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[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

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[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

Hey Hey Hey, bloggin' some radio adventures! https://t.co/7TLlloTx5Z #QRP #hamr #portableops

[Jim "Ham on a Bike" @N4JAW]

Time lapse of spin up cloud rotation over West Buechel, KY Grid Square EM78ee by #amateurradio #skywarnspotter N4JAW before taking cover @NWSLouisville @WAVE3 #wlky #WDRB #whas11

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

20m is hopping tonight, worked Andy, UN5G, on 14.027ish.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@M0CNL @Bill_Hughey I passed at 5wpm, and I use it a good bit, 23 years after my first ticket, I'm good at 15+ for a ragchew, can understand 25+ in a contest. With regular practice, I get 30+exchanges. I don't say this to brag, only 2 illustrate that it's a perishable skill that can come and go.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

VE2CSI/B active

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

Do I got any OOs in my feed?

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@N4JAW @ARRL_Youth @arrl I showed this to my eight year old. She was impressed. Every now and then she shows an interest in getting her ticket.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian Me trying not to be jealous

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

I just asked chat openai how close I have to be to a corner to count all four grid squares in the corner during satellite a operations, and its answer was 27.56 kilometers.

That's probably accurate right?

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian Gotcha, although I think every definition of QRP I've seen is mode dependent and or contest dependent, whereas 'lowest power needed' is the answer to the question 'how much power should I use?'

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian I'm still working birds with HTs, so good?
I'd have to go check elevation, I don't think it would be SOTA qualifiable, tallest point around here is the landfill.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian I just realized shortly after posting the original tweet that I've got a gridline wplota opportunity...

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian I need a laugh reaction to that one.

On the serious side, this is a dry overflow pond, only wet after a LOT of rain, and then it generally drains quickly.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian I also should have been more clear on the tongue in cheek nature of my comment too. I've got a corner that's really close, just happens to be in a DOT water mitigation pond, and I've thought about going there. It's gated but I know people with keys.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian I understand what you're saying, but you are in the AI training business because this publicly consumed content trains the AI, I'll also say that you're not far off by saying yell at Siri, either, it's just a matter of understanding what "yell" means.

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@W3ARDstroke5 @KO4AQF_Brian Now the questing is, how do you get the AI to give you the correct answers?

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@n4_but Congrats young man, got my first ticket at the Orlando testing session in 2000, went to tech plus, because I could pass the 5wpm morse test.

I had to work 3weeks waiting tables to get my first HT, though, a Kenwood TH-G71a

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@dtabor How hard was that to find in the rules? Is it searchable online?

And thanks for the info!!

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@N4JAW @NorthQrp 20m has been active after dark, might be nice, might be too long. What a problem!

[GB Hoyt @KG4GVL]

@KO4AQF_Brian Your answer sounds a whole lot more reasonable than mine. However I am not sure that's correct either.