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☀ Solar
SFI 125
SN 85
A 7
K 1 Quiet
X-Ray C1.7
Wind 403.4 km/s
Aurora 1
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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. IC-705 users: what's your SOTA setup looking like?

    David Davis41,
    • 2 replies
    • 193 views
    Robert Kim

  2. POTA logging app recommendations for small battery drain?

    Radio Geek,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Mike Rodriguez

  3. first SOTA activation didn't go as planned lol

    Daniel Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 30 views
    Daniel Patel

  4. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Amanda Johnson64,
    • 1 reply
    • 31 views
    Patricia Davis

  5. first real SOTA attempt went better than expected honestly

    Packet Radio,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Packet Radio

  7. first SOTA attempt did not go as planned lol

    Jessica Miller89,
    • 1 reply
    • 38 views
    Michael Stevens

  8. First POTA activation - battery recommendations?

    Michael Torres,
    • 2 replies
    • 174 views
    James Holloway

  9. battery died halfway through my pota activation today

    Dave Parker,
    • 1 reply
    • 98 views
    Dave Parker

  10. first SOTA activation went better than expected, almost

    Lisa Garcia,
    • 1 reply
    • 61 views
    Sarah Moore28

  11. First POTA activation coming up - battery advice needed

    QRP Master,
    • 2 replies
    • 115 views
    Patricia Lee

  13. first SOTA activation went way better than expected

    Patricia Garcia,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    Karen Williams

  14. Ham2K PoLo logger - anyone using it for activations?

    Jennifer Smith,
    • 2 replies
    • 136 views
    Jennifer Liu

  15. first POTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Kevin Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 48 views
    Kevin Brown

  16. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Rachel Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 47 views
    Carlos Silva

  17. first SOTA activation and i was not prepared lol

    Bob Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 2 views
    Mark Johnson

  19. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Mike Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 9 views
    Mike Rodriguez

  20. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Rajesh Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    Rebecca Martinez

  21. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Emily Davis22,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    James Wilson94

  22. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Nicole Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    Anna Petrov

  23. first POTA activation went sideways but still counted lol

    Sarah Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    Brian Mitchell

  25. First time POTA - battery died after 30 minutes?

    John Williams99,
    • 2 replies
    • 152 views
    Jessica Williams53

  26. First SOTA attempt - antenna deployment advice?

    Daniel Garcia,
    • 2 replies
    • 143 views
    James Williams

  27. first SOTA attempt went sideways but still counts right

    Radio Geek,
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views
    Ham Fan 24

  28. first POTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    Jennifer Adams,
    • 1 reply
    • 62 views
    Jennifer Adams

  29. first POTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    Michael Barnes,
    • 1 reply
    • 35 views
    Michael Barnes

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