POTA Blooper: Activation with KM4CFT and a Self-Spot Gone Wrong!

[@ThomasK4SWL]

qrper.com/2024/07/morning-pota-with-km4cft-back-to-back-activations-with-the-venerable-yaesu-ft-818/?swcfpc=1 Click the link above to read full details about this activation, including all equipment links, at QRPer.com.

[@lycoguy]

Some real speed on a few of those coming in. Great Video!

[@dxporker]

That second was me WV8T. Great video Thomas

[@robertallbright]

Great stuff Thomas thankyou Rob G3RCE

[@spivey8481]

It was great to get you in my log Thomas! You made my 3rd cw contact. I’m glad you could hear me cause I couldn’t hear myself in the video. lol 73’s Brian W8KBM.

[@ThomasK4SWL]

Thank you for the contact!

[@StuartM0TTQAmateurRadio]

There are probably also people who have you in Hamalert who will turn up on a frequency without going to the POTA webpage first and who won't realise you've QRTed the spot. That doesn't excuse their failure to listen of course!

[@w2aew]

Blue wire strikes again! Yay!

[@ThomasK4SWL]

It's pure blue magic, it is! :)

[@N5PJ]

I know I am preaching to the choir, but you should always copy who you are talking to before you call them do not depend on spots. Accidents happen! Some of those may have been pushing spot before they even worked. KM4CFT. Good luck with the new product whatever it is!

[@N5PJ]

A lot of people were probably chasing the 13 colony Special Event so they were white at the radio 2 pounds on your spot…

[@KC2BKM]

Ordered a Paddle kit from Jonathan. Great guy. Looking forward to my first kit build.

[@ThomasK4SWL]

He is a great fellow.

[@toddhowell2299]

I finally got an FT-817 with a CW filter. Night and day difference. Strangely, the filter had been installed incorrectly so the previous owners must not have ever used it. I found out when I went to do a POTA activation and had no audio :( It was right side up (a common mistake), but the pins weren't going into one of the connectors. Haha, I didn't see you lock the VFO and wondered how you managed to never bump it. Question answered. The tight controls can be tricky with that radio.

[@ThomasK4SWL]

The 817 plus CW filter is a proper Morse machine! I love the audio.

[@jayKQ4DUX]

I guess if that spotting mistake happens again, you could respot on an unlikely frequency like 160m or 2m and hopefully people wouldn't respot you.

[@ThomasK4SWL]

I tried 14.000 MHz, but that didn't seem to make a difference. :) You're right: maybe 10GHz? :)

[@Blake-jl8lh]

what size is the gr1 you have?

[@ThomasK4SWL]

I think it's 21L.