Becky’s DX CW POTA Activation | 10m ham radio on🔥! | 14 Contacts & 10 Countries with Morse Code
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- The most DX POTA contacts we've EVER had!! As a solar storm approached, we jumped on 10m at lunchtime and it was AMAZING. The first 8 contacts were all DX from different countries, and we also got long distance US contacts. We were camping at Joe Wheeler and used our Icom 7300 to an EFHW on the POTA20 mast. Using 30w, ham radio and morse code reached all over the globe!!
73,
Michael N4FFF es Becky N4BKY
📍 WHERE ARE WE:
Joe Wheeler State Park: www.alapark.co...
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POTA Information : US-1043
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⚙️ OUR GEAR (featured in this video):
ICOM 7300 (also our home RIG)
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Watts : 30
Antenna: Xtenna EFHW:
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Becky’s Key:
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Mast Holder (Aluminum Ground Spike that works perfectly with POTA20)
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Silicone Cable Ties
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Cheap Sony Headphones
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Naturehike FT07 Ultralight Camping Table, 1.6 LBS Portable
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Kelty Low Loveseat Double 2 Person Camping Chair
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Alvantor Screen House Gazebo
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DJI Osmo Pocket 3, Vlogging Camera
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📒Contacts - Thank you everyone!
OK2VWB
SM3NRY
PA4T
DL3LJ
ZS1WJG
SP1FM
VE7CRX
DJ3XM
KG7CW
KJ7BS
IK5QLO
CE3FZL
N6HI
IZ6BTN
⚙️ OTHER GEAR WE USE:
INIU Power Bank USB-C PD Capable
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EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator 1024Wh
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How often do you get DX on a pota?
Not yet. Will have to try it on my 7300 one day.n You two are Wow!
Becky, your straight-key work is so easy to copy. Dot-dash weighting is near perfect. Good job.
Awww, thank you so much for saying! I really do enjoy the straight key and the music it makes 😊🎶 73, Becky es Mike
I love your sending. So readable and smooth.
Awww thank you for saying, Scott. The straight key is my favorite and to me it's like making music on the air! 73, Becky es Mike
@@HamRadioDuo I'm a straight key slave. 😁
Nice contacts. I met a guy from Germany on 20m cw 24 years ago and we've met and are still friends to this day via internet. Great hobby.
Incredible story!
Thank you for sharing that! We love making contacts and then exchanging emails and making new friends from all over the globe. Hearing other peoples stories and where / how they got into ham radio and CW is always a treat! 73, Becky es Mike
Tnx Becky and Mike again for the nice POTA-QSO to AL , 73 de DJ3XM
Was so happy to get you in the logs, John 😊 Hope to hear you again! 73, Becky es Mike
Another Great video duo! Nice contacts! And cool sound defector😎
Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant! What a great day! 33 from Lucy
Thank you! It really was an amazing experience. 73, Becky es Mike
Tu fer nice contact and inspiring me to learn cw . Still a long way to go but i already have a lot of fun hunting pota. 73 Toy Visser ZS1WJG
So happy to hear you've gotten into CW and was great to get you in the logs. Our goal is to show just how fun it is to get out there and get on the air! 73, Becky es Mike
Nice DX! Great video. 73 de K4FR
Thanks Scott and congrats on the new call!! 73, Becky es Mike
wow!!! 👏🏻👏🏻 muy buenos DX, mis felicitaciones, fabulosa banda 10Mtrs
Qué bonita Caravana 🤩 es realmente un espectáculo; poder hacer lo que hacen es un auténtico sueño, y que lo compartan un placer para nosotros, gracias.
73/72
Very good! Yes, 10 meters will be great this winter. Remember to listen for the ARRL 10 meter contest the weekend on December 13. Starts Friday night 7 PM EST. I have even worked over 1000 QSOs in a good 10 meter contest! Signals should be really strong by then.
Wow, those are some amazing numbers for one contest. We will have to look into that more for sure. This was our first real 10m DX experience and it was amazing! 73, Becky es Mike
@@HamRadioDuo you probably can’t imagine how good it can get! You might find my 10 meter antenna video interesting. Halfway through I show how I use the reverse beacon network and 10 meter beacons for testing antennas.
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73,
Don
N4DJ
Great straight key technique! 10 meters has been amazing lately
Thank you! I definitely prefer the straight key😊 Hopefully we will be able to activate 10m again soon! 73, Becky es Mike
Thank you for the nice qso and video, its a very nice thing that you are an Ham radio CW couple! 73! Andrea IK5QLO
Thank you, and was great to get you in the logs. We are so happy to share this hobby together and are having a great time learning and meeting so many great people on the air! 73, Becky es Mike
Some very tough DX but brilliant video, you both made me smile with having earbuds in you were leaning into the speaker for the weak stations 🙂Good to see your cast off Mike. 73 Phil G0BVD
Nice observation, Phil ... Haha! We went back and watched and realized we did that several times. That's funny! Mike is super glad to be free of the giant club but sill a ways to go to recover :-) 73, Becky es Mike
@@HamRadioDuo Mike is in good hands with you looking after him Becky. Have a lovely weekend. 73 Phil
You two made great videos! Where can one buy the sound director / reflector for the IC-7300?
You can email me , good on qrz. We can discuss details of the sound deflector 👍 73
Absolutely 💯 % beautiful
Thank you! We were amazed at the DX map!! 73, Becky es Mike
Great Job on the DX! I tried 10M on my activation on Thursday morning and got no responses :( I was using 10W, so that may have made a difference. I don't treat DX contacts any different than US. They are POTA hunters and just expect the standard exchange. N7BBQ
Excellent job Mike&Becky.. I wud stick with sending AL, we would guess you are from the states by the N... callsign, but you have a big country so knowing roughly whereabout is great 😁😁
Thank you for the suggestion and that does makes a lot of sense. It was new to us to get so many different countries in one activation we really weren't sure what to send 🤣 73, Becky es Mike
I wish some hams would play nice and send at the speed you used. I give the a couple ??? Then QRS.
Can we get the back story on how long both of you been doing CW? thanks
Great question and we appreciate you asking. Several others have asked something similar and we are planning to make a video that goes over our "CW journey". In short, I (Becky) was licensed in March, 2024 and jumped on the air CW right away but mostly because Mike had been a ham for 10 years and was there to help me. He had put down the hobby for several years but jumped back in when I started learning CW. Mike tried his best to help me learn without the same mistakes he did that held him back.
Mike is passionate about encouraging the focus to be on the journey of learning CW. We now know people just learning CW and others who have been on the air with CW for decades. He was initially frustrated with his expectations that weren't very realistic. He describes it as getting a guitar and after a few lessons feeling like you should be a rock star and you're not 🤣🎶 We are now having fun enjoying the process of learning and celebrating all the little milestones along the way!
Thanks again for asking! 73, Becky es Mike
@@HamRadioDuo Thank so much for writing back! I will say you are dang good at CW Becky. Great Videos, This is great to see you guys as a Team in the Ham Radio World. W7LOK. Craig
dang! new camera??
We got the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera not too long ago and love how small it is and with great quality : amzn.to/3Y2wJaO 73, Becky es Mike
Great DX!!
Thanks Lidi, it was really amazing! 73, Becky es Mike