Cold, Snowy CW POTA activation from Myrtle Hall WMA - 111 Morse code contacts from central Nebraska

It was a cold, snowy day at Myrtle Hall WMA, US-12091 in central Nebraska. I had the "Buddy Heater" running in the van, and the day ended up being a personal best in the number of contacts at one sitting (formerly 83). With the hunter's help, we made 111 cw contacts on 20 meters.

The day before, the Kp index was rather high at "5" but the storm cleared and it ended up being a great day for radio. Lots of strong signals were coming in.

Thanks to everyone who hunted!

Why CW (Morse code) and not SSB (voice)? It's fun! After doing a Morse Code activation, I feel like I actually DID something. CW is not super-easy for me, it's a skill I'm working on, and I want to continue to improve. After each activation, I get a feeling of "hey, I just did that!" I also like how we can fit more signals in the available space, and how efficient CW is.

Why these videos? I enjoy doing it. I usually say more here, but I'm over limit on how many characters I can have in the description.

Park Location: https://w3w.co/wavelength.grudging.re...

Radio Equipment:
Rig: Ten Tec Eagle at 25 watts
Battery: 100Ah LifePo4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMQBQFSD
Antenna: Wolf River 17' vertical whip on home-built roof rack mount https://www.wolfrivercoils.com/order....
SWR/Power Meter/Tuner: AT-100M Pro (China) (The Eagle power meter is not accurate)
Paddles: 9A5N Solid State https://www.9a5n.eu/models.html
Keyer: K1EL SA-K16 https://www.kanga-products.co.uk/
Open back, hat-positive headphones: Koss KSC75 On-Ear Clip Headphones https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKHKQ22W

Video Timeline:
0:00:01 Intro
0:04:57 K1NW 1 BRIAN RI
0:06:46 WB3DDJ 2 MICHAEL PA
0:07:40 KF9R 3 EDWARD IN
0:08:45 WI0T 4 Roderick MO
0:09:45 K0OTC 5 Tyler MN
0:10:34 W0MM 6 LAURENT TX
0:11:28 N9QB 7 DENNIS WI
0:12:25 K5LG 8 Lester AR
0:13:19 W4SV 9 WARREN TN
0:14:28 AA0LA 10 ALAN MN
0:15:25 W8NWG 11 THOMAS IL
0:16:32 KD5TXX 12 EDWARD KY
0:18:05 K6GRD 13 Marvin UT
0:19:59 KI7QCF 14 FORREST UT
0:21:14 WK2S 15 Arthur NJ
0:22:24 VA3UZ 16 Allan Timothy ON
0:23:35 WJ1R 17 James MA
0:25:01 N3CNT 18 MARK PA
0:25:58 K4ARQ 19 John FL
0:26:57 W2NR 20 RANDALL NH
0:28:14 VE3IJM 21 James ON
0:29:19 KJ7DT 22 Paul ID
0:30:14 K2UPD 23 A Peter NY
0:31:42 AC0MP 24 Richard MO
0:33:27 KZ5Q 25 Daniel TX
0:34:50 W2JJW 26 JAMES NJ
0:36:35 KA8ONW 27 MARK MI
0:37:51 KC3ZSY 28 Levi PA
0:39:14 KO6GHY 29 Mike CA
0:40:32 WX4TW 30 THOMAS NC
0:41:42 W9LDN 31 ROBERT IL
0:42:38 W2GZ 32 Scott NH
0:43:33 K6PBF 33 Richard CA
0:42:25 VA3JYE 34 Jaye ON
0:48:38 KQ4DUX 35 Jay AL
0:49:55 KJ4OHK 36 Ken IL
0:51:21 KC9LC 37 Clyde VA
0:52:17 KF2P 38 NICHOLAS NY
0:53:23 K0BXB 39 Martin WI
0:54:32 RZ1OA 40 VLAD RU
0:56:21 AD7N 41 BENJAMIN UT
0:57:26 WY1U 42 TIMOTHY CT
0:58:26 K4MW 43 PETER VA
0:59:30 K7TQ 44 RANDY WA
1:00:48 KM7CPE 45 Rio OR
1:02:25 KC4SGO 46 EDWARD FL
1:03:35 W1FMR 47 JAMES FL
1:04:36 K8NWD 48 TIMOTHY MI
1:05:24 KW4JS 49 JOHN TN
1:06:30 W5KEB 50 Jeremy AR
1:07:26 K9ALT 51 GLENN WI
1:08:21 NK8O 52 CHARLES MN
1:09:18 AB9CA 53 Charles AZ
1:10:17 WA9AGG 54 BURLAND IN
1:11:51 KG5JAH 55 Christopher TX
1:13:15 KN7D 56 LAWRENCE UT
1:13:59 W2BY 57 J MICHAEL TN
1:15:00 NN0TE 58 Trent MN
1:15:59 N9GZ 59 Michael IL
1:16:56 KE5AQD 60 Roger TX
1:17:54 W9GTA 61 PATRICK IN
1:18:43 W8FA 62 RICK OH
1:20:19 AG7NR 63 Manfred WA
1:21:16 KP4MI 64 MIGUEL PR
1:22:30 W8LEO 65 LEONEL TX
1:23:24 NA7C 66 Ted UT
1:24:16 KF0KJR 67 Shawn MO
1:25:58 WB8QZM 68 BRIAN TX
1:27:26 KA9ZCF 69 STEVEN WI
1:28:18 N0RNM 70 Carolanne WY
1:29:28 WB7DND 71 STEVEN OR
1:31:14 KD7BUG 72 THOMAS CA
1:32:24 KC3UNP 73 GARRETT PA
1:33:49 W5PFD 74 Joshua LA
1:35:15 KC8BQP 75 SAMUEL OH
1:36:25 KC9PFX 76 GREGORY IN
1:37:45 N8BOA 77 Patrick MI
1:39:08 K7TMM 78 Mike ID
1:40:38 WB2MQQ 79 RONNY NY
1:42:28 KG9HV 80 JOHN IN
1:43:56 N4GEB 81 ROBERT NC
1:45:09 WZ0D 82 PAUL CO
1:47:05 AF4QK 83 Kenneth NC
1:48:27 KI6PXV 84 RODNEY CA
1:49:37 AC6ZX 85 CHARLES UT
1:50:43 N6KEN 86 KENNETH CA
1:53:00 KD8EDC 87 Mark MI
1:53:51 K1KIG 88 Kiersten AR
1:54:56 K0SX 89 STEVEN CO
1:56:03 WA5AMM 90 CHARLES SC
1:57:16 KI5AX 91 Jeffrey AR
1:58:25 KA4KOE 92 PHILIP GA
1:59:36 K3MRK 93 W MARK PA
2:00:41 K3UWY 94 PAUL FL
2:01:49 AA5CF 95 Ken TX
2:02:54 K7SFA 96 MARK MT
2:03:48 N7WPO 97 Ronald WA
2:04:58 W8ATE 98 Stanley MI
2:05:40 N3FVP 99 GERALD FL
2:07:27 W3PB 100 Chris GA
2:08:30 KS4S 101 WILSON NC
2:09:45 N9FAL 102 MARK ID
2:11:07 AB9XI 103 Richard WI
2:12:09 N4BUN 104 DAVID GA
2:14:22 N1XV 105 JULIA NJ
2:15:30 WB6RVP 106 NICHOLAS OR
2:16:33 K3UZ 107 WILLIAM PA
2:17:59 KD8CGH 108 Robert OH
2:19:55 W4KRN 109 KAREN L VA
2:20:52 KD8IE 110 KEVIN OH
2:21:51 W5SAR 111 STEPHEN SC
2:22:50 QRT & Wrap Up

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