It wasn’t the longest contact ever but I did manage Washington state from San Diego last weekend. running 2 watts into a WRC antenna from the QRP-Labs QDX.

  • Ben@lemmy.radioEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m HOA locked in my house but during a SOTA activation I got both coasts (sorta) from the Rockies with 5watts

    • NI6V@lemmy.radioOPMEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s cool, I am HOA locked as well. So every day is field day for me. :) Kind of neat how far one can get with FT8 and low power.

      • Ben@lemmy.radioEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I really want a super small laptop or touchpad I can SOTA with to FT8 when I hike.

        • NI6V@lemmy.radioOPMEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Check out the microsoft surface tab. With Linux they are wonderful, but if you are a windows user they are pretty awesome there too.