[GCARC] Don't Give up on Radio

Sun Oct 19 15:37:40 EDT 2025

Go to my QRZ page and look what I have done with 100W or less with wires and verticals no more than 35 feet high.

You can get an OCF antenna and hang it in a tree and be talking all over the world in no time.

The OCF I have now I built on my own. I purchased the balun and did the wiring myself.

As Karl said, don't give up.

Vinnie N4NYY

Vinnie Sallustio

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From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Karl Frank W2KBF via GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 1:04:54 PM
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Subject: [GCARC] Don't Give up on Radio

Randy KC3VCC,
        It would be a shame to give up on HF after earning your license.   In my early days, I used to dangle a wire out of my apartment window and used an antenna tuner.
If you can't put up a good antenna at home, how about tagging along with someone who does Parks On The Air?
        Or maybe even squeezing it into your car?
        Karl W2KBF

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From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Randy via GCARC
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 12:31 PM
To: Leonard Rust <lenrust at gmail.com>
Cc: GCARC Mail List <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [GCARC] Log entry

I’m not going for awards.
I’ll never get them as I don’t even have an antenna up for my radio.
In fact, I’m probably going to sell my DX10 and everything else since I can’t use it This was more about the memory.
I got to speak to 4 little scouts about 10 years of age, who were thousands of miles away.
It was a cool experience.
One I had with a $20 handheld.
My DX10 cost me over $1600 and I have yet to use it.
It’s just collecting dust.
Time to let it go.

> On Oct 19, 2025, at 11:42 AM, Leonard Rust <lenrust at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> QRZ will let you log them, they just don't count towards awards.
>
> You can log it as a Digital Voice contact.
>
> You can also note that it's a JOTA contact in the comments field.
>
> Len
> W2LJR
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 8:57 PM Christopher Prioli AD2CS <cpprioli at gmail.com <mailto:cpprioli at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Repeater qso's are generally not logged...
>>
>> 73 de
>>
>> -- Chris   AD2CS
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>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 15:36 Randy via GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:gcarc at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
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>> > Question.
>> > I QSO’d with an operator out of England this morning who was at a
>> > Scout Jamboree doing JOTA.
>> > He was teaching young children about HAM radio and allowing them to talk.
>> > I was using my 5 Watt Explorer QRZ-1 handheld and connecting via
>> > 70cm on a repeater in Philadelphia.
>> > The repeater is W3WAN and is AllStar Link.
>> > Is this a contact I can log on QRZ.com?
>> > If so, what mode do I use for the log?
>> > Thanks
>> > Randy
>> > KC3VCC
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