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I decided summer is finally over and forest season for #OpenStreetMap is on.

I was so wrong. Under constant sorties of mosquitos and barrage of fallen acorns I managed to survey 20km.
#OSM #qgis #gis #hiking
9 October at 16:12 | Open on mas.to
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Alper

All that walk is for an area of 4 km2. The rampant lumber industry in this historic #forest is creating all these tracks. They leave them afterwards and it never heals up.
9 October at 16:16 | Open on mas.to
Alper

After the lumbers finish, the road they left behind attracts careless people and they easily drive their garbage filled cars into the protected areas.

In return we get these garbage patches randomly around the forest. A byproduct of their an hour long #BBQ pleasure.
9 October at 16:20 | Open on mas.to
Alper
Alper

Also tried my #th-d75 first time on the field for #APRS. Some packets made it better than I expected with relatively distant digis. Sad reality, stock antenna is not that good. So I attached my crooked #DIY signalstick knock off for instant performance boost. Able to send an email with #winlink and several packets on high peaks.
#hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk
9 October at 16:37 | Open on mas.to
Scott VE3QBZ

@alper I don't think the stock D75 antenna is any worse than any other stock HT antenna, but I agree with you completely - for packet operation, the performance goes way up with a longer antenna. It's quite a shocking difference.

9 October at 17:27 | Open on mastodon.radio
Andreas, DJ3EI, he/him

#HamRadio handheld VHF/UHF transceivers typically sport antennas roughly 8 cm long. Those have two main properties:

- Their small size makes it easy to carry the handheld around or stow it.

- They are a disaster performancewise. Especially on transmit, they don't even start to let you experience what your handheld is really capable of.

Antennas abt 30 cm long are a LOT better electrically. 🧡

Also, it is fun to occasionally use a handheld with a serious station antenna.

@ve3qbz @alper

9 October at 21:36 | Open on mastodon.radio
Stefan Fendt

@dj3ei @ve3qbz @alper

This is exactly why I always change the antenna connector to BNC for any HT I own/buy, first. Operating the HT on the station antenna is a lot of fun, sometimes.

And I only buy BNC antennas for these HTs, too.

Personal opinion: I love the Diamond RHF-10 for being extremely short/convenient for local repeater operation. But I also love the Diamond RH-519 for having a much, much better reach and still being short and thin.

Comet usually offers mostly good knockoffs, btw.

9 October at 22:00 | Open on mastodon.social
Scott VE3QBZ

@stefanfendt @dj3ei @alper yup, I learned to use BNC adapters from the good folks on here.

9 October at 22:09 | Open on mastodon.radio
Gustav Lindqvist πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ

@alper 20km is very impressive. What did you map?

9 October at 17:45 | Open on jkpg.rocks
Alper

@gustav I mostly map forests where foliage obstruct sat pic based mapping. I obtained a Ublox f9p receiver which gives me unparalleled accuracy under the trees. So I can map tracks, paths water sources or anything that relates outdoor. I have been doing this for a while but area is wide enough to be a long journey.

This is where I map.

Location: geo:41.17082,28.91528?z=14
osmand.net/map?pin=41.17082,28

9 October at 21:14 | Open on mas.to
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