Full CW POTA Practice #morsecode

Kyle AA z z here at Park kilo1 0270 to Wildlife Area and my first park over 10,000 so this was the setup got uh an random wire 9 to1 just hanging up off the truck there was a lot of qrm here uh there's power lines and I think there's a Transformer down there and there's a pretty big parking lot that you can activate from but the qrm is a killer it's about an S7 so if you come and activate this park be aware that you got quite a bit of noise to deal with I uh put 20 CW contacts in the books in about uh 30 minutes because I just had to ask for repeat after repeat and plus there is a very busy road with a lot of traffic so be aware if you decide to activate this uh Park that uh you're going to have some obstacles to attend to so anyway here's the activation [Music] oh my gosh d there's Dan B d d the d d too far in the mud d there's a station down there trying to call me I just can't hear him d p d d d [Music] d [Music] d d d d d [Music] d d oh my gosh Powerline noise d d d d l w d B d the d [Music] d the the d d d oh there's poweron noise all right young Conservation Area k169 just down the road from k170 or 270 I'm sorry just down the road from k1270 this is Young Conservation Area K10 269 same setup if you can see in the background I've got my post my nfed where is it so I've got the same setup my nfed just on a trailer hitch Mast going up about I don't know 25 ft or so so I think we're going to do a little bit of CW and we're actually going to do some single Side Band we'll see there are power lines right over here here it's got a pretty big parking lot I'm just set up here in the back so let's go put some contacts in the air I e the d d [Music] m d d St the [Music] the sh B e e the B B d the d d the d p the d d St the m the the n oh d d d h d St the the C the [Music] d [Music] [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] I [Music] [Music] now there's somebody on my frequency [Music] [Music] d [Music] [Music] d cup Cupa alpha alpha Zer Zulu Cupa Cupa alpha alpha Zer Zulu Cupa 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Roger Roger thank you very much for the park the par best of luck out there3 thanks 73 alpha alpha zero Zulu K okay the park to park again whiskey Delta Delta unifor osar Park Park okay the whiskey all right whiskey Delta 4 something whiskey Delta 4 Delta uniform Oscar whiskey Delta 4 Delta uniform Oscar 59 into 10269 copy 10269 your 55 andart kilo 2177 Roger got it 2177 thanks 73 Roger Roger thanks for the park to park today yeah thanks 73 alpha alpha Zer Zulu qz riskey for Fox Char go Charlie okay I got I got Charlie Charlie uh kilo whiskey for Fox Trot Mike is that Q qsl kilo whiskey for Fox Mike 55 Virginia okay kilo whiskey 4 Fox Mike you're 59 20 I'm sorry 10269 thanks 73 yeah what was my report again you took a dive uh you're 59 5'9 thank you for the 59 73 okay very good uh uh Kil um uh Chris you in there Z Charlie gol Charlie 55 Tennessee gotcha kilo zero Charlie golf Carly 59 Missouri thanks 73 73 okay QR Z November 3 xray Lima Sierra ah there you are Kila or November 3 z uh Zulu x-ray Lima you're 59 into um do I have that call right oh my gosh it's been a long day give me that call again the November three November 3 x-ray Lima Sierra there you there you are Joe you took a dive there I didn't I thought that that was you but I couldn't hear November 3 x-ray Lima Sierra your 5'9 into uh 10269 53 53 Pennsylvania okay thanks 73 alpha alpha Zer Zulu a few more Victor Echo 3 Zulu November Alpha Delta 2 charlie delta okay hang on Toby uh the V the ve station yeah Victor Echo 3 Z November Victor Echo 3 Zulu November your 59 into 10269 ql 59 and thanks to the CW contacts today as well Kyle thanks buddy 73 thank you 73 uh Toby Alpha Delta 2 charlie delta 59 Missouri Roger Kyle 57 New Jersey thank you 73 thanks 73 Alpha Alpa Z Zulu whiskey America 2 Zulu United golf Al whiskey Alpha 2 Zulu United golf 59 Missouri qsl 59 you are also 59 Western New York thank being out Thursday okay thanks 73 couple more alpha alpha zer zul t Okay the Germany Tango Victor eo2 Germany Tango 59 Missouri thanks 73 the other station Kil Romeo deltaf kilo 8 Romeo Delta GF 59 Missouri 53 Michigan 73 thanks 73 alpha alpha 0 Zulu Q CQ CQ CQ alpha alpha Z Zulu all right that's the last call starting rain qrt thanks 73 all right Pixie Girl starting to sprinkle all right all right 40 contacts in the book I think I did about 30 CW and about 10 Single Side Band and and we're closing it out here in the car cuz it is raining so that's good activation um these two locations have got a lot of noise there's power lines the kilo 10270 has got a ton of noise and that is an easily an S7 to S9 with the noise on 20 m it wasn't too bad here I don't see any Transformers near but um it was definitely an S3 to S4 so if you decide to activate this park know that you're going to have some power line noise and now we're just packing up and getting ready to head back home today is December 1st and it was a very nice day today it was actually 60° here in Missouri which is unusual for December so took the day off of work and decided to do some pup needed to burn some vacation so there was the activation it was done on a kx3 15 watts with about or with a nfed 9:1 random wire the antenna was about I think it's 33 ft put it in an inverted L configuration off the back of the truck on a trailer hitch on a flag pole mount and I'm sure you probably saw that in the video but yeah that system works great and I also used my k6 Ark microphone here uh my other microphone blew a gasket actually I uh the the wires decided Ed uh it was they were going to shred on me at one of the pivot Points and that mik deemed itself useless I tried to repair it and um I couldn't get it repaired so that mic works good on single Side Band in a pinch but yeah good activation we're going to head home and um upload the logs so till the next poda 73 I sing away

Channel: Kyle - AA0Z

Views: 986

Keywords: amateur radio, ham radio, qso, sota, npota, iota, contesting, radiosport, cw, pota, antenna, dipole, endfed, flexradio, trivia, portable, kx3, elecraft, mtr4b, 3d printing

Id: 4AKIDhqBEqs

Length: 62min 37sec (3757 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 10 2023