August was RaDAR Active

RaDAR is Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio originated by ZS6BNE. The Monthly RaDAR Challenge is on-going. My best RaDAR Challenge Ops point wise was August 3rd from Top Sail State Park. I walked 2.5 kilometers to the picnic area and made 5 QSOs. In the the Radar challenge if you walk 1 kilometer and setup the QSOs are 2 contact points each.I got bonuses 7 for at least one digital contact, 3 for at least one CW contact and 5 for at least one QRP contact. So contact points plus bonus is 10 + 15 = 25 total.

August was a very rainy month but as you see below I got outside fourteen times. The most operating was the Skeeter Hunt in Dothan AL. I operated with Tom WD0HBR. Notable also was the 40 meter RaDAR On-The-Air Meetup on August 24 and a semi-pedestrian mobile outing on August 31st. Both were at Top Sail State Park

Of course a highlight of the month was attending the Huntsville Hamfest, attending the Monte Sano event. I gave a on RaDAR talk for the QRP forums. A special thanks to Eddie ZS6BNE, Marcus NX5MK and Craig NM4T for help with the RaDAR talk. I also enjoy posting and reading posts on the Google+ Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio Community. There are 63 members in the community now.

Radar Outings:

8/1 EM70DE97QB Night ops in front yard Alexloop
30M CW OH
40M CW GA
8/3 EM60UI Top Sail State Park AlexLoop
17 PSK Cuba
17 CW ME PA
17 USB MO Mexico
8/5 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch Alexloop
20 CW PA
8/8 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch
20 CW NJ Alexloop
8/11 EM71HE Dothan AL Skeeter Hunt with Tom WB0HBR Broadside Doublet & Alexloop
20M CW CO, PA, MO, ON, WI, ON, ON, DE, TX
15M CW France
40M CW NC, NC, GA
8/16 EM64QR Huntsville, AL Alexloop
20M SSB Cuba
8/19 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch LNR Trail Friendly Endfed
40M CW GA
8/20 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch LNR Trail Friendly Endfed
20M CW MO
8/24 EM60UI 40 Meter On-The-Air Meetup 40 meter Dipole
40M CW OH, FL, AL
40M SSB FL, MS, AL, FL
8/26 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch Alexloop
20M CW OH
8/27 EM70CE83 Pete Edwards Field
20M CW NJ
20M SSB CA
8/29 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch LNR Trail Friendly Endfed
20CW OK
8/30 EM70CE82 RaDAR Lunch LNR Trail Friendly Endfed
40M SSB GA,
20M CW VA, WI
8/31 EM60UI Top Sail State Park On foot RaDAR Alexloop
17M SSB ME, El Salvador, MA, MN, MN