Trail Portable Radio is Habit-Forming

Another day on the High Bluff Trail, another handful of contacts.  Enjoying it while the weather's good.

Even though I lugged along everything needed for digital contacts, I stuck with voice.  Sometimes it's just more fun that way.  Taking a clue by four from the last outing...

1. A 3 oz. lead teardrop fishing weight has about the right heft for getting the antenna line up.  Much easier than using a pocket knife on the throw line.  It also slides through foliage without snags.  Still need to practice with the new weight though.
2. 50' of coax gave a little extra range to find a better antenna-hang tree.  Very much worth the small extra weight.
3. Broad-brimmed hat still works great.
4. Couldn't find the seat pad!  Anywhere!  I know it's around the house... somewhere.  But it was a warm & dry day, so it didn't matter.
5. UHF-male-to-SMA-female connector arrived today, but I didn't work any VHF/UHF so I didn't use it.

Things are moving along, improving, getting faster on the set-up time.