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W6SAE Station Blog: November 2016
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Wednesday, November 23, 2016. This is a page from the notebook I use when I'm operating portable, in the field. It's the first page from my most recent Summits-On-The-Air (SOTA) activation, on Pine Hill in Northern California. Some of the notations (the check-marks, distances, "Georgia") were added later, after I got home and started to enter the information in the computer. Translation of the stations logged:. W6JMP (Gene, El Dorado Hills, CA- less than 4 miles away). I was able...
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W6SAE Station Blog: Portable/Mobile on Mt. Vaca
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Thursday, December 1, 2016. Portable/Mobile on Mt. Vaca. Today I drove up to near the summit of Mount Vaca (SOTA W6/NC-151), put my Yaesu ATAS-25 antenna on the roof of my car, and "tuned the bands" to see what I would come up with. I didn't operate as a Summits-On-The-Air activation; I was operating from my vehicle- a SOTA no-no, plus I already activated the summit this year. I logged four contacts:. My trusty Yaesu FT-857D is ready for action in the back of my RAV4. Looking nor...
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W6SAE Station Blog: Activation Report: SOTA W6/CC-063
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Saturday, December 17, 2016. Activation Report: SOTA W6/CC-063. I had brought a handheld FM radio (a Yaesu VX-6R), however, and was at least able to log 9 contacts on the 2-meter band (146.520 MHz FM) and qualify for an activation of the summit. Looking south, with San Francisco in the distance. The Pacific Ocean, over which I had hoped to talk to VK1AD. The summit of the east peak of Mt. Tamalpais, as seen from below. Summits on the air. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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W6SAE Station Blog: Pacificon 2016 (Almost Finished Catching Up)
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Saturday, November 19, 2016. Pacificon 2016 (Almost Finished Catching Up). Saturday, October 15th through Sunday the 16th, I attended Pacificon 2016. The Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Pacific Division Ham Radio Convention. There were lots of hams, lots of vendors, and lots of neat stuff to drool over. For portable operations with the FT-857D. I also bought a nifty callsign desk plaque- seen in the photo of my shack in the previous post- and a few other small items. A Review &...
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W6SAE Station Blog: July 2016
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Sunday, July 24, 2016. 5 Watts, Nearly 100 Miles. Summits on the air. I have been slowly putting together my home radio station. I hope to have it operational by the end of this week. Soon to come- hopefully- will be photos of the (almost) finished shack. Sunday, July 10, 2016. 2-Meter J-Pole Base Station Antenna. This the first phase of a project to erect a VHF antenna outside my ham shack. The antenna itself is a KB9VBR J-Pole. Saturday, July 9, 2016. Wednesday, July 6, 2016.
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W6SAE Station Blog: March 2016
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Monday, March 21, 2016. Station KK6ZLX- Current Radio Inventory. Yaesu VX-6R handheld transceiver (144/220/440 MHz). Wouxun KG-UV5D handheld transceiver (50/144 MHz). TYT TH-UVF9 handheld transceiver (144/220 MHz). Baofeng UV-5R handheld transceiver (144/440 MHz). Hallicrafters S-120 general coverage receiver (AM and shortwave). Radio Shack PRO-651 handheld scanner (digital trunking capable). Radio Shack PRO-62 handheld scanner. Radio Shack PRO-2035 desktop scanner. I hope to be ...
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W6SAE Station Blog: February 2016
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Tuesday, February 23, 2016. I'm surely not the only one. Who likes looking at pictures of radios. Left to right in both pictures:. Yaesu VX-6R (144/220/440 MHz) with a Diamond SRH320A tri-band antenna. TYT TH-UVF9 (144/220 MHz) with a Nagoya NA-702 VHF/UHF antenna. Baofeng UV-5R (144/440 MHz) with a Nagoya NA-701 VHF/UHF antenna and high-capacity 3800-mAh battery. Labels: 1.25 meter. Radio #3: Yaesu VX-6R. I use a Diamond SRH320A tri-band antenna with this radio. This was my firs...
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W6SAE Station Blog: June 2016
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Welcome to the Addiction. Here's a nice little video of a first-time SOTA activation by Tony, KD8RTT:. Summits on the air. Sunday, June 26, 2016. Activation Report: SOTA, Lake Tahoe Basin. I activated three summits in the Lake Tahoe Basin last week and earned 16 points. On Wednesday, June 19, I activated SOTA W6/NS-248. Here is a highlight from the hike up the jeep road to the summit. This is the view to the west, looking toward Desolation Wilderness.
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W6SAE Station Blog: May 2016
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Adventures in Ham Radio. Thursday, May 19, 2016. Activation Report: SOTA W6/NC-151. I used my Yaesu VX-6R on 2 meters and 70 centimeters, a Wouxun KG-UV5D on 6 meters, and a TYT TH-UVF9 for my 1.25-meter contact. As an experiment, I tried my homebrew portable 2-meter antenna on 6 and 1.25 meters and it seemed to work well. I used a Maldol MH-510 whip for 70 cm. Looking east, toward the Sacramento Valley. Looking west, with Lake Curry below. Far to the south, Mt. Diablo sticks out through the haze. This t...
