CW Activating 101: Managing Partial Calls
I recently received a question from Richard, who asked: “Is it rude to always [add] a ‘?’ with a partial call? And how do you do partials with everyone jumping […]
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Technical Articles
Working Through and Managing Pileups During Park and Summit Activations
Park and summit activating has grown in popularity over the past few years. Indeed, it’s to the point that pileups are not at all uncommon. Here in the U.S., I […]
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Casting a Wider Net: Park and Summit Activations Might be More Accessible Than You Realize
I receive a lot of messages from my readers/subscribers noting that they would love to do POTA or SOTA activations, but either 1) park entities are too far away/inaccessible, or […]
Technical Articles
Are ATUs Necessary for a Field Radio Kit?
In Parts One and Two of our field antenna series we looked at a sampling of resonant and non-resonant field antennas. One of the practical differences between resonant and non-resonant […]
Antenna Tech / Technical Articles
Choosing the Right Non-Resonant Antenna
In Part One of our series on choosing field-portable HF antennas, we discussed some of the factors involved in making a decision. We looked at the practical side of matching […]
Antenna Tech / Technical Articles
How to Choose the Right Resonant HF Field Antenna
I’d estimate that about 90% of my on-the-air time lately is spent in the field. Indeed, since the first day I was licensed back in 1997, I’ve looked for any […]
