A CW station in Edmonton
I'm Jorge, a ham since 2022 operating 100% CW. I learned the code with the Long Island CW Club and an iPhone app called Morse-It, and these days I spend as much time as I can activating parks for POTA.
- Operator
- Jorge Gonzalez
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Grid
- DO33ek
- Licensed
- 2022
- Mode
- CW only
- SKCC
- #28694
- POTA
- 11 activations, 212 QSOs
Station log
Notes from the shack and the parks, newest first.
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46 contacts at Coal Lake North
My busiest activation so far, at the park where I made my first one back in May.
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Operating CSKM for VE6
A month on the straight key for SKCC's Canadian Straight Key Month, operating for Alberta.
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My first park activation
A picnic table by the lake at Coal Lake North, the QMX, a Bendix key and the start of a summer spent in parks.
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Building the QRP Labs 50 W amplifier
The second QRP Labs kit on the bench, and what it adds to the QMX in the field.
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My first kit: the QRP Labs QMX
Winding toroids and soldering a mid-band QMX, my first radio built from parts.
Parks on the Air
11 activations across 6 parks and 212 contacts, all CW. As a hunter I've worked 117 parks and earned 8 awards, from Bronze Hunter up to Sapphire Hunter.
| Date | Park | Reference | QSOs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Lake North Provincial Recreation Area | CA-2986 | 10 | |
| Coal Lake North Provincial Recreation Area | CA-2986 | 46 | |
| Elk Island National Park | CA-0020 | 14 | |
| Miquelon Lake Provincial Park | CA-0658 | 10 | |
| Coal Lake North Provincial Recreation Area | CA-2986 | 10 | |
| Coal Lake North Provincial Recreation Area | CA-2986 | 16 | |
| Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park | CA-1185 | 21 | |
| Coal Lake North Provincial Recreation Area | CA-2986 | 2 | |
| Coal Lake North Provincial Recreation Area | CA-2986 | 17 | |
| Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton National Historic Site | CA-6084 | 12 |
The station
A Yaesu at home, a kit-built QRP rig for the parks and the clubs that got me on the air.
- Home rig
- Yaesu FT-891 with an LDG Z-11Pro II tuner
- Antenna
- End-fed half-wave (EFHW)
- Portable rig
- QRP Labs QMX, mid bands, built from a kit
- Amplifier
- QRP Labs 50 W PA, built from a kit
- Main field key
- Bendix Radio flameproof key
- Next build
- QRP Labs QMX+
Clubs
- Long Island CW ClubLICW #5769
- Straight Key Century ClubSKCC #28694
- Northern Alberta Radio ClubMember
The keys
I enjoy finding used keys of all types. Here are a few from the collection.
Photos
The shack, the parks and the workbench.
Get in touch
Hunted me in a park, want to set up a sked or just say hello?
QRZ
Reach me through my QRZ.com page. Log in to QRZ to see my contact details.
Catch me in a park
Look for VA6JLG on the POTA spots page when I'm out activating.