Tag: POTA
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 36

A bunch of CMEs battered the planet making HF radio fun difficult. People are noticing the website. And I continue to lazily chase POTA awards. Read all about in this week’s Expired Ham.
Matthew Swint
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Happy Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow veterans out there! I hope you all enjoy your day of thanks.
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 35

I got my antenna mast fixed! We got slammed with some geomagnetic storms. And I had to make a really tough decision.
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 34

I got hit with a temporary pause on home operations this week, built a QRP EFHW for my KH1, and had a very disappointing POTA activation. If any of that sounds interesting, please read on.
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 32

I broke my dry spell, supported one of my local parks in the POTA program, and had a lot of fun working CW. How about you?
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 31

Bought a new soldering iron. What fun things can I build with it? Antennas? Sounds like a plan!
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 26

CW Academy is in full swing again for the Fall classes. I hunted other CW ops during the K1USN SST and participated in the CWOps CW Open contest for the first time this week.
Matthew Swint
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POTA US-1296 – Douthat State Park (VA)

I successfully activating Douthat State Park, but it took three days to do it.
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 22

Not a lot going on this week due to frequent thunderstorms and getting married.
Matthew Swint