Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Come along for a bit of scenery, a small walk down memory lane and lots of CW, SSB and FT8 among the trees. A rare 10m opening in Mid-September at this latitude made for a perfect afternoon. This is a long-form video, so use the index marks to jump around.

00:00:00 Start
00:06:33 SOTACAT set-up
00:14:18 CW 20m
00:48:04 switch to SSB 20m
01:12:52 switch to CW 10m
01:20:17 switch to FT8 10m
01:36:00 tear-down and a walk down memory lane


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