The ROTA Group ( Rednecks On The Air ) !!!

Holiday Hams 

We had a great lunch & ragchew today at Smokey Joe's BBQ in Lexington NC.

Front Row ... N4LA/Todd , W4TJE/Jack , WX4F/Gray , W4HG/Wayne

Back Row ... NW4N/Tommy , WJ4DX/Wes , K4MK/Kent                     

Thanks Guys

W4TJE 30/40 yagi is on the tower !!

73 to NX8L .... Gary is now a SK

Gary (NX8L)

You will be missed  !!

Here is one of Pastor Gary's favorite sayings ....

" Go out believing the world is good, and where you find it is not, make it so ! " 

W4TJE ... SOTA Activation

W4TJE ... Activates Big House Mountain in Virginia

W4V / LX-016

Want the latest Space Weather Forecast and info ??

Space Weather links via Twitter & YouTube

https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov

Click below 

for

Current forecast issued 08-04-2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHL5JgOcE7c&feature=youtu.be

HAMVENTION ANNOUNCES VENUE FOR 2017

So where is the new Dayton Hamvention located ?

Click on the links below for more info

http://hamvention.org/hamvention-announces-venue-for-2017/

http://www.greenecountyfairgrounds.com/

https://twit.tv/shows/ham-nation/episodes/259?autostart=false

What Web DX-Cluter do I use ?

DXHeat

https://dxheat.com/

What do I use to check propagation ?

Faros 1.4 

Automatic NCDXF beacon monitor for Radio Amateurs, 
SWL'ers and HF communication engineers 

http://www.dxatlas.com/faros/

Features:

• continuously monitors 18 NCDXF beacons on five bands;
• automatically detects the presence of the beacon signals, even in QRM and noise;
• measures the signal-to-noise ratio, the QSB index, and the propagation delay of the signal;
• automatically identifies long path openings based on the signal delay;
• has a real-time display of band conditions;
• maintains a long-term history of beacon observations;
• generates signal charts at regular intervals in a form suitable for Web publishing;
• generates observation logs optimized for automatic analysis.

W4TJE

Antenna Update

Here is NW4N / Tommy counting 40 meter elements...

He has confirmed 4 elements on 40 !!

Tommy is now trying to figure out how to run coax

from Jacks new yagi in Fancy Gap, to his station in Galax !!

Whats next ??

Jack says ... let's add some 30 meter elements !!!

How many on 30 ?

Stay tuned 

To be continued ....

( Click on Pic to zoom )

W4TJE 

Antenna Update ...

You can't rush monster antennas

 BIG GUN

COMING SOON !!!

30/40 Meter Yagi

JK Antennas

https://jkantennas.com/

PackTenna 

Attn: SOTA / Portable ops

A great light weight antenna system

Especially if you homebrew !!!

http://www.packtenna.com/

Listen to Podcast at ...

http://amateurradio15.com/23/

W4TJE .... New tower coming soon !!

N4LA and W4TJE de R2DFO wonderful qso on 15m

N4LA 2016 Field Day set up ( 1E NC )

Rig ... Yaesu FT 857D
Battery power ... Buddipole A123 Lithium
LDG Z-11 Pro II Tuner
Heil Headset
Antennas ... 3 OCF Sloping Dipoles
TX PWR ... 50 watts
Software ... N1MM logger
QTH ... Home

A-1 Operator Club

Latest Rig at N4LA

Yes I sold my K3 !!

But 

No Regrets

This is a awesome radio !!