Category: antenna
-
Midday Portable CW Ops
With the autumn days getting shorter and shorter the amount of time available for an “after work” Parks On The Air activation is shrinking, at least if daylight operations are desired. Adapting to this seasonal change, I’ve started doing more midday operating from K-7889. It’s nice to break up the…
-
SF POTA 3-fer
This is an activation that almost didn’t happen. I was being opportunistic and grabbed my FT-818 for a little after work radio play time. I just needed to get out of the house. Recently, I picked up one of the triple magnet antenna mounts for the purpose of operating from…
-
Unwind With POTA
Having a POTA reference close by provides a great way to relax and put some distance between yourself and the workday. Occasionally the kit changes up but I keep some portable gear in a ready state solely for the purpose of heading out just as soon as that last meeting…
-
Trying Some New Things
Today I went to my “home park” in the Presidio of San Francisco with the intention of trying out a couple of new elements in my POTA setup. I’ve been wanting a free-standing, self-supporting antenna for those situations where there are no suitable trees for throwing a line and no…
w6csn’s outdoor amateur radio 