Michael and I spent the weekend at Pine Log State Forest where we camped, did a little trail riding with our bikes, and activated the park for Parks-on-the-air. Pine Log is designated K-4635 by POTA.

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Music credits:
Autumn Sunset by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Acoustic Guitar 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Camera equipment:
Canon Vixia HF R800
Iconntechs 4K actioncam (similar to a gopro) for most video
Canon powershot elph 150is

Editing software:
Corel Videostudio X10 ultimate

My favorite radio equipment for outdoor portable ops or RaDAR:
Radio: Yaesu FT817nd
Tuner: LDG z817 auto tuner
Antennas: Chameleon F-Loop magnetic loop antenna (does not need a tuner)
End fed antenna with 9:1 unun (needs tuner)
MFJ 1899T telescoping whip antenna
Wolf River Coil Silver Bullet 1000 w/ buddipole long telescoping whip
Interface for Digital modes: SignaLink USB
Digital software: FLDigi and WSJT-x

Catch me outside, how about that. 🙂

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