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20250117 - First activation with the new FT-891

First Action

Big day! First Park Activation for my new gear. FT-891 and new 23AHr battery out for inaugural runs. And boy - did it run! The 42 contacts came quicker than I could type and a total of 29,000 miles of airwave travel in under an hour! The radio worked great, I can safely say that I really like it now that I have used it in the field.

As for the new battery, I am pretty impressed with the first run on it. Started fully charged and used approx 12% of the new 23Ah battery for this activation (which included KX4BY also activating afterwards with his 991A running 85w)

Here was the setup:

  • PARK: US-4451 - Tuskegee National Forest: Taska Recreation Area
  • GRID: EM72el
  • ELEVATION: Approx. 400 feet
  • RIG: Yaesu FT-891 + ATU100 tuner. Set to 20M band and 50W power output
  • ANTENNA: 20m EFHW 9:1
  • BATTERY: 12v 23Ah LiFePO4

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POTA Activation map and stats:

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