I activated a new park for POTA yesterday. Somehow I can't do iambic after like 6 months off, but I was able to do the activation with a straight key without any issues.

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Got my radio on after a very long break. Checking WSPR (seems bleak) and practicing CW send/decode.

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I have an ARRL log book that I got when I started last year and I want to finish filling this one and save it, but I'm not sure about doing more.

It was really nice when I was starting and figuring out software choices, but now I'm not sure if I will ever look at them again lol

I've been thinking about creating a sort of data bus for ham radio applicatoins and data plumbing and considering using MQTT. My ideas so far:

Data Sources:

- flrig/fldigi XMLRPC
- WSJT-X UDP
- PskReporter MQTT
- POTA Spots???

Applications:

- log entry client
- propagation monitoring
- spotting/hunting interface
- multi-modal grid tracker
- timeseries exporter

Benefits of MQTT:

- trivial logging to JSONL
- multiple consumers
- clients can publish derived data

Thoughts?

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I was not expecting it to be nearly so warm today. I had a whole weather vibe in my head which was not actualized.

I’m running a 29ft of wire taped up along the walls of my bedroom with a 9:1 unun I built and a common mode choke.

I could definitely do a lot better than this, but I don’t really have any outdoor options at home and I’m definitely getting on the air. I think a lot of people really overcomplicate this hobby.

I think I have learned today that contest CW is not for me. For some reason I thought doing POTA meant I would like it, but POTA feels extremely laid back in comparison. I actually enjoyed the SSB for intrastate QSOs which was fun I don’t normally do phone anymore.

Okay, baby steps still but I just hunted a station in Colorado on 20M CW with the wire taped to my apartment wall so we're officially operating lol

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Seeing how well the J-Pole performs in my apartment makes me really want to try 2M FT8 again, even if it's still just on a 5W Quansheng lol

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