Wednesday brings a nice balance of the practical and the celestial: a POTA activation that rescued a rough morning, a balloon-tracking call for help over the Northeast, and antenna projects worth getting your hands dirty for. Meanwhile the sun stays quiet, so temper those DX expectations and enjoy the homebrew.

In today’s roundup

• KB2PIZ: A Rough Start Turns Into an Easy POTA Activation — QRPer
  Mark proves that a bad activation day is often just a warm-up, turning three morning hours into a satisfying park run before work.
• Kopernik Observatory Seeks Amateur Radio Operators to Track August 19 Balloon Flight — ARRL News
  Hams in western New York and the Northeast can put their skills to real educational use tracking today's Kopernik Observatory balloon flight.
• Time for antenna work. — AmateurRadio.com
  A Hustler 4BTV owner tackles the vertical's radial-fastening weak spot with a DX Engineering radial plate, a familiar upgrade for grounded-radial fans.
• A Few Words from Momobeam about the Mechanical Design of Its HF Directional Antennas — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  Fresh from a hard-to-miss Hamvention booth, Momobeam explains the mechanical engineering behind its HF beams for anyone eyeing a serious directional array.
• Shortwave music and library tickets — The SWLing Post
  Imaginary Stations returns with this week's WRMI schedule, including a WHFM show on 9395 kHz, for shortwave listeners who like their programming quirky.
• The ARRL Solar Update — ARRL News
  Solar activity held at very low to low with no significant flares, so plan your HF outings around a sleepy sun this week.

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