Pt 2: CW POTA Activation from Victoria Springs SRA in central Nebraska. Ham Radio & Morse Code fun!

Part 2 (Saturday) of a 12/6/25 Parks On The Air activation from Victoria Springs State Recreation Area (US-3376) in Central Nebraska. Part 1 was a 40m activation Friday evening. Thanks to everyone who hunted! Location: https://what3words.com/borderline.sto... Rig: Ten Tec Eagle at 25 watts Antenna: Home brew 20m full wave loop SWR/Power Meter/Tuner: AT-100M Pro (China) (The Eagle power meter is not very accurate at lower levels) Key: 9A5N Solid State https://www.9a5n.eu/models.html Keyer: K1EL SA-K16 https://www.kanga-products.co.uk/ours... Battery: 100Ah LifePo4 Inverter: Renogy (No RFI Noise) 1,000 watt (for laptop power) Laptop: ASUS 18" ROG with strong graphics processor Logging: N3FJP Amateur Contact Log https://www.n3fjp.com/ Video recorded and produced with OBS: https://obsproject.com/ Minor editing with Cyberlink Power Director: https://www.cyberlink.com/index_en_US... Why CW? I love CW. After doing a Morse Code activation, I feel like I actually DID something. CW is not super-easy for me, it's a skill I'm working on, and I want to continue to improve. After each activation, I get a feeling of "hey, I just did that!" Why these videos? For one, I enjoy making them. I enjoy the process of figuring out how to make things do what I want. Also, when I was trying to build confidence to go activate with CW on my own, I watched many videos from others, and used them for "practice" to get an idea of what to expect. I believe that greatly helped me prepare to go out on my own. I hope to "pay back" a little and others can use my videos in the same way. I'm obviously not a CW prodigy, and hopefully others can see that it's ok to make mistakes, it's ok to ask for repeats, and it's ok to go at YOUR speed. Just get out and have fun! 0:00:01 Intro (1-29) were from part 1, Friday night 0:03:09 30 AC5T LYNN TX 0:04:11 31 W5KEB Jeremy AR 0:05:05 32 WB2MQQ RONNY NY 0:06:16 33 WB9HFK MARK IL 0:07:19 34 N3PM MICHAEL PA 0:08:21 35 WB3DDJ MICHAEL PA 0:09:43 36 KF0KJR Shawn MO 0:11:07 37 KB2PIZ Mark NY 0:12:19 38 XE2MXZ JUAN FRANCISCO MX 0:14:33 39 AA9JS GARY IL 0:15:48 40 WA8SME MARK CA 0:17:10 41 WD9EGW Charles IL 0:18:08 42 N0RNM Carolanne WY 0:19:22 43 KR4I CHRISTOPHER NC 0:20:26 44 KB4LCI DAVID VA 0:22:05 45 KC7PFR David AZ 0:23:21 46 W9DP DANNY IL 0:24:27 47 NX9Z STEPHEN IN 0:27:16 48 N5IM WILLIAM TX 0:26:45 49 W1PD THOMAS OH 0:28:19 50 K5BVY ROBERT OK 0:29:31 51 KQ6QB PETER CA 0:30:48 52 W0OR WILLIAM MN 0:31:51 53 W8TK THOMAS AZ 0:32:57 54 KI9T Patrick IL 0:33:58 55 KI5ZND LUCAS AR 0:35:02 56 KE2BVB Joseph NJ 0:36:15 57 VE3UXJ Douglas Craig ON 0:37:22 58 KC0UJC Nicholas IA 0:38:54 59 KM3STU Stuart NJ 0:39:48 60 WR3G Nathan VA 0:40:38 61 AA5HH Michael TX 0:41:47 62 KE4ESE MICHAEL GA 0:42:34 63 K5UV MICHAEL OK 0:44:13 64 WI0T Roderick MO 0:45:15 65 N9DGL BRUCE IN 0:46:17 66 K4MW PETER VA 0:47:05 67 N4GO JEROD KY 0:47:54 68 WA2SPL Joseph VT 0:48:57 69 WB2MQQ RONNY NY 0:50:02 70 K2MZ Robert MA 0:51:41 71 W4YDY DAVID NC 0:53:01 72 N8VU William GA 0:54:12 73 AC7FF Dave AZ 0:55:51 74 WM4P TIMOTHY FL 0:56:42 75 N8CEP KEITH OH 0:57:41 76 NS5H Joseph OK 0:58:57 77 WA9AGG BURLAND IN 0:59:58 78 W6UG Philip WA 1:01:03 79 KJ7DT Paul ID 1:02:22 80 KR8P BRADLEY MI 1:03:18 81 KE5AKL Michael NM 1:04:06 82 WK0X Gary MN 1:05:01 83 K5DEZ TIMOTHY NM 1:06:25 84 WW2OK Wade OK 1:10:15 85 N4XAT ROBERT NJ 1:11:19 86 KC5AAV Christopher KY 1:12:11 87 W5GFO TIMOTHY TX 1:13:00 88 KQ4DUX Jay AL 1:13:54 89 N1AM John MA 1:14:57 90 KI6DS DOUGLAS CA 1:16:10 91 K7SHR PAUL WY 1:17:12 92 W4SV WARREN TN 1:18:17 93 W1JBD BRIAN FL 1:19:36 94 WA6GFE Lawrence AZ 1:20:23 95 WD5EEI Glenn TX 1:21:29 96 K9YP Robert LA 1:22:27 97 K2JB JIMMY NC 1:23:13 98 N4ELM WILLIAM NC 1:24:26 99 K9NO PAUL IL 1:25:28 100 NI6L Thomas OR 1:26:33 101 WZ0D PAUL CO 1:28:04 102 K6BBQ Rem CA 1:29:20 103 W1KX WILLIAM ME 1:31:03 104 RZ1OA VLAD RU 1:33:10 105 WN7JT Gabriel WA 1:34:19 106 KI7QCF FORREST UT 1:35:38 107 VA3IMW Mac ON 1:36:27 108 W0DOS CONNOR MO 1:37:27 109 NM5BG Brian NM 1:38:21 110 KC6D DONALD CA 1:39:21 111 KB7TGR Jim WY 1:40:22 112 N7BBQ Ronald AZ 1:41:44 QRT & 73!