I really wish I had a go-to setup for battery + solar/wind + waterproof outdoor enclosure + mounting options for like... trees or something.

I've found some local nodes through MQTT, but that feels kind of like cheating with APRS.fi or whatever. Not doing anything with the air yet.

The stock antenna is very tiny and extremely low gain so I can't reach anyone else's nodes over the air yet. I have 3 kits, but no portable power options or enclosures.

Maybe a grid squares needed / grid squares operating matching service?

Maybe spotting services? Something like RBN or pskreporter?

@w8tau.bsky.social I did end up testing this setup at US-6810 earlier. Forgot about the 10 QSO minimum for a "successful" #pota activation or I might have stayed a bit longer. Also either I forgot or the app got stuck, but I accidentally logged everything as 20m instead of 30m at first, oops! […]

I think there's a park nearby. Might try a #POTA activation later.

@w8tau.bsky.social I wasn't sure whether the #Digirig could be used like this from iOS and I'm happily surprised that it seems to work! This opens up all kinds of #sota / #pota possibilities!

Now there's an interesting situation where I'm hearing stations in states that can't hear me at all while I'm being picked up by stations in states I can't hear at all. #6m #ft8

We must have some kind of perfect path. K7BV spotted my <5W at at "12" a bit ago. 😳

I guess not quite gone yet. K7BV still coming in HOT.

D .- .-. -. !

2 Qs w/ Texas in the log #ft8 #6m