Parks On The Air - My First Ever Activation - CQ POTA

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Tim G5TM

Tim G5TM

Күн бұрын

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@k6kwi
@k6kwi 9 ай бұрын
And now you understand !! LoL Isn't it an absolute rush!? Glad you had so much fun & thanks for posting the video.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
It was great fun!
@ll-bc7ou
@ll-bc7ou 9 ай бұрын
Nice Tim, thank you for sharing 150 contacts mobile with a simple wire antenna amazing. 73's watching in nyc.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
No problem it was great fun!
@LB0FI
@LB0FI 9 ай бұрын
Happy to have you in the POTA family! Looks like you had a blast!
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
It was great Mort!
@thehamjazz
@thehamjazz 9 ай бұрын
Wooohoooo Tim! That’s awesome buddy - the giddy feeling you showed at the end, never stops when you have crazy fun activations like that. POTA ON BUDDY! 🎉
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Same back at you Simon! 73
@G7LJL-Steve_Murton
@G7LJL-Steve_Murton 9 ай бұрын
Just joined POTA . I’ll give it a go the next time I’m up on wye downs conservation area. Great new opportunity. Thanks Tim. Ps my nearest park is 500m from my QTH Conningbrook Lakes Country Park G-0377. What a fantastic opportunity. And there’s me thinking pota was just US. It’s world wide. Thanks again Tim. ❤ PPS just looked on the POTA map at the lakes and it’s had 0 activations I’ll have to activate that one asap . My daughter lives on the new conningbrook lakes estate. The lakes are old aggregate extractions an old Brett stone and gravel site. Regards
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Go for it Steve!!! 73
@G7LJL-Steve_Murton
@G7LJL-Steve_Murton 9 ай бұрын
Hi Tim, activated my local park today (Saturday) on 40m, G-0377 Conningbrook lakes country park. It’s the first Activation for the park. Got the bug now. Thanks again Tim.
@maddogshamradio3407
@maddogshamradio3407 9 ай бұрын
Hi Tim, what a fantastic QSO count. In Australia we just don’t have the concentration of hams to get those numbers. I’ve done over 300 parks but usually average around 20-30 contacts per activation. What I witnessed in your first activation was amazing. 73, Marty VK4KC
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Hey Marty it was a blast!
@spython1553
@spython1553 9 ай бұрын
I see you decided to ease your way into POTA! 😅 In all seriousness, that was a pretty great job in handling that pile up. Well done! 👏
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you! It was great fun
@m7trsradio
@m7trsradio 9 ай бұрын
Wow I need a rest and a drink after watching that. Fantastic work Tim 👏🏽 73
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you sir!
@COASTALWAVESWIRES
@COASTALWAVESWIRES 9 ай бұрын
I need a beer and a cigarette after watching that and I don’t even smoke hahaha that was great!
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 8 ай бұрын
Ha ha!!
@theoldhobbit3640
@theoldhobbit3640 9 ай бұрын
Excellent effort Tim, really good fun just watching 😅. I quite fancy a bit of POTA having just bought an FT991a and very interested to see how my 25w will do. Great vlog and thanks for sharing. M6KVK
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Gary! Great fun!
@ZL1BQDRoly
@ZL1BQDRoly 9 ай бұрын
Welcome to the wonderful world of POTA Activation....Cheers
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Cheers Roly!
@KI5DDO
@KI5DDO 9 ай бұрын
Your reaction at the end sums it up perfectly! I’ve been there with POTA and almost need a minute just to reorient what just happened 😂. 73! Hope to work ya one day!
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed it! I’ll watch out for you!
@Dap8998
@Dap8998 9 ай бұрын
What a great time you had!!! Well done. 73
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 8 ай бұрын
Thanks I had a blast!
@David-km8in
@David-km8in 9 ай бұрын
Hi Tim. Congratulations on your first Pota. Big smiles. David M0DUU
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you David!
@ianchapman2647
@ianchapman2647 9 ай бұрын
Glad you had a blast Tim. It’s a lot of fun 👍🏼
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Sure is!!
@StevenHailstone
@StevenHailstone 9 ай бұрын
Great job, Tim! "Being the DX" as the hunted activator gives you quite the buzz. At the most I run 50 watts, but at this point in the sun cycle I am content with QRP, and am quite surprised at the results. No Japan, though, so far. 73, K3SLH
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it too!
@kennethblackwell1137
@kennethblackwell1137 9 ай бұрын
Well done Tim.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE
@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE 9 ай бұрын
Really well done Tim, you were almost speechless at the end! I'm surprised it was you first POTA and what a baptism! I would be glad of your advice. I'm planning to make a drive on mast mount and was thinking of a DX Commander or similar pole. What length would you suggest, I guess somewhere between 7 and 10 metres? 😃 👍
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
10m pole works for me!
@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE
@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE 9 ай бұрын
@@timg5tm941 Thanks Tim, I appreciate you giving it some thought and confirmation, buying the wrong pole would make the wallet wince a little! I did consider 12m but am not sure if will make much practical difference.
@wblue74
@wblue74 9 ай бұрын
Keep meaning to try POTA and SOTA. I swear I will get around to it when I fathom out how to join.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Go for it!
@wblue74
@wblue74 9 ай бұрын
@@timg5tm941 I would do Tim, but SOTA must be the crappest website ever invented. They say on the reflector site they have a problem with people "forgetting passwords and resetting". It looks exactly the same as the main site. I have so many passwords for them, my Mac doesn't know which is which anymore and neither do I. Maybe the problem is actually theirs for poor design, if it happens so often. All I would like to see on their site is an Idiot's Guide for folk like me and the other fools who get locked out, showing how to register and not lose passwords, and submit logs.
@G7LJL-Steve_Murton
@G7LJL-Steve_Murton 9 ай бұрын
It’s easy to join. All of 5 mins.
@wblue74
@wblue74 9 ай бұрын
@@G7LJL-Steve_Murton Everything is easy when you know how. These days, KZbin is THE place to post walkthroughs and how-to guides.
@willian.direction6740
@willian.direction6740 9 ай бұрын
Well done Tim that was a work out. I did a first time activated park on a Saturday morning one time. Got the VKFF 44 QSO's in 28 minutes all on SSB man it was busy.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Great stuff!
@MikeN2MAK
@MikeN2MAK 9 ай бұрын
Looks like you had a little fun there. Hope to get you in the log park-to-park sometime. I've used a 20m EFHW vertical too and it kicks butt for portable ops.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
One day Mike!
@adyg6ad73
@adyg6ad73 9 ай бұрын
EFHW rocks and so do you! Great activation 👍
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Cheers buddy!
@FIL357
@FIL357 9 ай бұрын
Great stuff Tim. I’ll have to try that! Inspired me 👍😀73. Phil, Suffolk.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Phil!
@JosephVE3GKT
@JosephVE3GKT 9 ай бұрын
Around 7:30 it sounded like a JA saying "arigato", and your response sounded like "a bientot". Too many Qs with France in the extended solar minimum, eh? ;) Sounds like you had a great time! POTA is a blast! 73 VE3GKT
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
I need to write that down for JA stations!! 73
@alzag6hpr553
@alzag6hpr553 9 ай бұрын
Well done Tim, excellent work. I must try and get on HF sometime and have ago. Cheers Tim 73👍
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
You should!
@N2NWK
@N2NWK 9 ай бұрын
Congratulations and Welcome to POTA. Hope to work you one day. 73 de N2NWK in Washington DC
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@M0RSF
@M0RSF 9 ай бұрын
Well done Tim. The smile on your face at the end said it all. 73 Chris M0RSF
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Chris - hope all is well!
@corsavic1
@corsavic1 9 ай бұрын
wow you did a great job, might try it one day
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks, I recommend it!
@ea5jn
@ea5jn 9 ай бұрын
Nice Job Tim, Congrat 73 ea5jn.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@robertabbott7770
@robertabbott7770 9 ай бұрын
Whoosh !!! and breathe again - well done Tim . Rob 2E0GQL
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Cheers Rob!
@m1sdh
@m1sdh 9 ай бұрын
Well that pile up knackered you out 😆 Can see why it's easy to catch the POTA bug 😉 Great contact into Japan as well 👍 73
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks! I was totally shattered LOL
@StuM0OVG
@StuM0OVG 9 ай бұрын
Nice one Tim, I hope to work you sometime as a Park 2 Park soon.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Cheers Stuart, hope all is well?
@Clark-N1NVK
@Clark-N1NVK 9 ай бұрын
Welcome to the POTA club.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@LB4FH
@LB4FH 9 ай бұрын
Glad to see you had fun out portable 👍🏻
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Yes it was great fun!
@DK5ONV
@DK5ONV 9 ай бұрын
Tim you just rock...💯💥👊
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Ha! Thank you sir!
@AndrewElias-2W0DSP
@AndrewElias-2W0DSP 9 ай бұрын
Well done mate, nice to get a pile up like that lol, 73s bachgen
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Diolch Andrew!
@donz7992
@donz7992 9 ай бұрын
Congratulations, Tim! First I worked you on the air Friday and now got to see your first POTA experience. Hope to get you in the log on a P2P some day! 73 de KC0DWZ
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Fab stuff!
@ve7ajk
@ve7ajk 9 ай бұрын
Good on ya Tim!
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@brianfields4479
@brianfields4479 9 ай бұрын
well done, thought our hobby was relaxing hi hi, thats what it was like for me on 20m ssb last night.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Great fun Brian!
@labcat73
@labcat73 9 ай бұрын
😂 It's quite an experience if you are suddenly a super super popular callsign... (Not that you ever had problems getting contacts.) I am still recovering mentally from my last ssb activation as an introvert. And that were less contacts. It's hard work, but so much fun. 73 Tobias
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Absolutely Tobias!
@Andyg7sqw
@Andyg7sqw 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim great to get you in the log. Enjoy your activations. Andy G7SQW
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Likewise Andy!
@pulponair
@pulponair 9 ай бұрын
welcome to my world :) cute blush in your face :)
@alzeNL
@alzeNL 9 ай бұрын
Awesome Tim ! Looking forward to making some P2P :)
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!
@brian.7966
@brian.7966 9 ай бұрын
well done Tim.
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Brian
@daron2428
@daron2428 9 ай бұрын
Pota is great hopefully I'll get a park 2 park with you. One-day
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Fingers crossed!
@garyh8315
@garyh8315 9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 That was fantastic. Nearly around the world in 30 minutes.😂 Where was Manuel tho, EA2DT. A WWff, POTA or SOTA doesn't sound the same without him. Well done Tim, thanks for sharing
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
I think he was in my log!
@vk4foo
@vk4foo 9 ай бұрын
You're a little speed 😈 on the Park On The Air. FOO listening😊
@DXCommanderHQ
@DXCommanderHQ 9 ай бұрын
Great Thumbnail!
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Yeah I know 😉
@davidlucas6837
@davidlucas6837 9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Tim, G8XDD
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up Dave!
@Wayde-VA3NCA
@Wayde-VA3NCA 9 ай бұрын
Welcome to the POTA obsess^H^H^H^H^H^HFamily! Enjoy😁
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Ha!! Thanks!
@theradiorover
@theradiorover 9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 class!
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Fraser!
@paulwynneroberts1731
@paulwynneroberts1731 9 ай бұрын
Ardderchog Tim. Gobeithio trio POTA fy hyn yn yr haf. Diolch Tim. 2W0IEP 73
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
dylech roi cynnig arni! diolch am ddweud helo. 73
@ORMO1993
@ORMO1993 9 ай бұрын
Thank you Tim, i was literally watching your video before i heard you on POTA ! :D 73, SP7EZG :)
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoyed it!
@2E0UDX
@2E0UDX 9 ай бұрын
Well done Tim great watch pal 73 2e0udx
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you sir!
@jens_voigt
@jens_voigt 9 ай бұрын
Wohoo, what a pile up, but you've mastered it excellent. Congrats, es vy 73s de DG1VJ
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mickeyred
@mickeyred 9 ай бұрын
Great to get you for a P2P activation. Mick G1BCP
@timg5tm941
@timg5tm941 9 ай бұрын
Likewise Mick!
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