Hang with us downtown as we activate two POTA parks

[@N2YTA]

I like the information you give about the locations you visit, especially the historical details.

[@ChipEckardt]

Really cool video. Thanks again for presenting in-person to our club; Chippewa Valley Amateur Radio Club, last night. Club members are still talking about how great your presentation was! Chip W9OQI

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

That's great to hear. It was a fun evening and your were a very gracious host. I hope to see you all at the hamfest in August.

[@threadripper979]

The Wisconsin Ambassador, once again doing his thing to promote the state. They need to be paying you.

[@K3JRZOnTheAir]

Nice video Michael. Laid back chat. I enjoyed it! 73!

[@tomm899]

Thanks for The ride along. It felt like i was sitting in park with y'all while in machine shop in GA.

[@45auto]

What a beautiful day to sit by the river and have a chat with a buddy. Hope you had a Spotted Cow for me. U-rah-rah

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

Burgers and Spotted Cow in a frosted mug was for lunch.

[@Daniel-KF0JXV]

Always enjoy the videos and the information you give about the park. I learned the ways of FT8 this past weekend. Now to get the digirig and setup the FT891

[@birdhouserocket]

Always good to see Dave on video......Very knowledgable person. Thank you guys.

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

Dave's a wealth of knowledge, and he's not afraid to try something new.

[@Hamradio54730]

Great job spotlighting the parks of Eau Claire, thanks…wd9gus

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

Eau Claire's a fun city. Coming this fall, Chris' weavings will be back in stock at Tangled up in Hue.

[@gaptastic]

I used to do what you do Michael (which is very easy). But I would always forget to reset the ADI file, so now I do what Dave does but with N3FJP. Then in N3FJP I upload to QRZ, eQSL and LOTW. Thanks for sharing!

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

Yep. Sometimes I'll be halfway through a session and remember that I didn't reset the log. Then I have to take it into ADIFmaster and delete the old contacts before submitting it.

[@BurtonChristmasLites]

I use two radios for FT8 when I am RV camping. And I don't use filters. I just have them transmitting on the same slice, even or odd. Works great! Robert KD4YDC

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

Do you use two antennas or a TX/RX switch to prevent one transceiver from feeeding into the other?

[@BurtonChristmasLites]

@@KB9VBRAntennas I'm using two different antennas. I just got through with a week of a "RV POTA" trip and actually made over 900 FT8 contacts. Most of them while using both radios going at the same time.

[@MikeN2MAK]

This was a neat way to do an FT8 activation video. I still log FT8 in HAMRS but need to try what you and Ryan are doing with the WSJT-X log file instead sometime.

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

It's a struggle to make FT8 interesting on video. I've added to my list to do follow up on logging and uploading FT8 contacts.

[@raytreinen]

I think sending your location is part of the exchange. I like to know what grids I’ve worked.

[@ae4xo]

I've log the n3fjp software

[@KH6WI]

Someone calling you with signal report and no grid could still be blind calling. If they put your call in the "DX Call" field and press "Generate Std Messages" it will still populate a signal report even if they never heard you. It uses what in the "report" box. I understand your frustration with people continuously sending the RR73 because they want the 73 back. I give them 3 tries even though I've already logged them, if there's a pileup I have to move on and work the next person.

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

There's probably no way to completely avoid the blind callers, at least I feel that if the transmission starts with TX2, there's a better than average chance of completing the QSO in 1 or 2 tries.

[@Clark-N1NVK]

How do you cue up the next caller while the cycle is still running?

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

After WSJT finished sending the RR73 (TX4) I have 15 seconds to pick another station that's calling me by double clicking on their callsign. The computer will start transmission to that station on the next cycle.

[@Clark-N1NVK]

@@KB9VBRAntennas thanks.

[@traceyisom6681]

Hi Mike which do you use, WSJT or WSJT X? Everyone refers to them both as just WSJT. Thanks in advance!!

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

I use WSJT-X. Both are fundamentally similar. WSJT is the original program and WSJT-X is the open source version and has been extended with features by other users.

[@vidcreator5276]

Michael, how do you log a "two-fer" when using FT-8 during a POTA activation? Gerald - KG0VA

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

When you activate two parks at once, either digital or phone, you will need to submit two logs, one for each park. After the activation I take the ADIF file and edit it in ADIFmaster. I change the My_Sig_Info field from the one park to the second park. Then I can upload both logs for both parks. On a related note, if you use Hamrs for logging your activation, it has a Log Duplicate function. That allows you to quickly make a duplicate log with the 2nd park's My_sig_info field automatically changed.

[@vidcreator5276]

@@KB9VBRAntennas Thanks Michael!

[@josebrivera1716]

I don’t see the appeal of FT8.. I can’t pretend enough that it’s radio. Have fun though.

[@TomSP9TL]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sILQiaeVocZsm80 your friend looks a bit like Hank Hill :)

[@truckinguy92]

I saw you spotted this past weekend and was so disappointed to see you doing FT8. It’s a shame to see you go FT8! Too boring! I really enjoyed your real SSB activations. You should listen to your wife! She apparently enjoyed your SSB activations better as well.

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

Don't worry, sideband will be back, I really do enjoy talking to people on the air. I needed a little break from the pile ups.

[@jamiefheim]

I think you should put your antenna on a tripod and use a couple tuned radials. I use a Buddipole tripod which puts the antenna up about 10 feet. Really disappointing to see you on FT8. :(. de KW7WP

[@KB9VBRAntennas]

I've got testing tuned radials on my list to see if there is an advantage. Also, sideband hasn't gone away, there will be plenty of that coming up.