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  • @MyHamRadioJourney
    @MyHamRadioJourney 8 дней назад

    Sorry to hear about your brother. It is great you got the new parks on the list. Always nice to see you out activating. 73s

  • @mohamedlaribi8355
    @mohamedlaribi8355 Месяц назад

    Good moning thomas vers Nice vedio nice to met you 73 QRO mohamed

  • @potatoslim2332
    @potatoslim2332 Месяц назад +1

    I see your writing piece is the same as Thomas too. He has quite the taste in pencils and pads. I enjoy his content and find your content to be just as entertaining. I'll watch you for however long you post your POTA journey :-)

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest Месяц назад

      Haha I copy just about everything Thomas does but the one thing that happened to be a coincidence was the mechanical pencil! 😂Thank you for your kind words and for watching my activation of US-11642, it was a special one! :)

  • @IanNA4A
    @IanNA4A Месяц назад

    Nice to get you in the log again!

  • @UndrwearBomber
    @UndrwearBomber 22 дня назад

    Sorry about your brother. That sucks man. Awesome tribute with the Russian key and all the flowers. 73 de N6VHF

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest 22 дня назад +1

      @@UndrwearBomber thanks, Neil. Means a lot.

  • @N4AAJ
    @N4AAJ Месяц назад

    Very cool that you were able to get new parks added! There's a newer park close to me that I'd like to get added. Im gonna check into the process. 73 de N4AAJ

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest 29 дней назад +1

      Do it! You can get a list of state representatives for POTA and then contact yours directly about getting it added. Good luck

    • @N4AAJ
      @N4AAJ 29 дней назад

      @Utahforrest thank you sir! I'm gonna go for it. 73

  • @3dntheli
    @3dntheli Месяц назад

    Another really nice video Forrest…

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest Месяц назад

      Thank you! I appreciate it.

  • @k9kj
    @k9kj Месяц назад +1

    Love the key! 😎

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest Месяц назад +1

      I love it! Your channel literally introduced me to every key I now own 😊.

  • @nutritionperfection
    @nutritionperfection 2 месяца назад +1

    Ferrites have an impedance curve that allows them to absorb RF currents, the ferrites on your coax are most likely mix 31 ferrites used as a common mode choke to reduce RFI.

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest 2 месяца назад

      Good to know! This cable worked great today across 8 activations at 8 parks. ABR industries designs some cool looking cables. Thanks for watching !

    • @nutritionperfection
      @nutritionperfection 2 месяца назад

      @@Utahforrest Awesome. Glad everything worked for you and also that you were able to share the story about your brother. Sorry for your loss.
      As a side note, to be spotted on the POTA site via RBN you need to have scheduled the activation (or had someone already spot you). RBN will find you but unless someone has spotted you or you scheduled your activation, the POTA site won't know to scrape your data from RBN. For the park info the POTA spot uses your scheduled info as RBN uses QRZ station location for its location data which obviously isn't accurate.
      Keep up the good work brother.

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest 2 месяца назад +1

      @@nutritionperfection ok this is good to know! Yeah I got stuck at another activation today (over 3 hours) and had to run out of the canyon to get spotted. I’m definitely going to start scheduling now. That’s something I should’ve been aware of haha! Thanks for your kind words and input. 👍🏻
      I have another activation video I’ll upload tomorrow. Thanks and 73!

    • @haletd
      @haletd 2 месяца назад +1

      Great activation, Forrest! I'm so glad I was able to catch you as the last contact! I was actually on call at the hospital and was using my friend's Flex radio remotely. Like the other comment said, ferrites on the coax work as a choke. Depending on the antenna, you can place the choke on the radio or at the antenna. For example, if you are using an EFHW and want to use the coax shield as a counterpoise, place the ferrites on the radio side. Those RA1AOM keys look amazing, and I hear they are wonderful to use. Another note about the RBN and spotting: if you add an activation on the POTA site before you head to the park, the RBN will spot you automatically. Occasionally, the link between the RBN and POTA site is broken, but it works most of the time. It's great when you don't have cell service. Another option is Sotamat; however, I haven't tried that yet. 73, K5OHY

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest 2 месяца назад +1

      @haletd thanks, Tim! That’s great info. As I’m hitting remote WMAs I regularly lose cell service so I’ll begin using that feature. Thanks for hunting me at 3 new parks today! I have another video I’m uploading now from my last activation last night. 73

  • @ianwraith3251
    @ianwraith3251 Месяц назад

    Nice video , I really enjoyed it. Sorry about your brother though.

  • @davidledfordw4jl322
    @davidledfordw4jl322 Месяц назад

    RBN don’t tell where you at, but if you go into POTA and setup an activation and RBN grabs you it’ll spot you at the POTA you setup. Got to be careful with doing multiple POTA, it can spot you at the wrong POTA. If you get spotted and RBN grabs you, it will also keep you spotted at the POTA. W4JL Dave NC

    • @Utahforrest
      @Utahforrest Месяц назад +1

      Thank you, Dave! I see we had a QSO together at US-10067. Thanks for the explanation. Funny enough later that day during my string of activations that exact thing happened. Couldn't add my spot and started calling CQ at a new park. When I drove out to finally add the spot it was spotting me at the previous park. I've since learned about scheduling the activation! Appreciate you watching and 73!

    • @davidledfordw4jl322
      @davidledfordw4jl322 Месяц назад

      @@Utahforrest no problem and I was QRP when we worked here in NC, using the 891 at 5w into a homebrew 10-40 49:1 EFHW up about 35 feet. I enjoy QRP CW activation on SOTA’s especially if they are within POTA myself, just something about being outside with a scenery playing radio. 72