Longest HAM Contact To Date

Longest contact to date 2947 miles Orange Park Florida to Portland Oregon on 20 meters.  I have also had contact with the country of Panama as well as Long Island New York.

Contact to Oregon was before noon on the 27th.  On an inverted V dipole with the peak up 30 feet at 20 watts with myXiegu G90.  I have been using a 8000 mili amp car charging battery.  I now also have 2 20000 mili amp batteries as well. Which I can charge on solar, auto data port or a wall socket.
Here is a photo of my inverted V it maybe hard to see.

Selfie on my Christmas gift

Selfie on my Christmas gift from my wife.  It is a Xiegi G90 with 20 watts max power.  With a 20 and 40 meter ham sticks I am getting out over 1000 miles so far🤓

Just passed my General license on 12/7/2019 so on to getting experience on 20 an 40 meters🤓

Listening on 20 meters

                                   Listening in on 20 meters with my Xiegu G90 at 15 watts.

This bag holds two batteries one 20/40 dipole plus the radio and its accessories.

I put a TV clicker next to the bag for size comparison.

First Contact

First contact outside the U.S. on my new ham radio.  On 12/7/2019 I passed my General License Exam for Amateur Radio.  Today I spoke with some operators in Panama over 1300 miles from where I was at the time.

Before passing this exam I was limited to VHF and UHF.  As a Tech I did so have limited access to the 10 meter band which is useless with the low solar activity.  Today I was on 20 meters not open to Tech’s.  20 & 40 meters still work during low solar activity.

I currently have a 10 - 160 meter 20 watt hf radio with ham sticks for antennas and am shooting for contacts over 2000 miles this winter.

Washington state

 Berry picking in our camp grounds and using them in everything.  Did get reminded of the thorns 😎

 Playing with my 10 & 11 meter radios.  Ten was dead but made some contacts on eleven👍

 Here is my two meter set up.  I was excited for my first contact of the day till we discovered we were
Just six camp sites apart, still a contact is a contact🤓

 The Columbia River at Astoria, what a great area to visit for a few months (Oregon & Washington).  Below a photo while surf fishing and more😊

In Atlanta to visit friends with our tow

Having a great visit in Atlanta on our way to Florida for the winter😎. I will start posting on a more regular bases now🧐

Out our door 10 June

First night in Washington State - Spokane KOA