How To Use The POTA Spotting Page

[@MattPatterson1411]

Henceforth I shall now request a Stevie Ray Vaughan riff performed by K8MRD before each one of his videos. Make it so.

[@hamradiotube]

Oh boy that's a big ask. I darn near cry when I listen to SRV play Little Wing.

[@MattPatterson1411]

@@hamradiotube was thinking more like Crossfire or Pride and Joy but Little Wing will work too. lol Heck were in Texas, any SRV is good SRV in my book.

[@TravelinHam]

Immediately after Mike said, “If you overdrive your amp, your guitar sounds like this!” I got a Skittles commercial.

[@kevingaukel4950]

Admittedly, I bought a prebuilt power box that holds a 40 Amp-Hour Bioenno and love it. Been running my POTA station from home and it works well. Looking to do some activations soon.

[@hamradiotube]

That's pretty hard to pass up I'd imagine. Hope you get out to do your own POTA activation. You could prob go week with 40AH lol!

[@richnmib1939]

Nice Les Paul!

[@hamradiotube]

Well thank you very much!

[@lf7961]

Thankful for answers on how to spot and re-spot.

[@hamradiotube]

Hey my pleasure. I hope it helps.

[@byronkroeger198]

dxcc and worked all states are allowed on Warc bands. Pota is like a mini dx-expedition and chasing dx.

[@luiscambra1952]

Great voice, friendly mocking and lots of fun. Hold on! 😃

[@AD6DMDennis]

Oh snap, he busts out the guitar in this one!!!

[@hamradiotube]

All about the jams

[@jerryKB2GCG]

Guess it’s time for me to pull out my harp.

[@W3DRE]

Mike on the guitar made my day! Shred it brother!

[@NSNorfolk]

Going from 20W out to 50W out makes approx 1/2 "S Unit" difference on the receive end.

[@spareiChan]

True but going from 5 to 50 makes a big difference. even 10 to 20 can change a 45 to a 55

[@LambertMatias]

0:027 You said 3 great questions but held up 4 fingers...I'm still waiting for the 4th question. Lol! Another good Mailbag Monday, thanks. Plus, as a Chicago Blues harmonica guy I can really appreciate the overdrive example. Cheers and 73!

[@hamradiotube]

One of those has to be right lol! If you play Chicago Blues (their pizza still sucks) you'll appreciate this intro...kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ7Ri3yZq7ueg80

[@LambertMatias]

@@hamradiotube Blues Brothers Baby!!

[@jerryKB2GCG]

LOL, I saw your spot on HamAlert Mike, ran upstairs and turned on the rig to 7200 and didn’t hear you 😊😂😂

[@hamradiotube]

Syke!

[@justinmoyers1179]

You are a Gibson guy? I knew I liked you.

[@hamradiotube]

Yeah buddy!

[@jaycollins2425]

Mike...sorry for your loss. I lost mine in February. They will be missed.

[@hamradiotube]

Hey thanks man. It wasn't my dog, but a friends. I sure did love him though. Such a good boy.

[@W3DRE]

I had to put my Lily down recently due to health issues. She was in pain. It broke my heart.

[@Andy-Cat23]

So sorry for your loss. 😥 Facing that myself in near future. 😥

[@KC1PDW]

Thank you Mike

[@pedrocatalan9814]

Phrack…. I went looking for you when you filmed this cause you came up on ham alert! I even thought to myself, why is he on 7200?😂😂😂

[@hamradiotube]

Lol you're not the only one who's told me that!

[@andrewwilliss6500]

Sweet Black Beauty Dude! De VK5LA🤘

[@Screamingtut]

Mike, did you get my Question. I got an answer from Josh, but I'm looking for your opinion too?

[@hamradiotube]

I just saw it today and honestly I don't have the foggiest idea. I've never even seen that antenna much less used one. All I can say is try it and find out. I wouldn't imagine it would hurt anything. I'll expect a full report on your findings in the morning of course.

[@michaelrosebud]

Thanks Mike for really getting the definitive information I needed, in regards to a 50 watt amplifier for my Xiegu G-90, great job, and I always enjoy your videos. Mike KI4TOL :-)

[@hamradiotube]

You bet. That's what I'm here for. Hope it helped.

[@AliReza-zx8km]

Nice....

[@jamescrofutt8767]

Improve the antenna if possible , 20 to 50 would barely be noticed and you will just use up more battery power ,

[@kingdick4508]

Go back to the guitar solo, then the infamous, “CQ”!

[@hamradiotube]

Maybe one day. But I appreciate that you even know that. That means you've been here for a while and I'm grateful for you watching. CQ!!

[@chuckchamplin6627]

@ K8MRD RADIO STUFF.....Mike can you build a box power box for a bioleno 50 amp hour battery .i have the bat but dont have a the time to build one my self coust be just the box ???????

[@TheWeasel606]

Is there a way to pull your spot on Pota for what ever reason ? Say you are done and moving to another park and only takes 10 minutes to move, Or say you just want to pull the spot and just work those that are already there and finish the pileup.

[@hamradiotube]

Yep. In the comments section where you would spot yourself, just put QRT and it will mark you as done.

[@Philip-KA4KOE]

I built a 4PB....Philip's POTA Portable Power Box.

[@hamradiotube]

nice! email me some pics. I'd love to see it. [e-mail]

[@Philip-KA4KOE]

​@K8MRD RADIO STUFF sure but be warned it's not as nice as your builds. I'm big on acronyms.

[@zl1hog]

Did you steal Haydens MILO?

[@hamradiotube]

Don't worry about it. He made it back safe. That's all that matters.

[@zl1hog]

@@hamradiotube There are two mixes of MILO. A New Zealand one and a Australian one. They tried to sell the Australian one here and the out cry was so large they went back to the New Zealand one. Just a interesting fact FYI.

[@W8MJL]

How I wish folks would re-spot them selves QRT when they're done, it would make the page cleaner. Just humble opinion. 73 de W8MJL

[@charlygoehring6155]

Good stuff man! Bass player here! DE KN6VY - CharlyG

[@ncphotos]

Great video! de W2CSI