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QRP Mountain topping with FT817 Ham Radio
Added: 9th March 2009
Posted By: w4djd
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After 2 hours of bush whacking our way up a steep slope through scrub oak and dangerous loose rock my goats and I reached the south summit. Exhausted we made our way to the north summit where I had stashed a battery but spent the next 45 minutes looking for it! Once found we put up a sloper for...

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Peanut & Rooster with FT-817 & Buddpole on the Trail Again
Added: 18th March 2009
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On the trail again hiking with my goats on Mt Herman we join in the Portage Co ARC\'s Freeze Your Acorns Off (FYOA) Event.

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WG0AT (Steve Galchutt) explains his call sign and goats to the Colorado QRP Club
Added: 25th March 2009
Posted By: w4djd
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Steve Galchutt (WG0AT) gave a great presentation at the Colorado QRP Club\'s regular meeting in March, \'09. In this video Steve explains his recent call sign change along with a bit of history about his goats and their acquisition.

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Thunder Lightning Goats and Ham Radio
Added: 6th June 2009
Posted By: w4djd
Views: 563
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While hiking with Rooster and Peanut on Memorial Day we encounter thunder and lightning. Once the storm passes we safely make it onto the ridge and to make some fun contacts with my IC703 and Buddipole vertical antenna. A123 batteries were used to power the radio

Tags: Tech icom HFpack A123 camping wg0at buddipole hamradio ft817 outdoor goat QRP ic703 goats SSB RADIOAFICIONADOS ham radio n0tu CW QSO battery SOTA code yaesu dx expedition morse Tech
Spud Gun goats and antennas by WG0AT at the Colorado QRP Club
Added: 10th September 2009
Posted By: w4djd
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Steve Galchutt brought this version of the "spud gun" (Pneumatic Launcher) to our Colorado QRP Club meeting. It was built for him by his friend John Evans (N0HJ) as described in the March '09 issue of the American Radio Relay League's QST publication. Amateur radio operators use all kinds of...

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Rooster and Peanut
Added: 6th October 2009
Posted By: w4djd
Views: 670
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Colorado climb many of Colorado\'s 14000-foot mountains to set up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other radio amateurs across the state and around the world every second Sunday in August. This video is about N0B\'s adventure up Mt Humboldt (14065ft)...

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