How To Use The POTA Spotting Page

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What Portable Power Can You Use For Parks On The Air? What About Amplifiers?
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@MattPatterson1411 Жыл бұрын

Henceforth I shall now request a Stevie Ray Vaughan riff performed by K8MRD before each one of his videos. Make it so.

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Oh boy that's a big ask. I darn near cry when I listen to SRV play Little Wing.

@MattPatterson1411 Жыл бұрын

@@hamradiotube was thinking more like Crossfire or Pride and Joy but Little Wing will work too. lol Heck were in Texas, any SRV is good SRV in my book.

@TravelinHam Жыл бұрын

Immediately after Mike said, “If you overdrive your amp, your guitar sounds like this!” I got a Skittles commercial.

@KC1PDW Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike

@luiscambra1952 10 ай бұрын

Great voice, friendly mocking and lots of fun. Hold on! 😃

@richnmib1939 9 ай бұрын

Nice Les Paul!

@hamradiotube 9 ай бұрын

Well thank you very much!

@lf7961 Жыл бұрын

Thankful for answers on how to spot and re-spot.

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Hey my pleasure. I hope it helps.

@byronkroeger198 Жыл бұрын

dxcc and worked all states are allowed on Warc bands. Pota is like a mini dx-expedition and chasing dx.

@kevingaukel4950 Жыл бұрын

Admittedly, I bought a prebuilt power box that holds a 40 Amp-Hour Bioenno and love it. Been running my POTA station from home and it works well. Looking to do some activations soon.

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

That's pretty hard to pass up I'd imagine. Hope you get out to do your own POTA activation. You could prob go week with 40AH lol!

@AD6DMDennis Жыл бұрын

Oh snap, he busts out the guitar in this one!!!

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

All about the jams

@jerryKB2GCG Жыл бұрын

Guess it’s time for me to pull out my harp.

@W3DRE Жыл бұрын

Mike on the guitar made my day! Shred it brother!

@michaelrosebud Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike for really getting the definitive information I needed, in regards to a 50 watt amplifier for my Xiegu G-90, great job, and I always enjoy your videos. Mike KI4TOL :-)

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

You bet. That's what I'm here for. Hope it helped.

@NSNorfolk Жыл бұрын

Going from 20W out to 50W out makes approx 1/2 "S Unit" difference on the receive end.

@spareiChan Жыл бұрын

True but going from 5 to 50 makes a big difference. even 10 to 20 can change a 45 to a 55

@AliReza-zx8km Жыл бұрын

Nice....

@andrewwilliss6500 Жыл бұрын

Sweet Black Beauty Dude! De VK5LA🤘

@LambertMatias Жыл бұрын

0:027 You said 3 great questions but held up 4 fingers...I'm still waiting for the 4th question. Lol! Another good Mailbag Monday, thanks. Plus, as a Chicago Blues harmonica guy I can really appreciate the overdrive example. Cheers and 73!

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

One of those has to be right lol! If you play Chicago Blues (their pizza still sucks) you'll appreciate this intro...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNOejayU27zPfZ8.html

@LambertMatias Жыл бұрын

@@hamradiotube Blues Brothers Baby!!

@jerryKB2GCG Жыл бұрын

LOL, I saw your spot on HamAlert Mike, ran upstairs and turned on the rig to 7200 and didn’t hear you 😊😂😂

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Syke!

@pedrocatalan9814 Жыл бұрын

Phrack…. I went looking for you when you filmed this cause you came up on ham alert! I even thought to myself, why is he on 7200?😂😂😂

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Lol you're not the only one who's told me that!

@chuckchamplin6627 Жыл бұрын

@ K8MRD RADIO STUFF.....Mike can you build a box power box for a bioleno 50 amp hour battery .i have the bat but dont have a the time to build one my self coust be just the box ???????

@jaycollins2425 Жыл бұрын

Mike...sorry for your loss. I lost mine in February. They will be missed.

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks man. It wasn't my dog, but a friends. I sure did love him though. Such a good boy.

@W3DRE Жыл бұрын

I had to put my Lily down recently due to health issues. She was in pain. It broke my heart.

@Andy-Cat23 Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss. 😥 Facing that myself in near future. 😥

@Screamingtut Жыл бұрын

Mike, did you get my Question. I got an answer from Josh, but I'm looking for your opinion too?

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

I just saw it today and honestly I don't have the foggiest idea. I've never even seen that antenna much less used one. All I can say is try it and find out. I wouldn't imagine it would hurt anything. I'll expect a full report on your findings in the morning of course.

@jamescrofutt8767 Жыл бұрын

Improve the antenna if possible , 20 to 50 would barely be noticed and you will just use up more battery power ,

@kingdick4508 Жыл бұрын

Go back to the guitar solo, then the infamous, “CQ”!

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Maybe one day. But I appreciate that you even know that. That means you've been here for a while and I'm grateful for you watching. CQ!!

@TheWeasel606 Ай бұрын

Is there a way to pull your spot on Pota for what ever reason ? Say you are done and moving to another park and only takes 10 minutes to move, Or say you just want to pull the spot and just work those that are already there and finish the pileup.

@hamradiotube Ай бұрын

Yep. In the comments section where you would spot yourself, just put QRT and it will mark you as done.

@Philip-KA4KOE Жыл бұрын

I built a 4PB....Philip's POTA Portable Power Box.

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

nice! email me some pics. I'd love to see it. k8mrd@icloud.com

@Philip-KA4KOE Жыл бұрын

@K8MRD RADIO STUFF sure but be warned it's not as nice as your builds. I'm big on acronyms.

@zl1hog Жыл бұрын

Did you steal Haydens MILO?

@hamradiotube Жыл бұрын

Don't worry about it. He made it back safe. That's all that matters.

@zl1hog Жыл бұрын

@@hamradiotube There are two mixes of MILO. A New Zealand one and a Australian one. They tried to sell the Australian one here and the out cry was so large they went back to the New Zealand one. Just a interesting fact FYI.