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Very short POTA effort over my lunch hour at K-2326, Walnut Woods State Park. Big thanks to those who heard my small 20m CW signal! This park is in Des Moines, Iowa near the airport. At times, the sound of planes made hearing difficult. Otherwise, a near-perfect day for POTA.
Lessons learned :
1) I struggled with keying using the cwmorse.us paddles. Later that day, I discovered that if the speaker was plugged in, sometimes the keyer would glitch. Must be RFI. I'm going to try to fix that.
2) Don't tangle the radials.
3) Need a better way to record audio & use headphones - especially near an airport.
4) Don't position the camera behind my head (sorry about that!).
5) I still have a lot to learn about this video software.
Rig: Elecraft KX3
Antenna: BD7IBI 5.6m (17ft) whip on mirror mount + 4 x 33ft radials
M10 adapter: This allows the M10 threads on the whip to work with the 3/8-24 base. snakeclamp.com... (not affiliated or sponsored).
Paddles: cwmorse.us outdoor model with magnets
Logging: HAMRS app on Amazon Fire tablet (2020 8" model)
Thanks to HOA Ham for recommending the antenna/adapter
Music by Bensound