@OE3CTB - you are NOT allowed to add a new summit? I though anybody with a #GMA account was, and have been advertising that info.

Could you do me the favor to try it out? If you log in and navigate to https://www.cqgma.org/gmafind.php , do you see the UI as given in the screen shot somewhere near the bottom of the left column, in particular, the "Hinzufügen"?

@OE3CTB You could add your favorite peak to the #GMA database (yes, you can do that yourself) and activate it through that program. https://cqgma.org/

GMA was founded exactly because many nice mountaintops never made it into #SOTA respectively were thrown out of SOTA.

For another aesthetic experience:

My self-build "BCR" CW-only radio is a small plain aluminium box. Six black knobs with no labels - I built this, so know what each is for. 2x16 characters LCD display. Power via 10 x AA rechargeable cell holder. Upper+outer antenna with fiberglass mast. Headphones. A tiny black palm pico key. It all got there via backpack and hours of hiking.

#POTA with lot of chrome may be posh. Basic #GMA activations can have their style, too.

@abraxas3d @VE2UWY @Stormgren

You could try to activate the same spot #POTA and #WWFF simultaniously. Simply hand in the same log in both programs after you're done. You may even find a place that triples as a #GMA activation or quadruples as #SOTA. Four places to advertise, more QSOs. (Just be careful with the text of your POTA advertisement.)

@on5zo @taekehf @k8mrd

#songoftheday dedicated to #MAUI #LAHAINA comes from

#Fleetwoodmac ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rg1Gtni-a0

the lyrics shine in an all new light, if you know, that a) #StevieNicks posted about the #mauifires

and b) #MickFleetwood gave an #interview to "Good Morning America" GMA

The #GMA #morningshow also put #UnitedWay Maui into the list of NGOs to donate to:

🎥⏯ https://twitter.com/yesWEAID/status/1691087832633217024

#yesWEAID #liveunited #alohaunitedway #mauiunitedway @fleetwoodmacnews #travel #motivation #tv #radio #kindness #news

#SOTA is rather restrictive which summits they admit to the program. If you know a summit they have not, one option you (almost always) have: Enter that summit into the #GMA program https://cqgma.org/ instead.

One of several things I love about GMA: THIS YOU CAN DO YOURSELF, once you have an account!

The moment that's done, you can put your rig into your backpack and your feet into your boots and be off for a fun activation!

@F1RUM

#news #tv

As the initiative #GuteMission (the former "Café Kyiv" when it started) just got part of this wonderful #GoodMOrningAmerica TV #magazine, here is more:

1️⃣ the WE AID page of the initiative:

💛➡️ https://www.WE-AID.org/en/initiatives/gutemission/

2️⃣ the #GMA #mag 5 mins #video on #youtube for you:
🎥👍⏯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRbQf28KSe0

3️⃣ Let´s do this! 😇

#yesWEAID #humanitarianaid #refugees #newstart #worldrefugeeday #emergencyaid #nothilfe #socent #entrepreneur #Education #Cooking #kindness #liveunited #founders #news

#goodnews

"GuteMission", an initiative supported by WE AID now in the #GMA "Good Morning America" #magazine

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/ukrainian-refugees-berlin-recount-stories-courage-strength-100204369

PS:
Their startnext fundraiser for a welcome center is #now at

3987 EUR

2 days to go!

💛➡️ https://WE-AID.org/en/initiativesn/initiatives/gutemission/

Anyone can them support via WE AID #giving #hope and orientation to #refugees arriving in Berlin. They widen their offers now from Ukrainians to people from other disaster regions too.

#yesWEAID #humanitarian #liveunited #Education #unitedway

The https://cqgma.org/ #GMA website has been developed by one single person. It will be taken over by a team of volunteers in the coming months. Nothing is decided yet, but I expect usability improvements.

@W1CDN

I have no personal experience with #GMA activations from USA turf. Last time I visited the latter, I wasn't licensed yet.

For some answer how much of a thing #GMA is over there, you can check the global GMA alert web page https://www.cqgma.org/smartgma/ .

A fine point: I usually don't call "cq gma" when activating, as QSOs with stations that don't even know what GMA is are still fine. Instead, I might hammer out something like "cq de dj3ei/p on gma da/nd 047 cq de dj3ei/p pse k"

@W1CDN

@dj3ei, each time your criticisms of #POTA come up, I take another look at the #GMA website (https://www.cqgma.org/) and get hopelessly confused.

Maybe it's a language barrier, but I don't even see where to start. If I manage to find an activation point near me (I was able to figure this out at one point) and start calling "CQ GMA" in the middle of the US, is anyone going to respond? Or are these two programs that don't have substantial geographic overlap?

POTA isn't for me.

#GMA augmented the more prestigious #SOTA with a *cooperating* lower-level program. #POTA could have followed this laudable precedent.

Instead, they behave like wanting to push WWFF out of business.

Spot yourself as co-activating POTA and WWFF, via POTA channels? Compare the two there? Both is against their code of conduct. Accounts ARE disabled for "crimes" like that.

Personally, I prefer good-neighborly cooperation over hostile takeover attempts.

My code of conduct.

My first QSL cards arrived!

I decided to make special ones only for portable operations. What's your opinion?

Bonus: The frontside has a nice soft touch surface which doesn't interfere negatively with other surfaces.

#qsl #QSLcards #hamradio #portable #sota #GlobalMountainActivity #gma

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#Hamradio activating trick:

When I'm activating a, say, #GMA hill, I call, e.g., (in CW) "cq de dj3ei/p on gma da/nd 047 cq de dj3ei/p pse k".

But I specifically do not call "cq gma", as I'm happy to have a QSO with any amateur radio station that happens to hear me. They all count towards my 4 QSO minimum activation target.

That call is quite a monster, so I mix those CQ calls with plain ones "cq cq de dj3ei/p dj3ei/p pse k".

You write:

"Portable operations is nothing new but centralizing activations with a website seems to have pushed popularity."

I agree. I've seen this happen with #SOTA, later with #GMA, and now with #POTA.

The latter is attractive for people who want to drive places, rather than hike, ride a bicycle, or similar, and also has a rich selection of places that can be activated.

@N0ZB @megahertz @Geojoek

What's a cheap starter kid to get started with activations, such as #POTA, #GMA, #SOTA and the likes?

I think the answer depends on whether you're able or willing (and happy) to dive into #MorseCode.

If so, there are cheap, but rather performing QRP monoband CW rigs out there, light enough for backpack use.

For one particular example with a good reputation, see the QCX of Hans Summers / QRP Labs, most recent version at https://shop.qrp-labs.com/kits/qcxp .

@capheind

"It's not about me. It's not about my wife. It's not about our journey to have kids. It's not about me being a first responder. It's about this beautiful little girl who was given the chance of life, & that she's been adopted, she's loved and hopefully her birth mother sees it and recognizes that she did the right thing," Vincent said. "She doesn't have to worry anymore. Her daughter's taken care of and is loved beyond words."—Vincent, FL firefighter
https://tinyurl.com/ynedyjnr #GMA #love #adoption

When activating #GMA or #SOTA out of my backpack, I find an upper + outer nicely lightweight, easy to erect, and a performer. Needs little feedline, too. One wire up and one wire a meter or so above ground.

Both wires λ/4 gives resonance on one band. Or use with a tuner (mine's a Z-match) for multiband.

Multiband hints: Both wires not longer than 5λ/8 on the high bands avoids wasteful radiation patterns. Not shorter than λ/8, and away from half-wave resonance, the tuner can do it.

@n0bml

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#ABC #abcnews #academyawards #academyawards2013 #annehathaway #bestactress2013 #bestoscarmoments #georgestephanopoulos #gma #GoodMorningAmerica(TVProgram) #JackNicholsonoscars #jenniferlawrence #jenniferlawrenceoscarfall #jenniferlawrenceoscars #Oscars2013 #oscarsbestmoments #oscarsbestof #Sethmacfarlane #silverliningsplaybook #ジェニファー・ローレンス