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#sota

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Brent WT4U

I like banging out #MorseCode with a straight key and logging on paper, but #POTA and #SOTA hunting pretty much require a computer for the spots.

So I wrote a #python script to filter data from the API to just CW. Then I color coded for new parks and QRT, then added SOTA. Recently I got crazy and had it ID letters I needed for the #NAQCC challenge. I should stop before I create a logger.

Output of a command-line script that shows POTA and SOTA CW spots in an age-ordered list with various color coding.
#hamradio
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Paulo CT2IWW

Returned to the hills for some SOTA action, this past weekend, in the good company of Rui, CT7ALW. Activated CT/MN-004 and CT/MN-044, without much fuss. On the first one, a nice doggo from the village showed us the way, but decided to switch to another team (hikers) when no food came his way. My new shinny orange HT was a major fail, on the other hand, easily overloaded.
#sota #SummitsOnTheAir

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Røde

It's been an extensive week of ham radio experimentation and operating in the field, all recorded here:
foxk.it/blog/radio-w6-2025/

I had great fun bothering deer and pheasants aplenty as I tramped around Aberdeenshire.

Shout out to @ian for making it in for mentioning POTA and getting my brain ticking!

Thanks to #osmand for being an awesome tool in the field and @openstreetmap for powering awesome stuff.

www.foxk.itRadio Activity 10-16 Feb 2025
#hamradio#amateurradio#sota
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DK4HAA - Harm

Today I did my first ever #SOTA activation! DM/NW-062 Hünenburg

The ascent of 73 m to the summit in 302 m height was a nice hike. Usually I operate at sea level. So this was special to me. I used my FX-4CR radio with xOTA EFHW antenna and 4 Ah LiFePO4 battery. Very nice and lightweight setup compared to my goto-POTA-rig, the FT-891.

Nice pileup on 20m!

This was also a #ParksOnTheAir 2-fer with #DE0079 (Terra.vita UNESCO Geopark) and #DE0834 (Hermannshöhen-Weg)

DK4HAA wearing a winter jacket and hat smiles as he takes a selfie on the way up to the summit. An HT attached to my backpack.
View from the summit to the far distance.
My radio setup at the summit from left to right: pota-flag, notebook/logbook with pen, GPS clock, FX-4CR radio, Die Maus plush animal, blue Eremit LiFePO4 battery.
Me operating the radio.
#amateurfunk#SummitsOnTheAir
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