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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
Updated 03:00 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 SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Daniel Jackson,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Rebecca Davis

  2. first SOTA activation went better than expected tbh

    Kevin O'Brien,
    • 1 reply
    • 8 views
    Emily Thomas

  3. first SOTA activation went sideways but still counts i think

    CW Operator,
    • 1 reply
    • 9 views
    Steven Wilson

  4. first POTA activation went way better than expected

    Emily Thomas,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Jessica Davis

  5. first SOTA attempt did not go as planned lol

    Steven Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 32 views
    Amanda Clark

  7. weird noise on 20m during my pota activation yesterday

    Mark Stevens,
    • 1 reply
    • 111 views
    Mark Stevens

  8. first SOTA attempt this weekend, went better than expected honestly

    Carol Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 40 views
    Nordic Ham

  9. first SOTA activation went better than expected, few things i learned

    QRP Guy,
    • 1 reply
    • 59 views
    QRP Guy

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

    Paul Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 59 views
    Maria Rodriguez

  11. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    John Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 57 views
    Andrew Martinez

  13. first POTA activation went sideways but still had fun

    Susan Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Emily Taylor

  14. first SOTA attempt went better than expected but my legs hurt

    DX Lover,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    Sarah Rodriguez

  15. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Nicole Jackson,
    • 1 reply
    • 58 views
    Emily Thomas17

  16. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Jessica Turner,
    • 1 reply
    • 22 views
    Mike Johnson

  17. first POTA activation went sideways but still counts right

    John Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    Steven Wilson

  19. first SOTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    Steve Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 58 views
    Michael Torres

  20. first SOTA activation went sideways but still counts right

    Linda Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 56 views
    Diana Williams

  21. Minimalist SOTA setup - what's actually essential?

    Mike Rodriguez,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Mike Rodriguez

  22. first SOTA activation went sideways but still counts lol

    Bob Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    CW Lover

  23. SOTA vs POTA for a new portable operator?

    John Wilson,
    • 2 replies
    • 161 views
    David Miller

  25. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    David Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    Brazil Ham

  26. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    David Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 29 views
    Steven Kumar

  27. first SOTA activation went better than expected but a few things caught me off guard

    Sarah Wilson13,
    • 1 reply
    • 58 views
    Lisa Garcia

  28. finally did my first SOTA activation yesterday, some thoughts

    Patricia Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 55 views
    Kevin Miller

  29. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Michael Barnes,
    • 1 reply
    • 84 views
    John Anderson78

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