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.

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First #pota activation in the snow of White River National Forest. I used the #lab599 with a homebrew 20M EFHW. It was about 30 degrees and snowing with wind gusting to about 20mph. #hamradio

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.

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