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10/12/20 Isle Au Haut, ME

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Gear maintenance day. Take care of your gear and y Gear maintenance day. Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you. Cleaning my Gatewood Cape & Enlightened Equipment quilts. #hiker #SOTA
Arrived on in Stonington, ME and we’re heading o Arrived on in Stonington, ME and we’re heading out to Isle au Haut. #SOTA #amateurradio
Heading out (again) to the island of Isle Au Haut, Heading out (again) to the island of Isle Au Haut, Maine tomorrow (10/12/20). Dual activation: SOTA (W1/EM-048) and US Islands (ME25). OTA ~ 11:00am EST. Finally making it out to this island this time. #hamradio #SOTA #USislands
Cutler, Maine #hamradio #Maine https://kb1hqs.com/ Cutler, Maine #hamradio #Maine https://kb1hqs.com/2020/10/11/cutler-coast-public-land/
KB1HQS Trip Report: Back from the Cutler on the Bo KB1HQS Trip Report: Back from the Cutler on the Bold Coast. No camping due to wx/wind however had a lot of fun. kb1hqs.com/2020/10/11/cut… #hamradio #Maine
Heading out to Cutler, ME for an overnight camping Heading out to Cutler, ME for an overnight camping trip on beach @ the Bold Coast. 3rd time trying this trip. Wx forecast poss 30kts gusts, but out of the west so should be GTG. Will be OTA w/ CW, SSB and digital. Bringing all the toys! *deer sleeping in the field #hamradio
Anyone have experience sending WINLINK email via a Anyone have experience sending WINLINK email via a INMARSAT satellite phone using RMS Express? Trying to send an email via TELNET and can't connect. #Hamradio #INMARSAT
Doing some testing of the Inmarsat satellite phone Doing some testing of the Inmarsat satellite phone and access point. Will be interesting to see if I can get it all to play nicely together. #Inmarsat #hamradio
Now on SoundCloud with my SOTA activation recordin Now on SoundCloud with my SOTA activation recordings. soundcloud.com/kb1hqs #SoundCloud #hamradio
White Mountains trip cut short due to me getting s White Mountains trip cut short due to me getting sick as a dog. Still managed to active Mt Moriah and hike 10 miles. #hamradio #SOTA
Tough activation with a long drive, COVID mouth br Tough activation with a long drive, COVID mouth breathers and rough condx. Broken ANT & mast. Field repair worked. KW is insanely remote! Will head back another time. #hamradio #SOTA #POTA
Heading out to Katahdin Woods National Monument (M Heading out to Katahdin Woods National Monument (ME) tomorrow for a triple radio activation: SOTA W1/AM-402; POTA-K-2402; WWFF-4655. OTA: 16:00z. CW and Digital. #hamradio #SOTA #POTA #WWFF
Trappin' at the KB1HQS trap house. Trapping the EF Trappin' at the KB1HQS trap house. Trapping the EFHW Packtenna antenna. *RF Voodo may be required. #SOTA #summitsontheair #hamradio #QRP kb1hqs.com/2020/09/02/tra…
Check it out! My new list of portable radio operat Check it out! My new list of portable radio operators you should be following on social media: kb1hqs.com/2020/08/26/ope… #hamradio #SOTA #qrp
CW reference: cw4u.org/download/CW4U_… #SOTA #ha CW reference: cw4u.org/download/CW4U_… #SOTA #hamradio #CW
Making progress..got the GPS to fire up but then r Making progress..got the GPS to fire up but then realized I wasn't going to lock in any satellites inside. Next up is to wire the sound card and controller. #hamradio #SOTA #QRP
New custom gear backpacking gear from #hilltoppack New custom gear backpacking gear from #hilltoppacks. Bear bag, sit pads and stake bags. #hamradio #SOTA #HIKE
Today's amateur radio project: Order parts from Mo Today's amateur radio project: Order parts from Mouser so I can build a EFHW tuner, some micro WS0TA traps and SWR indicator. Good times! #SOTA #hamradio
My new ham radio badge. I promise to wear it to ev My new ham radio badge. I promise to wear it to every club meeting from now on. #hamradio #hamsexy
Mt Jeff & Washington activated. One broken arrow a Mt Jeff & Washington activated. One broken arrow antenna, a dead battery and rough HF cndx. Portable ops isn't always easy. TU to all my chasers who persisted. #hamradio #SOTA #CW #QRP #POTA #hiker
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