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.

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    1 year 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.

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      1 year ago

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

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        1 year 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.

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          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.