SOTA Southern Desert Region Antenna Selection
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Every so often we need to slow down and enjoy the process. In this video I make a concerted effort to slow my entire process down until I get a little pile up. Spent a lot more time on this summit than normal and mat have found a new way to activate my SOTA peaks. I show some portable QRP antennas I use and talk about a few ham radio tricks and tips. Hope you enjoy and please remember to subscribe.
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Who else needs to slow down on their SOTA activations? Even when I purposefully set out to slow down, I found myself ramping up my pace on that little pile up I had so I wouldn't miss anybody 😜
Saw that you were on yesterday but wasn't able to make contact. Did hear others calling you. Maybe next time. Congrats on the new position. JJK
@@johnkershaw9575 Thanks John and hopefully on the next one we can make it work.
Yeah man! Good to have you back!
Good to be back brother. Still want a crack at that AX1 if possible lol. When are you going to get on DStar
Jerry,
Another great video. I liked the views of the summit and enjoyed seeing how you set up. Thanks for taking the time to show us the different antennas that you use, I just got a push up pole and looking forward to trying the random wire antenna that you showed us with my KX3.
73 George KB3WAQ
Thank you Jerry. Great video. I personally appreciate it when you explain the basics. As a newer ham and a beginner Sota activator it really helps to have some guidance that doesn't assume that I know something that I don't.
Keep them coming. Mark KM6MCG
Thanks Mark! Trust me, I really hope my channel reaches and inspires people just like you. The more the merrier that get involved with SOTA IMO. Feel free to make video topic suggestions too. Sometimes I blow past things that may be obvious to me and not others so whatever I can do to help new people out would be personally satisfying.
Great video! Very informative. I lol'd at "Take care and have a nice day, gotta run." "Hey I'd like my signal report? Signal report?" 😜 It's always awesome to hit Hawaii.
Ya, I was like, hold on man I gotta know my sig report lol... he was a cool dude and excellent contact on the patented "HQD" speaker wire antenna hahaha
@@KG6HQDJerrySOTA Sorry I couldn't get ya, but not for lack of trying... I pulled out all the stops man. Your signal was just too DX for me 😁 Don sounded great, exactly like D-Star but with a noise floor.
Well we will try again my friend. It’ll happen.
Glad to hear that you are slowing down. I worry about your heart in 15 more years. Trust me after heart surgery, my doctor told me to do exactly what you are doing. I was a serious runner and 53 years old when it happened. I just want you to be around making these good videos with all this neat stuff.
Thanks Tommy. Honestly, it was so relaxing and felt great. I hustle all the time at work and even at home. I’m a busy body by nature so this is going to take some practice but the thing I need to remember is I’m really only competing against myself for the MG. Another thing, I am enjoying this SOTA journey so much I don’t want it to end so what’s the rush. Thanks for the great reminder.
Sometimes you got to take a break to reset. Outstanding views there. Start slowing down now, retirement is coming up!
Heck ya! And then more summits to conquer, slower of course though lol
Fantastic video. One of these days I’ll get out there and SOTA.
I hope you do Tim, it’s the most fun I’ve had with ham radio in 20 years.
Good job on the video Jerry! Glad I made contact with you on HF. I'll catch you on the Jerrynet! 73 - K6SPA
For sure Steve and I wish I would have turned the volume to the KX2 down a little more to allow better audio quality for the video but being somewhat deaf I had to keep it loud a little. Headed out the door in few so I'll be on REF12A shortly 👍
Love the dog shadows Good job
Funny, I was telling someone else I don't worry too much about bears and lions where I"m at because I have her running around and checking my perimeter hehe. If I were in grizzly country I'd think a little differently though for sure.
Nice video, nice activation Jerry! keep on Keeping on! 73, George K2WO
Thanks George
HAHAH, all those hams with their live stream equipment on the bands these days! :D I'm dying. @29:45
I know man.. I wasn’t able to catch the call sign cuz I lost interest but listen the heck up people before rambling on would be a nice gesture.
This is Anthony KM6QCG! So bummed to miss you. I was packing up on the summit and saw your SOTA Goat post and tried calling you on 14.34. Didn’t realize you were back looking for me on 14.275! Hope to catch you next time. I’m a pretty new ham; love watching your videos. I got into SOTA after seeing how much fun you were having. Great video today. Take care 73.
Hey Anthony so glad to see you connected here! Did you get the APRS message I sent? We were probably just missing one another. Let’s connect on Twitter so we can stay up to date on our activations. Oh, and so cool to know the videos are motivating others to start SOTA. Makes me smile 👍🏻
Good stuff, a nice slow ride. 73 K8TSG
I tired, then laughed at myself when that little pile up hit. I went stupid fast again ... dooh!
No doubt once again a great video, fun to watch with lots of learning.....by the way is ur dog wearing some sort of GPS Tracker collar...just curious
Thanks! No, no tracking collar she usually sticks pretty close to me but since she hadn’t been out in a while she needed to stretch her legs too and this outing really wasn’t a hike so I let her run the area and be a dog.
Awesome Jerry. 73 ZS5TC
Great video! Have never done a SOTA activation. Keep up the great work! I will be up in Big Bear in a few weeks!
Ahhhh, well caution they are rather addicting. Thanks for checking out the vids.
@@KG6HQDJerrySOTA That's what I hear! Well back to putting the new radio in the new mobile. Videos to follow soon..... PS no more D-STAR
@@WJ6FRadio why no more D-Star?
@@KG6HQDJerrySOTA I found it to not be very active and I kept having issues with getting on the PAPA System repeaters.
Oh man not cool. Are you on Twitter? Remind me if we are connected there cuz we’ve got a great group and regular thing going one of the guys dubbed the #JerryNet on REF12A during my commute home. Be great to have you for sure if you still have that radio.
Hey Jerry another super nice video. Cool view want to go there. Hey I'm curious at what time in the morning you run this Sota? 20 m is dead in the morning over here South FL. 73! Please say Hi to Tony k9arv.
Hey Ed I started this one around 1000 AM PST. Most of my activations are usually mid-morning PST but spotting on sotawatch is key for the activity. Remind me your call sign please & hope to catch you on an activation too. Tony is good to go btw 👍🏻
Hi Jerry, What headphones are you using with VOX and how did you set it up on KX2? 73, KF&ZVL
Hey Kelley - I have used my iPhone ear buds and my Heil Pro Micro. I recently tried using a lavalier mic clipped to my headset for VOX and iPhone ear buds and it worked well. I did find the VOX use a tad touchy as it was exposed to wind and movement when I was moving around causing the VOX to prematurely activate. I prefer my Heil headset for sure but when I want to go ultra light and compact I know the iPhones and lav mic will do the trick. Play with your VOX inhibitor and other setting to get it to your taste for activating and you’re all set. Hope that helps but if not let me know and I’ll throw a quick video together on it.
Jerry what a great view up there! Are you set up VOX? we need to build you an End Fed like I use. 73 Scott AK6Q
Hey Scott, totally use VOX like 99% of time but when trying to talk to camera sometimes I’ll switch it off and just hit the xmit button. I have those parts still and it’s on my list of things to do. Maybe I visit you again and video that build if you’re up for it. 😁
Sure... then we will need to take it to a local quick SOTA and prove it out!
Now that’s a great plan 👍🏻 .. I’ll hit you up offline to coordinate.
Break for super loop Lol
W6KLE
73
Jerry, did you do 40m on this summit?? I was looking for you but I could not hear you on 20m.
I hopped over there for a short while looking for a S2S but then went back to 20m pretty quick. Guess I should have made a better effort on 40m instead of parking it for so long on 20m... next time I will
Great video but we have to kill the wind noise...
Tell me about it! I tried an external mic for the GoPro but it sucked so bad it made the wind noise a welcome item. Maybe when I make it big on UA-cam I’ll get a mirrorless camera & a dead cat covered shotgun mic 👍🏻
Hi Jerry very nice Video Greetingsc from near Cambodia 🇰🇭 Border 73 72
Kurt HS0ZBS ex HB9AMZ
Hi Kurt, thanks for the comment all the way from Cambodia 👍🏻. Be awesome to get you in the log book too one day.
Slow down, you move too fast
You've got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy...
Ya man, exactly