TR-35 Take Two 

There is something about the simplicity of those Penntek radios that I really like. 73, Patrick KF4LMZ

Nice activation. I like the Palm Paddles. I have several and even the Palm Straight Key. I use the paddles in the car, only CW mobile. They even made a keyer that you plug into the back of the paddles. Another one look like the paddles but it is a keyer/sounder great for practice. Same size as the paddles. Sadly, the one I did not buy was the single paddle. CW mobile, mostly listen and it helps with head copy as does LICW classes. Mobile set up FT-891 and ATAS. It works, made many DX contacts but at heart I am a CW rag chewer. Most QSOs an hour plus. 72 Bill KG4FXG

Hi Evan! Listening! Idk why but I saw a foldable wagon on amz that turns into a bench with an umbrella support and for some reason when I saw it I thought of you. So many hams out there who do the same and I thought you’d love it haha 73!

Evan, I haven't activated since last September due to my wife's fall injuries, so.my code copy has really suffered. During the winter I built several Tuna Tin II transmitters which gave some code practice trying them out, but no outings other than at the RV. Then we had to deal wife my father-in-law's estate. Now that we are at work in CO it has been a month of working 12 hours days 7 days a week, with snow & cold. I was promised to get a few hours to get back in the POTA swing if the bands will be kind to me & my mushy ears. Yesterday it was 55 mph gusts with 23 - 65 deg temps & sleet, really? Next week's promises temps in the 70s. I got to remember a bad day of POTA is better than a good day at work! I got a small Pelican-type hard case just bigger than my TR-35 & another just bigger than my TP-II key for my Klutz arthritis fingers. Remembering that QRP contacts from CO are 3x harder than from N, Sparser ham population out here. I Love my TR-35, but to adjust the sidetone volume means to crack open the case, the POT is inside near the top, but John turned mine up for me when he replaced the BNC connector that I broke off. My radio rolled off the truck seat onto the asphalt when I opened the door & landed on the bnc connector, hence the hard carrying case now! Sorry for the long post, I hope to work you from MTN this summer!!!! When I set my keyer speed to 14 wpm it is about 16 wpm, the fastest I can send with my TP-II & my fake N0SA keys without my arthritic hands cramping up. I wish I could come up with a tiny CW keyboard keyer the size of my TR-35. I am taking lots of B & omega victims for those hands!!! I can't do the MTN topper, my fingers are too clunky on the controls, I have the old ATS-3b.1 if you remember the older KD1JV designs. 73, Davey -KU9L

DANG! That place is LUSH! Keep an eye out for ticks!

Enjoyed watching your activation Evan. New to POTA so excited to get going this summer. Just one question, what is the table you use? I have the Helinox Zero chair and looks like a good fit for it.

TR-35 or SW-3b?