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Michael K Johnson<p>Stumbled on this video about Morse code <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/CW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CW</span></a> (and <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> and <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/SOTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOTA</span></a>) and yeah, I think there are a lot of us who are more motivated by carrots than by sticks. ❤️</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/oNfYSoHrWlQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/oNfYSoHrWlQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Michael K Johnson<p>New ham adventures...</p><p>Today, I was at a park (but not a <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a>) site, so I hunted POTA with my new-to-me KX3 as a way of learning in the field a bit of how to use it. I had 4 40m CW QSOs using the diminutive AX1 + AXE1 combo antenna with both the supplied radials attached directly to the radio, and 2 20m QSOs (one CW, one SSB) with a 5.6m whip vertical on a JPC-12 base. I used 15W because I am new to <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> and have enough trouble, without making more trouble for myself by going truly QRP.</p><p>The QSB was heavy. I had one failed QSO in particular that started with me getting a great 599 signal, but then repeated "KZ4?" responses from the activator even when I dialed down my keyer to send my repeats more slowly, and just as their response <em>may</em> have included my full call sign, they faded away completely and I never pulled them back in. (But I didn't write down the call sign, so I don't remember who it was...)</p><p>My Morse code recognition sure needs more work. I suspect that when I'm better at it, it will be easier to pull signals out of the noise. I did receive a very faint signal from Europe (Germany IIRC) but I couldn't quite copy the whole call sign so I didn't attempt to reach across the pond with my meager 15 watts this time. ☺</p>
Markus<p>Hannover. <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/de0230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>de0230</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a></p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>Another tough day on the AmateurRadio <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HF</span></a> bands. But thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MastodonHam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonHam</span></a> J.C. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@KC8JC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KC8JC</span></a></span> started the morning off GREAT on 40 meters with this <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheiar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheiar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MorseCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MorseCode</span></a> CW <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QSO</span></a> at US-7956 Beargrass Creek State NAture Preserve Louisville, KY . USA</p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>Flooding along Ohio River @ Louisville,KY. Stars mark my <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> sites US-4572 Lewis &amp; Clark National Historical Trail now under water. No big deal for me but devastating for 1000s along the river.</p>
Markus<p>Warum erfahre ich davon erst jetzt 😃:<br><a href="https://www.radarrally.info/p/radar-rally-rules.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">radarrally.info/p/radar-rally-</span><span class="invisible">rules.html?m=1</span></a><br>Seit meiner ersten <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a> Aktivierung achte ich darauf, wie viel Zeit für Auf- und Abbau der Station draufgeht.<br>Gestern mit QTH Wechsel gearbeitet.<br>RADAR scheint mir der nächste Schritt zu sein.</p>
Ben Brunzel<p>I went for a <a href="https://norden.social/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> activation at <a href="https://norden.social/tags/plantenunblomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantenunblomen</span></a> today. The conditions for shortwave contacts were a little rough due to a magnetic storm. Still I managed to get 39 QSOs into the logbook. Worked SSB and CW.</p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/ParksOnTheAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParksOnTheAir</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/straightkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>straightkey</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/morsecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morsecode</span></a></p>
Funker Tom ⚡<p>Huh?</p><p>What strange sounds!</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/QRV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QRV</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a></p>
Markus<p>Yesterday was actually a nice activation of DE-0608 on 40m.<br>However, it took time and maybe, I hadn't in mind that a contest had started, so, I misunderstood, when suddenly, after 30 minutes or so, lots of stations gathered on my QRG which...<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a></p>
Markus<p>Little walk in the evening to check out a potential <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a> QTH. Maybe for an after work activation tomorrow.<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/de0608" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>de0608</span></a></p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>Hope my <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QRP</span></a> signals for this morning's <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> will break through current <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Spaceweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spaceweather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SolarStrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarStrom</span></a> before <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/terrestrialweater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrestrialweater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/severewxstorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>severewxstorms</span></a> settled over my QTH today through Sunday. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmatyeurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmatyeurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio2022</span></a></p>
Ian<p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> Activation Report: Higher Hyde Heath<br><a href="https://ianrenton.com/blog/pota-activation-report-higher-hyde-heath/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ianrenton.com/blog/pota-activa</span><span class="invisible">tion-report-higher-hyde-heath/</span></a></p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>The Latest "Ham on a Bike" Blogpost is out. "Two Hams On a Bike Make Contact" <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QRP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MorseCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MorseCode</span></a> CW @Youkits <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HB1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HB1B</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RandowmWireAntenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandowmWireAntenna</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/sotabeams" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sotabeams</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SOTABeamstravelmast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOTABeamstravelmast</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hamonabike.blogspot.com/2025/04/two-hams-on-bike-make-contact.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamonabike.blogspot.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/two-hams-on-bike-make-contact.html</span></a></p>
DG1JAN :mastodon:<p>Wow, <a href="https://radiosocial.de/tags/Wimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wimo</span></a> hat ein neues Tool zur Messung der Ausbreitungsbedingungen. Das brauche ich unbedingt für meine nächste <a href="https://radiosocial.de/tags/SOTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOTA</span></a>, <a href="https://radiosocial.de/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> oder auch <a href="https://radiosocial.de/tags/TOTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOTA</span></a> Aktivierung:</p><p>Ionosonden-Raketen "StratoScan" – Bandindividuelle Ausbreitungsanalyse für den Kurzwellenfunk</p><p><a href="https://www.wimo.com/de/wimo-propagation-rockets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wimo.com/de/wimo-propagation-r</span><span class="invisible">ockets</span></a></p>
Ben Brunzel<p>I went for a nice after work <a href="https://norden.social/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> activation in the Stadtpark in Hamburg yesterday. Worked 20 stations on 18, 21 and 28Mhz. All were <a href="https://norden.social/tags/morse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morse</span></a> code <a href="https://norden.social/tags/cw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cw</span></a> contacts. It's nice that is is bright out for longer after the switch to daylight savings time.</p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/amateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/hamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/ParksOnTheAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParksOnTheAir</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/straightKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>straightKey</span></a></p>
Michael K Johnson<p>Thanks to at least <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.darc.de/@DJ3CE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DJ3CE</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@hb9hox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hb9hox</span></a></span> for suggesting that I try <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/wavelog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wavelog</span></a> for my <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> logging needs.</p><p>Yesterday, I accidentally completed <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@hamchallenge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hamchallenge</span></a></span> HC14 (which I had completely forgotten about) by implementing <a href="https://www.wavelog.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wavelog</a> in a <a href="https://github.com/wavelog/wavelog/wiki/Installation-via-Docker" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">docker installation</a> running on top of local RAID on SSD in an AlmaLinux 9 VM on a Fedora 41 server, transferring all my various logs into it, and setting up restic to do daily backups of <code>/var/lib/docker/volumes</code> offsite about 1000 miles away. The restic encryption key is also backed up encrypted offsite. I also set it up to export my logs to the log aggregators I use.</p><p>To make the backups more robust, I also have wavelog set up to create adif log backups, and I modified the docker-compose.yaml file to put them into a system volume so that they are included in the offsite backups:</p><pre><code> volumes:<br> - wavelog-config:/var/www/html/application/config/docker<br> - wavelog-uploads:/var/www/html/uploads<br> - wavelog-userdata:/var/www/html/userdata<br> - wavelog-backup:/var/www/html/backup<br>...<br>volumes:<br> wavelog-dbdata:<br> wavelog-uploads:<br> wavelog-userdata:<br> wavelog-config:<br> wavelog-backup:<br></code></pre><p>I used it with WaveLogGate to log my massive 12 — <strong>12 I tell you</strong> — QSOs in the <a href="https://cqwpx.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CQ World Wide WPX Contest</a> (SSB) on Sunday. (Was fun taking serial numbers in the thousands and responding with a single-digit serial. "Seven? Please confirm, seven? Zero zero seven?")</p><p>I'll expect to use <a href="https://polo.ham2k.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Polo</a> for logging when activating <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> — its logs import fine into wavelog, and maybe someday that will get automated too.</p><p>I set up one Wavelog station for each park I've activated so far, and at this point, I have set up only a single log linked to all my stations. I might later set up a POTA logbook linked to just the park stations.</p><p>And as of today that Wavelog instance hosts <em>two</em> family members' logs so far. So that HC14S counts for two hams.</p>
Peter DL6PL<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.makerforums.info/@mcdanlj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mcdanlj</span></a></span> When I activate a <a href="https://social.darc.de/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> reference on 10 m, I always call CQ inside the Technician section of the band. I think <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@dc1tc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dc1tc</span></a></span> gave me the hint.</p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>1st Ham-on-a-Bike 2 Ham-on-a-Bike <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MorseCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MorseCode</span></a> CW <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QSO</span></a> with Craig <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/WB3GCK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WB3GCK</span></a> during <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> activation from US-7956 Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve</p>
Peter DL6PL<p>12 QSOs during a <a href="https://social.darc.de/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> activation sound rather unspectacular, but today I tried some new things again. I had my first (and second) QSO on 30 m, had multiple standard CW QSOs and also worked p2p on 17 m.<br>My antenna for 30 m today? The lower half of an Ampro-20, an 3/8" to M10 adapter and a telescope from AliExpress – worked pretty well. And I worked a station on 20 m, which was way slower than me, it was my first time to QRS 😁 <a href="https://social.darc.de/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://social.darc.de/tags/telegraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegraphy</span></a></p>
jz<p>Someone said that <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ParksOnTheAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParksOnTheAir</span></a> activations on 160m won’t work. Someone said that no one does that. I guess they were wrong. :)</p><p>This was a couple of weeks ago with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@DK4HAA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DK4HAA</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@dc1tc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dc1tc</span></a></span> an other operator and one trainee. We’ve had a full length dipole approx 7m up in the trees. Loads of p2p since other <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/draussenfunker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>draussenfunker</span></a> were also activating. </p><p>Great activation, will do again! <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ham</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HRCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HRCC</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a></p>
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