AlperI just realized the lack of #qrp hastag and related posts recently. Normally I used to see such topics daily now there are only some per week. What happened?
Justin - KD0COVGetting some Flea-Watting Friday #QRPP contacts in on a snowy afternoon with 20m. Always a fun challenge.
FT8 for now. Trying FT4 on a new app and attempting to get the new JS8Call app going too.
Flea-watting Friday #QRPP in two shifts today on 20 Meters.
Just got done with one, 4 contacts in 15 minutes on 1 watt!
More to come tonight...
Productive night:
- Back to Flea-Watting Friday #QRPP on 40m. Getting contacts 1000s of miles away on teeny amount of power. Never not fun.
- APRS with a cable & plug into a cheapie Quansheng. Checked into an APRS net last night. More texting. Again - lo-fi/punk rock Ham Radio. Hit or miss still, but I like wishing my wife goodnight via SMS and Ham Radio, she thinks it's cute =D
- Still no Winliink, but the closest spot is probably too far for my 5 watts of HT power and car mountable antenna.
Sometimes you think it's a massive problem with the transmitter requiring solder, unscrewing, guessing, new parts, etc...
Other times it's just a tiny cable that needs replacing and you're back in business.
Today it's thankfully the latter. Flea-watting Friday resumes on 40m, with about 1 watt of power. FT8 now, JS8call later.
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For fun, here's where One watt gets you on 30 Meters in the evening, using FT8 and JS8Call. Antenna is a EFHW out a window.
QTH = Minneapolis, Minnesota (or close enough)
Started with a Canadian QSO and ended with one 2 hours and 9 QSOs later.
I am here to QRPP and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum.
Fleawatting Friday, FT8 on 30m. Might go JS8 if I'm curious.
*blinks*
Wow.
I just activated a park on #QRPP at .8 watts!
More later, but that was awesome. It's kind of like a no hitter in baseball where you don't want to say anything before it's official.
(Wife said I needed to take the BTS guy from McDonald's as a mascot.)
Off to more!
Alright POTA and bike day is officially started!
I'm fighting rough bands, equipment issues, and worst of all - allergies. But I'm determined to get at least 2 Parks on the Air today, with a bonus one if the time/conditions permit.
The Gateway State Trail is in the books. 3 #QRPP QSOs and 7 5 watt SSB ones.
(Twin Cities people on the far eastern side I'll be monitoring 146.52)
Off to the next one!
