FT8 and CW POTA Activation with the sBitx ham radio!

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Published 2024-06-18
Today I take you along to a local wildlife management area to activate it as a POTA entity. POTA is one of my favorite operating styles in my radio hobby. I love using the small portable radios like the sBitx V3 by HF Signals that I used today as well as my other two main rigs I use. The Ten Tec Argonaut V and the Penntek TR-35 both have a permanent place in my operating ecosystem. I use my hamstick mount that I built for my truck hitch and run out a decent radial field and with all this and 20 watts of power... I was able to work a station in JAPAN!!! This is not all, I was also able to complete the activation as well as make over 2 dozen contacts in the time I had alloted.

What a great day! If you want to learn more about the HF Signals sBitx V3 just copy this link below and paste in into your browser. I will make it clickable once the channel is allowed to do so.

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All Comments (5)
  • @davidsaylors
    After rewatching the video I see that I made some simple transcription mistakes with the CW, I have 559 in one place and the report was actually 55N which means the same thing, but for people trying to practice copying code, this could lead to mistakes. I seem to have done this a couple of times so I am sorry about that, if I get the chance, I will edit the raw file and re-upload the video with the correct text.
  • @user-di8ib3rk9s
    Thanks for the interesting video. Question, why the image on the transceiver screen does not take up the whole screen ?
  • @N4GW
    I wish you had some SSB as well