This morning on my way to work I was successful at receiving WT3Q’s DX packet cluster which displayed perfectly on my TM-D700. I had a weak signal some of the way causing dropped packets, but overall it worked well. I plan on spinning up an RF node in Pottstown in the next couple weeks to hopefully fill in the shadowed areas.
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It’s been a little bit since the last update and alot has happened. With our current residence in Allentown, PA getting worse and worse, we decided to move and everything has happened very quickly. Last Saturday we walked through a house in North Pottstown (Lower Pottsgrove) area and fell in love with the place immediately. Just a week later we were practically moved into the new place.
I feel like I’m in a little bit of radio isolation with not being able to hear my club’s repeater with my HT, and the HF rigs are still all packed away. I can’t wait to get started on the first antenna installation. Not sure which one it’ll be yet. I have a ton of room for the vertical installation in the backyard and a pseudo-flat roof for my beam on the house.
As for the shack itself, I’m in between work spaces. I decided to donate my desks to the DLARC club station (we need it bad) and need to build the console I have in my head for the radios.
Should be an interesting next couple for weeks/months. Plenty of pictures and posts to follow I’m sure.