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☀ Solar
SFI 125
SN 85
A 7
K 2 Quiet
X-Ray C2.1
Wind 433.1 km/s
Aurora 2
Updated 22:30 UTC HamQSL · N0NBH
Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Poor

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Portable & Field Operations

Talk about portable ham radio operation, batteries, packable gear, outdoor setups, and field communication skills.

  1. first POTA activation totally humbled me lol

    Jessica Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 91 views
    Jessica Taylor

  2. first SOTA activation went better than expected

    Ashley Wilson27,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Mountain Ham

  3. first SOTA attempt was kind of a disaster but also kind of great

    Lisa Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 59 views
    Michael Rodriguez

  4. first SOTA attempt this weekend, went better than expected

    Anna Petrov,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Linda Johnson

  5. first SOTA attempt went sideways but still had a blast

    Michelle Parker,
    • 1 reply
    • 56 views
    Carol White

  7. first POTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Mark Stevens,
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views
    Amanda Williams

  8. IC-705 vs KX2 for SOTA - weight matters!

    Ham Fan 24,
    • 2 replies
    • 147 views
    Michael Moore

  9. first POTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Maria Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 89 views
    Catherine O'Brien

  10. first SOTA attempt went sideways but still made contacts

    Linda Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Linda Rodriguez

  11. finally did my first SOTA activation, some thoughts

    Jennifer Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 31 views
    Jessica Williams53

  13. first SOTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    Amanda Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    Daniel Garcia

  14. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Michael Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 36 views
    Robert Kim

  15. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Jennifer Smith,
    • 1 reply
    • 86 views
    Sarah Brown

  16. anyone else having trouble with coax getting tangled during sota setups

    Emily Davis22,
    • 1 reply
    • 139 views
    Jennifer Wilson

  17. first SOTA activation went way better than expected

    Sarah Anderson50,
    • 1 reply
    • 75 views
    Emily Johnson

  19. first SOTA attempt this weekend — went better than expected honestly

    James Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 48 views
    James Davis67

  20. first POTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Michelle Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 50 views
    Michelle Davis

  21. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    John Johnson16,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Amanda Foster

  22. first SOTA activation totally humbled me lol

    Jennifer Walsh,
    • 1 reply
    • 77 views
    Sarah Thomas

  23. first SOTA attempt went sideways but still had a blast

    John Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 41 views
    Antenna Guy

  25. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Steve Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    Steve Wilson

  26. first SOTA activation totally humbled me lol

    Emily Davis22,
    • 1 reply
    • 68 views
    Michael Peterson

  27. first SOTA activation went way better than expected

    Sarah Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 65 views
    Sarah Martinez

  28. first SOTA attempt this weekend, what am i getting myself into

    Nicole Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Betty Johnson

  29. first SOTA activation went better than expected, few things I'd change

    Repeater Tech,
    • 1 reply
    • 87 views
    Steven Taylor

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