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| Assembly Of Extreme Wireless Station At Very High Frequency |
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| Two Element Buddipole Configured For 6m Operation |
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| Trail Leading To Armstrong Rotor |
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| Extreme Wireless Station Configuration W/ Acer Notebook; Motorola Android Connected To Verizon 3G Network; Yaesu FT100; and First Digital Mode Paddles Manufactured By Bencher. |
I specifically enjoyed the outdoor quality of 6m operation and assembling then testing my equipment prior to actual operation. This in of itself was a tremendous teaching lesson given the time constraint of launching a signal.
The pressure of having all systems green and go at the starting line was an adrenaline driven feeling.
The experience of multi-hop skip is a return for and observing then calculating the position of Es was most definitely off the hook. Next, is meteor scatter, and how far out is that? I credit the reverse beacon network (RBN) and DXMaps for amplifying my 6m summer challenge. Their collective data was a difference maker. This technological collaboration destroyed boredom and from the ashes arose intense focus on propagation telemetry.
In the meantime, I'm anticipating lots of action on high frequency for our 2013-2014 RadioSport season, because the nagging question of Cycle 24 descent looms large in my mind? I haven't forgotten the endless days of zero sunspot reporting and the whisper like quality of 10 meters at the bottom of this cycle.
I want to thank all those whom went into the log during my 1st Annual 6m Summer Challenge. It was a helluva of an experience!
Life is wireless.