So at lunch today I headed over to the park - it was HOT! My car themometer was reading 90 deg when I rolled the windows down and turned off the car.
I tuned around 20 meters - at first there was not much activity. I heard a few QSO's underway. Called CQ a few times around 14.060 with no takers.
Then I tuned down to 14.040 and heard W2TAW calling CQ nice and slow. Gave him a shout and he came right back giving me a 559 and I gave him a 579. Tom was in Vincentown, NJ on a Carolina Windom up 30'. Nice signal and nice operator.
Then I tuned back around 14.060 and heard a QRZ followed by an almost contest style series of exchanges. The speed was a bit to fast for me, but I was able to make out most of his call and the word SOTA. After he called CQ one time, I replied "QRS de N0HYD". After a couple seconds NS7P returned with at a nice pace that I could easily copy. He gave me a 559 and I gave him a 559 right back.
Phil was on W7O/CM-033 which was good for my first 6 points as a SOTA Chaser! What fun that was!
Next Wednesday I am heading to H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation to spend a few days with my oldest son at Boy Scout Camp. I really want to take along an antenna that is multi-band, and I would like the same type of antenna for my lunchtime portable operations.
So this weekend I am going to build one of the EARCHI 40-6 meter end fed antennas. I think I am going to wire tie the matching box to the bottom of the 31' Jackite pole and also put a couple clips to wind the vertical wire to when not in use. A simple self contained multi-band antenna! I will bungee this to my tent poles at the camp and be able to operate when I have free time.
Thats the adventures from my part of the world today!
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