Some sweet cloud-ground lightning came rolling through, so I pulled out a camera. The audio from the camera was crap so I overdubbed with some CC thunder. Yey CC licenses. I turned it into a little project to make a not-dumb-looking or sounding bunch of little lightning strikes. Video taken from my dorm window overlooking 10th and Hwy 63 in Rolla. Enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSw7T7BnmK4

First POTA activation ever! Me, my wife Jesten, and our new borkin' pupperino Percy go to Castlewood State Park near St. Louis, MO (K-1751) hike the Rivercrest trail and activate a park bench under intense mower and barking dog QRM, using the (frankensteined) DX Idiot and the QRPGuys Tri-Band Vertical Antenna we made last week. Also say hi to Percy! ? The newest member of the Mann Fam. Caution: he barks a lot when he isn't running around so prepare to hold your ears if you're not a fan. He just wanted to be on the radio after all. ?Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/n0ssc ✍️Blog: http://n0ssc.com/ ?Twitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc ?Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey Stations Worked: W6GAE W6OUL W1KVN KG5CIK N7MSI NE1D KN4PPD K5DGR KC1CBQ KI5JMU KN4SWS KO4FHS Before you ask, I used Hamlog for iOS to log. ? ?We March Together - Patrick Patrikios ?Survive the Montage - RKVC ?Canon G1X - https://amzn.to/32qq8vo #n0ssc #dxidiot #potawithpercy 0:00 - Hike on the Riverside Trail 1:18 - Found a Geocache 1:40 - POTA station setup MONTAGE 3:07 - The Moment of Truth 3:30 - Station Description 4:03 - Calling CQ POTA 4:45 - W6GAE 5:37 - W6OUL 6:21 - Setting up Voice Keyer 6:51 - W1KVN 8:34 - KG5CIK 9:39 - N7MSI 10:19 - Scratching Percy’s itchy collar 10:42 - All about Percy the Dog 11:20 - What calling CQ is like sometimes 12:00 - NE1D 13:18 - K5DGR (heavy QRM) 14:00 - Answering KB1CBQ’s CQ 14:52 - KI5JMU 15:23 - Celebrations! But maybe just one more... 15:54 - KN4SWS 16:25 - KO4FHS 17:15 - Wrap up 17:53 - Its a Teardown MONTAGE ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mATOAvXZiYo

Thanks to u/cadr on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/elwte9/90_day_cw_challenge/) I have been inspired to learn CW for 10 minutes every day at 7pm (ish) Central for 90 days (give or take for life, work, etc)! So to hold me accountable and also maybe to inspire a few of you do to the same, I'll be live streaming my progress here on YouTube and Twitch.tv. --... ...--! ►Blog: http://n0ssc.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey ►YOTA is an organization to help young radio amateurs meet friends and make memories for life. They're holding an Amateur Radio Youth Camp in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2020 but WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can DONATE to Youth On The Air 2020 Camp IN FOUR WAYS: ►► GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funding-for-youth-on-the-air-camp-2020/donate ►► PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/w9ear ►► AmazonSmile (Amazon donates to YOTA every time you make an Amazon purchase): https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1920345 ►► Check payable to make check payable to "EARS" by mail: 2744 Pinehurst Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403 More YOTA Information: https://youthontheair.org ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-2zy--d6NI

Testing. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9dXxmp6zQ