Becky's CW POTA activation near the beach | N4BKY & N4FFF | Close enough to saltwater?
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- Another fun QRP morse code adventure as we biked and then hiked in the sand dunes to another spectacular location so Becky could catch the magic of saltwater! A quiet little pavilion was the perfect spot for a straight key POTA Activation, but was it close enough? Copy along and find out who her hunters were, but don’t mind the mistakes … HIHI!!!
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❓WHO ARE WE?
We're Michael & Becky, also known as N4FFF and N4BKY. We're an adventure couple who also loves CW (morse code) and radio stuff. We are both trying to get better at CW so having two of us there trying to copy really helps us figure most of it out! We love adventures and this is another way for us to get out there and have fun together.
If you catch one of us on the air most likely we are both at the ready. We like to hunt POTA's and each make contact so don't be surprised if you hear from us both.
Please email us or leave a comment if you watch along and make contact with us someday. We'd love to hear from you!
73,
Michael and Becky
N4FFF / N4BKY
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How close do you have to be to get salt water magic?
Hello, I'm always looking forward to your videos. I love your relaxed style of enjoying amateur radio. Please continue to enjoy yourselves together. It's a wonderful amateur radio life.
We are having a great time learning from each other and doing activations together!! Appreciate your comment and although the nerves are still there, it's really nice to have a support person next to you 🙂 73, de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
Always fun to hear my call coming out of someone's receiver! I was mobile in CT... Nice tag-team effort on the activation!
Thanks Alan! Glad you were able to hunt us when out of town. We enjoy hunting when on trips as well. One of us hunts and the other drives 🙂 Hope to hear you on the air again soon! 73, de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
@@HamRadioDuo Glad to work you! FYI - the dah-di-di-dah-dit dah-dah that I sent after my call (the first time) was me signing as W2AEW/M for mobile. Sorry you confused my last letter because of that. Best of luck with your future activations and hunting! 72!
Very cool to hear my station from your end. Nice straight key work. CW forever!!! 73, Mike N9GZ
Thank you Mike! We are really having fun learning CW and getting on the air. It's always interesting to find out what's on the other end of an exchange and that is one reason we enjoy making and sharing the videos. Hope you catch you on the air again! 73 de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
Great activation and cool spot! Thanks for taking us along. @N4BKY, nice straight key fist. Hope to chase/hunt you both. 73 de N4AAJ
Thanks again for joining us 🙂 Comfort level on the straight key (for now) is easier but we understand speed will improve on the paddle as we use it more! de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
Becky you absolutely kill it on that straight key! So fun to watch. 73 de KI7QCF
Thanks Forrest! We are both doing more with a paddle now, but the straight key is definitely a safety net for me :-) I like the simplicity of it and it doesn't tax my brain as much as the paddle because it is so different. Most likely I will keep doing the straight key at least some of the time! Thanks for hunting and getting out there for us and others to hunt as well! 73, de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
Awesome job!!! Mike K4NYX. Salt water is magic! Will be on beach this weekend hopefully and operating.
Thanks Mike! Hope you end up with a lot of saltwater magic this weekend! We will keep an eye out for your activations. 73, de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
MNI TNX !!!! VY , VY NICE !!!! de US4ET Victor. 73!!! ..
Thank you! Hope to get you in the logs one day. 73, de Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
thanks for sharing - you folks wanna have sum fun ?? do like we do in the north - only the radio cause we have no cell or spot page or such - gets real interesting lol 73
That would be a fun and good thing to try. No spots, leave the phones behind, and see how it goes 😊 73, Becky es Mike
Thanks for the video! I'm working on my CW so videos like this are great for learning! N7BBQ
Thank you! We both are enjoying learning CW together and love to hear when we can help and inspire others to learn and get on the air! 73, de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)
Hi Both, another excellent video. Do you not have the CW decoder switched on with the QMX for added back up? I still struggle with H & 4 🙂73 Phil G0BVD
Thank you Phil!! We try the best we can to copy without using a decoder. When we rely on it, it's almost like our brains shut off because we know it's there 🙂. As a "what was that??" moment it's there, but sometimes it misses things too... HIHI!!! de Becky and Michael (N4BKY / N4FFF)