Ara's friend Justin K5EM drops by the sofa to share his pro tips on how friendly radio events (including SOTA!) can build community both locally, and around the world.
As always, this episode was captained by Mark KD7DTS and Ara N6ARA, with Di KO6BTM running the studio system.
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__SHOW NOTES__
Drink tasting: Sake - Kunoichi by Moon Bloom
Supercon: https://hackaday.io/superconference/
Salmon Run QSO Party: https://salmonrun.wwdxc.org/
Palau DX: https://www.qrz.com/db/T88WA
SOTAMAT: https://sotamat.com/
Non-Ormoo SOTACAT: https://store.invertedlabs.com/product/sotacat/
__Chapters__
0:00 Intros
8:00 Mark's SOTA Goat activation
19:50 Justin's ham journey
42:51 DXpedition in Palau
1:09:01 Salmon Run QSO Party
1:30:51 SOTACAT
1:42:12 Thanks to our Patreon supporters
__THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS__
Umesh KK6TXI - outro music
Di KO6BTM - intro/outro graphicsNote: Amazon links, if any, are affiliate links