{"id":256,"date":"2026-05-19T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/?p=256"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:07:14","slug":"pota-activiation-3-at-ie-0028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/2026\/05\/19\/pota-activiation-3-at-ie-0028\/","title":{"rendered":"POTA Activiation 3 at IE-0028"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Due traffic problems, I had to defer the planned activation of IE-0256 Castlemartyr. Instead I went back to IE-0028 Maralogue Wood again and had some fun there for an hour and a half. Due wet and breezy weather, I had the place to myself for most of the time. I logged 40 contacts on 20M SSB &amp; CW, including a few trans-Atlantic. Conditions were better than the previous weekend but were still sub-par. I&#8217;m getting used to the \/T setup now, though I still need to sort out ergonomics for CW operating. I&#8217;ve also made a first attempt at adding 40M to the 20M GP antenna by turning it into an inverted L. I must test that out at base before taking it on an activation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8730-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.749999975494451;object-fit:cover;width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8730-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8730-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8730-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8730-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8730-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anteanna clear of pesky, SWR upsetting branches this time. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/D53CAC23-D8AB-473D-BA4E-0D0295A8AC1C_1_105_c-532x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/D53CAC23-D8AB-473D-BA4E-0D0295A8AC1C_1_105_c-532x1024.jpeg 532w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/D53CAC23-D8AB-473D-BA4E-0D0295A8AC1C_1_105_c-156x300.jpeg 156w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/D53CAC23-D8AB-473D-BA4E-0D0295A8AC1C_1_105_c.jpeg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activation Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"1207\" src=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAA0A6CB-A53B-42E4-A6B4-3558AF9211E0_1_105_c-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAA0A6CB-A53B-42E4-A6B4-3558AF9211E0_1_105_c-edited.jpeg 558w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAA0A6CB-A53B-42E4-A6B4-3558AF9211E0_1_105_c-edited-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CAA0A6CB-A53B-42E4-A6B4-3558AF9211E0_1_105_c-edited-473x1024.jpeg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">QSO Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due traffic problems, I had to defer the planned activation of IE-0256 Castlemartyr. Instead I went back to IE-0028 Maralogue Wood again and had some fun there for an hour and a half. Due wet and breezy weather, I had the place to myself for most of the time. I logged 40 contacts on 20M [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portable","category-operating","category-pota-portable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ei4hq.ie\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}