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Hams on Strava
17 November 2016 | by Count me amongst those who consider DXpeditioning and radiosport contesting true sports on par with chess, professional poker, America’s Cup sailing, and similar pursuits. Operating SO2R for 48 hours straight in CQ WW, chasing WRTC qualification, and pounding out 160m Qs all night from sub-Antarctic Islands are not for the faint of heart, literally!
No surprise, then, that many DXers and Contesters also participate in endurance sports such as running, cycling, and triathlon when not on the radio. The ‘king’ contester/endurance athlete must be Thomas OZ1AA who spent five years cycling around the world and operated contests from whatever country he happened to be riding through along the way. Thomas’ amazing Cycling The Globe Blog is here:
http://www.cyclingtheglobe.com/
Thomas logged his cycling travels on Strava, a smartphone app that uses GPS to track cycling, running, and other sports, with share/compare social media functionality. Think of Strava as Logbook of the World for cycling and running. Thomas’ Strava feed is here:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/7378076?oq=thomas
Are there other hams on Strava? Yes! At Force 12, yours truly (AA7XT, triathlon) and Jon (KL2A, running) are both active Strava users:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/2467
https://www.strava.com/athletes/15413914
If you look at the Strava users that Jon and I follow, you’ll see many DXers and contesters including Juan TG9AJR, Mark N5OT, Jeff N5TJ (CQ WW World Record Holder and an accomplished bicycle racer), and many more. There are also numerous ham oriented Strava Groups. I’m a member of the “DXCC” and “DX Runners” groups.
If you’re on Strava or are going to sign up (it’s free!), please do connect with Jon and myself. Maybe we can have a meetup at Dayton and go for a morning group run? Or create a combo annual contest points + mileage Strava Challenge?
I should note that Force 12 engineer/builder Jeremy KE0CGU is the best athlete at the company but does not use Strava (Jeremy prefers his time outside to be away from gadgets – purist!). Jeremy commutes to F12 via bike regardless of the weather and also has competed in mountain ultra-running and long distance mountain bike events.
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I am NOT a ham radio operator, but my father was (previous: W4IBG). I have a lot of his very OLD equipment I’d like to sell but I need to know many things. WHAT is needed to post on here to sell his equipment either for use OR parts????? Some of this I’m sure goes back to the early 1920s IF NOT BEFORE! How do I find out a “value” or “worth” on equipment? If selling for parts to repair existing equipment that someone has, do I sell them the WHOLE receiver or whatever — I don’t know what all I do have yet. Thank you.
I have not used Strava in a long time, I got into Runkeeper; it is all about where your friends are. Glad to hear that there are other hams that keep their bodies ‘fit’, definitely seem to be rare in this hobby.
I’m a strava ham but didn’t know there were groups.
I’ll have a look.
Thanks