Thanks for taking us along! You are blessed to have so many parks. In TX it would take 2 solid days and over 300 miles to do what you did from my QTH in Leakey, Tx. 73, Don K1DLA
Great stuff, you two. I really enjoy your videos, Michael, and it's really great when you and Joe do videos together. I have learned a lot from you all about portable operations and thank you both for all of your work! W4MMR
My wife worked in Green Lake before we moved to NY. Was a long commute for her as we lived in Weyawega. Loved living there, wish we'd move back at some point.
Looks like Joe & you were having fun....fun video to watch. The hamburger and fries looked great! How does the Battery work....doesn't the FT-891 have a large current draw, even just running 50 Watts? Thanks
Current draw on the Ft-891 is often overstated. It pulls about 1 amp on receive and transmit is whatever mode/power setting you are using. I had a 20ah battery with us and we used only about 6ah for the day. I can get several hours of hard use out of that battery with the rig set to 50 watts. Last month I made over 400 phone contacts in three hours before the battery depleted. There are some things you can do to lessen its consumption, like turning off the DSP and lowering the LCD brightness.
@@KB9VBRAntennas Thank you very much for the information. I usually run QRP CW with a KX2 for SOTA but just bought the FT-891 for "picnic table" POTA. Sounds like your battery will work great running CW at 50 Watts with the 891. Tnx agn for the great videos. Still thinking about the burgers you & Joe had :-)
I have set up in the right-of-way of a 161Kv transmission line and had an S0 noise floor. I was flabbergasted. It was a 3-fer location or I wouldn't have set up so close to them.
Hello Michael. Thanks for the video. You were just a few miles from my house when you were at Radley Creek area.
Nice. You've got some great POTA sites close by from where you live.
That was a treat to watch ! Thanks, guys for a fun journey shared. W3WJ
What a Great Idea, having your own personal POTA Logging Secretary! 😂
Awesome Video!
He's also not half bad at setting up the antenna.
Personal POTA logging secretary....a lot nicer title than what he gave me.
@@joeschoebel1458 Hahaha 😂
Man, your own personal logger. Thats great! haha.
He's also not half bad at setting up the antenna.
I’m building antennas and listening to yall. Good times. Thanx for all the content.
Greetings from New Zealand ZL3BP YOU BOYS ARE MAGIC
Thanks for taking us along! You are blessed to have so many parks. In TX it would take 2 solid days and over 300 miles to do what you did from my QTH in Leakey, Tx. 73, Don K1DLA
But imagine the stories you'd be able to tell. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Awesome story & rove! 73!
Great stuff, you two. I really enjoy your videos, Michael, and it's really great when you and Joe do videos together. I have learned a lot from you all about portable operations and thank you both for all of your work! W4MMR
Joe gets a 12-pack and heads home :) Great video guys de K8MH / Marc in MI
Uffda a 12 pack is a lot for me
That first DX was awesome! ❤
The story about the hippo… my goodness. Blew my heckin’ mind.
Wonderful adventures!
- KF0QNM
Thank you !!!
My wife worked in Green Lake before we moved to NY. Was a long commute for her as we lived in Weyawega. Loved living there, wish we'd move back at some point.
Awesome vid. This is my favorite area of the state to fish. Good stuff sir!
Just gotta watch for those runaway hippos on the Mecan.
@ hahah!
Ah - good ole Andre (KL7AC). Worked him a bunch on CW. BTW - also stayed away from 20 unless I was "desparate".
The Mexican friend says he watches all yours videos
EA1BUL is a 15m stalwart. He always gets me when I activate on 15. 73 & POTA on
Looks like Joe & you were having fun....fun video to watch. The hamburger and fries looked great! How does the Battery work....doesn't the FT-891 have a large current draw, even just running 50 Watts? Thanks
That hamburger was thicc...
Current draw on the Ft-891 is often overstated. It pulls about 1 amp on receive and transmit is whatever mode/power setting you are using. I had a 20ah battery with us and we used only about 6ah for the day. I can get several hours of hard use out of that battery with the rig set to 50 watts. Last month I made over 400 phone contacts in three hours before the battery depleted. There are some things you can do to lessen its consumption, like turning off the DSP and lowering the LCD brightness.
@@KB9VBRAntennas Thank you very much for the information. I usually run QRP CW with a KX2 for SOTA but just bought the FT-891 for "picnic table" POTA. Sounds like your battery will work great running CW at 50 Watts with the 891. Tnx agn for the great videos. Still thinking about the burgers you & Joe had :-)
I have set up in the right-of-way of a 161Kv transmission line and had an S0 noise floor. I was flabbergasted. It was a 3-fer location or I wouldn't have set up so close to them.
I've set up in the vicinity of power lines too, not directly overhead, though. It's a crapshoot if they are going to generate noise or not.
My first activation yesterday was 150ft from high voltage transmission lines and had s0 noise as well. I googled the heck out of that one!
Soo was Joe the one fishing on the hippo?
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john Mu April 21 1838 December 24, 1914, Father of the National parks' naturalist Autor environment philosopher