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.

  • w0odlAEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m HOA locked in my house but during a SOTA activation I got both coasts (sorta) from the Rockies with 5watts

    • NI6VOPMEnglish
      3·
      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.

      • w0odlAEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

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

        • NI6VOPMEnglish
          2·
          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.

          • w0odlAEnglish
            1·
            1 year 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.