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0 pointsaspenmayer9mo ago0 comments

> For the 70cm equipment, I participated in VHF/UHF contests with multioperator groups.

Why?

This is a genuine question! I know I am genuinely uninteresting because I don’t know why I would do this if there wasn’t already a built-in audience. This seems adjacent to shouting into the void if one doesn’t already know that there are listeners/receivers. Why does anyone do this at all?

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drmpeg9mo ago

It's an organized event, just like Field Day. The most popular one is in June, since sporadic-E propagation on 50 MHz is available.

https://www.arrl.org/june-vhf

To be honest, I've pretty much phased out on conventional ham radio. The last time I was out in the field was 2010. These days all my ham radio activity is for SDR (Software Defined Radio) development testing. Here's my Github.

https://github.com/drmpeg

And here's a demo video of my open source ATSC 3.0 transmitter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLn5L-k4EPA

aspenmayerOP9mo ago

Thank you for your response.

I am not active much on GH, but mine is:

https://github.com/aspenmayer

> And here's a demo video of my open source ATSC 3.0 transmitter.

Wasn’t yet following you on Twitter, but was already subbed on YT. I see you, but I don’t recognize you. I will review my history to appreciate further your contribution(s) to my present state.

I am going to DEF CON. I hope to see you there, but if not this year, perhaps sometime soon irl or online.

To circle back, how did this happen:

> > They found out that I had an Oscar 10/13 satellite station

Specifically, how did they know

> that I had an Oscar 10/13 satellite station

Are there people fox hunting recreationally, all the time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_direction_findin...

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