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Hi all, I’m getting closer to being able to do a CW activation (been practicing with lots of CW chasing!) and I’d like to get a recorder to record my activations to verify the call signs I receive and continue to practice and self critique. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good one to pair ...

Bit of a late response, but I recently did a SOTA activation of W7W/KG-121 with an AX1 and 5W on SSB. I had good reports from California to North Dakota to Oklahoma to Utah. Check out my activation on sotl.as or similar to see the signal reports I received. It definitely gets the job done if the ban...

I don't have any experience with most of those items but I do like the CW Morse paddles. Check them out here: https://cwmorse.us/collections/outdoor-paddles There's also the N6ARA Tiny Paddles that definitely live up to their name and are fantastic. https://n6ara.com/product/n6ara-tinypaddle-jack-as...

Thanks, Skip! That definitely does help. Hadn’t much considered keeping the mast vertical, on this particular summit there wasn’t much other than small, loose gravel, so that would’ve been difficult. I agree that there is probably always a way to make it work though with no tension on the antenna. H...

Hi all! Happy to be here in the new forum! I recently did my first “all HF” SOTA/POTA activation on Hex Mountain in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Right now I have an Elecraft KX2 with the AX1, as well as a KM4ACK 40M EFHW. Hex Mountain was a totally bald summit above tree line, so I only t...