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<divclass="message">I will be at Dayton Hamvention for 2023. See you there!</div>
<divclass="message">Any NQ4T developed software is no longer open source. All licenses have been revoked.</div>
In case you couldn't tell from the menu on the left; handle is Jay. I'm located in Manassas, VA; about 25 miles S/SW of Washington DC in grid FM18. I was originally licensed in 2015 as a General with callsign KM4JOJ. I upgraded to Extra in 2016 and received NQ4T in 2017.
@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ My main HF rig is a Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V with a MFJ-974HB Balanced Tuner. I bu
<p>With the MKV I'm driving a 72' long doublet up at about 50', with balanced line all the way to the shack. I built the first doublet in 2015 after playing with end-fed wires and OCFDs; but the doublet blew both of them out of the water. I called CQ once on 30m JT65 (that's how long ago it was) and spent what must have been an hour or more getting working half of Europe. I've been part of the doublet club ever since. The current one broke just before Hamvention and stayed down until I got the Yaesu just after Christmas; other than that it's been up since 2018. I kept good notes of the failures/issues I had with the first one and fixed them with the second one; it's paid off.</p>
<div="message"> Hotspot information will return soon. I'm away for the weekend.</div>
I have issues keeping a VHF antenna in the trees, so I mostly just use my HT's through a Hotspot. I used to have a couple of them, including a fancy full-duplex for actual Tier2 DMR; but...like the rest of the shack, they all got sold for a few bucks. I did manage to keep ahold of my first Zumspot and a RPi. At some point I'll get the mobile setup back in the car; which is just a magmount hooked to a Mirage BD-35 amp driven by the FT2D. That amp isn't suitable for DMR due to timeslots and I sold my Kenwood D74.
<div="message"> I have banned hotspots from my QTH and network. There will be NO MMDVM/Pi-Star discussions. None. Automatic ban.</div>
I have issues keeping a VHF antenna in the trees, so I mostly just use my HT's through a Hotspot. I used to have a couple of them, including a fancy full-duplex for actual Tier2 DMR; but...like the rest of the shack, they all got sold for a few bucks. I did manage to keep ahold of my first Zumspot and a RPi. At some point I'll get the mobile setup back in the car; which is just a
I did manage to snag my mixed WAS in 2021, my WAC sometime back in 2017, and after years of trying and missing the event; got the full sweep of 13 Colonies (all 13 and 3 bonus stations). It was 13 Colonies that made me want to get extra just to have better luck nabbing GB13COL. In the end...I don't think I had to use any of the extra portions to get it. But hey...any reason to upgrade is a good one.
I do enjoy a good contest when I'm in the mood. This past RTTY contest was a disaster of technical issues from not a lot of testing with a "new" rig and just being rusty. I'll get the next contest I'm home for (I think I'm out of town for the next). I do plan on operating VAQP in mid-March.
