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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 POTA activation went better than expected, mostly

    James Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    Rag Chewer

  2. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    David Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 29 views
    Ashley Johnson

  3. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    David Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 7 views
    Emily Thomas74

  4. first POTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Moon Bounce,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views
    Kevin Park

  5. first POTA activation didnt go quite as planned lol

    Patricia Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Robert Kim

  7. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Amanda Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 5 views
    Brian Mitchell

  8. First SOTA attempt - questions about VHF contacts

    John Anderson,
    • 2 replies
    • 139 views
    Emily Moore

  9. Wolf River Coil vs EFHW for POTA - experiences?

    James Anderson,
    • 2 replies
    • 131 views
    James Anderson

  10. first SOTA attempt went sideways but still logged a few contacts

    Sarah Collins,
    • 1 reply
    • 56 views
    Jessica Miller89

  11. first POTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    Kevin Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 57 views
    Michelle Parker

  13. IC-705 vs FT-891 for POTA - which do you prefer?

    Bob Wilson,
    • 2 replies
    • 215 views
    Gary Yamamoto

  14. first POTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    QRP Master,
    • 1 reply
    • 61 views
    QRP Master

  15. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Lisa Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Paul Wilson

  16. first SOTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Sarah Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Rajesh Patel

  17. first SOTA attempt went better than expected tbh

    Kevin Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 45 views
    James Wilson48

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

    Emily Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    John Williams

  20. first POTA activation went sideways but still counts i guess

    Packet Radio,
    • 1 reply
    • 45 views
    Packet Radio

  21. first SOTA activation went sideways but still counts i guess

    David Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 46 views
    Stephanie Chang

  22. first SOTA activation didnt go as planned lol

    Ahmed Hassan,
    • 1 reply
    • 71 views
    Ahmed Hassan

  23. first SOTA activation didn't go quite as planned lol

    Linda Thompson,
    • 1 reply
    • 77 views
    Linda Thompson

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

    Michael Wu,
    • 1 reply
    • 30 views
    Giovanni Rossi

  26. first POTA activation went better than expected honestly

    Antenna Guy,
    • 1 reply
    • 26 views
    Antenna Guy

  27. first SOTA activation didn't go as planned but still made contacts lol

    David Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 29 views
    Michael Johnson

  28. first SOTA activation did not go as planned lol

    Daniel Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Daniel Smith

  29. finally did my first SOTA activation yesterday, few things i wasnt expecting

    Robert Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 89 views
    Robert Johnson

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