out of the automatic message keyer on my rig today and found myself searching Facebook waiting for responses. Good luck 72s de AJ4MY

@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад

Yeah, conditions lately have been horrendous

@Superacerc 3 месяца назад

My solar app has been showing flares off varying degrees every half hr or so.