@POTAspots
Activation at Ft Yargo ST Park in GA. Half 40m, half 20m. 35 SSB and 4 CW. Bumped up from 10W to 40W with the Micro PA50. A bit of rain so the #TX500 gave me some peace of mind.

@k8ket I've been very happy with the #tx500. We're a little challenged here in Illinois, not a lot of summits (zero) for #sota, not really that many #pota parks around. Still there are parks, and I enjoy going to them and getting outside, and enjoying the low noise level. I just got the battery pack attached to the radio in the picture. It's from #Craftbattery. So far so good. I see them used every now and then on the groups.io. you should keep an eye on it.

Got out to the park to play a little radio today. We've had some 80° weather here in Illinois, which is not seasonal, but appreciated. Tried out the new solar rig. When using the lab599 tx500 I came back with as much battery charge as I left with on a 40 watt panel. Was an overcast day. So I expect I can do better. I'll put this one in the plus column.

#hamradio #tx500 #lab599 #solar

Chilly morning 40m SSB #POTA today with the #TX500 and #Tufteln EFHW wire pulled straight up in a tree. 41 QSOs in 40 minutes.

Ham radio folks - anyone have any experience with any of the mag Loops being sold on Aliexpress? Generally about USD 100.00 plus or minus 20 bucks. Although there are a bunch of sellers, they all seem to be the same 2 or 3 loops. I am personally looking at some of the 20watt ones for portable ops with my #Lab599 #TX500. This this just for fun. I do understand the potential foibles of buying here.
If anyone has gone down this path - for good or ill, I'd love to hear from you.

#HamRadio #MagLoop

Firing up the #TX500 to check in to the Alaska Bush Net at 0500.
Not sure how 40 is tonight but if anyone wants to QRP QSO after 0515 give me a freq (Gen Class phone).

Joshua here, KO4AWH. Ham since January 2020. Love working QRP. Hoping to make some CW contacts soon. Enjoy building antennas and other radio gear which you can find at tufteln.net Just started blogging some radio work, typically posted on qrper.com #POTA #SOTA #QRP #SSB #FT8 #TX500 #IC705 #IC705 #TenTec509 #QDX #Tru(SDX) #Introductions #AntennaKits #ClubBuild

#qrp #TX500 Purchased for #sota or #pota or #PortableOps #portablehf this transceiver is marvellous. I l❤️ve it. 😉👍

Activation on #IOTA EU-184 and #WWFF OHFF-0970 in island of Hailuoto.

Small problems so had to try the Lab599 #TX500 radio on #SSB with 10W to #EFHW antenna.

We also had bit of wind during the night. Soon its imebto start packing and head home. Awesome trip so far.