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