It wasn’t the longest contact ever but I did manage Washington state from San Diego last weekend. running 2 watts into a WRC antenna from the QRP-Labs QDX.

  • NI6VOPMEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    That’s cool, I am HOA locked as well. So every day is field day for me. :) Kind of neat how far one can get with FT8 and low power.

    • w0odlAEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I really want a super small laptop or touchpad I can SOTA with to FT8 when I hike.

      • NI6VOPMEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Check out the microsoft surface tab. With Linux they are wonderful, but if you are a windows user they are pretty awesome there too.

        • w0odlAEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I’d be torn between windows and linux for radio purposes. For work, it’s linux all day, but most of my logging and digital needs are windows apps. I’d also be interested in a small android device for hikes. A cell phone would lighten the load quite a bit.