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My first YouTube LiveStreamed POTA Activation

 I made a livestream of my POTA activation from US-4571, Juan Bautista National Historic Trail in San Francisco on YouTube last night! It was pretty fun although the audio mostly didn't work out great. I'll be making notes here and in the video's comments on the QSOs in the vieo over time. (One of the things I learned was that there's no editing or even downloading of YouTube livestreams after the fact.) Here's the video, scroll for more details and, eventually, a map of the QSOs.  Park Details Here's a look at the QTH. The vertical antenna is taped to a carbon fiber mast that is in turn supported in a tree with electrical tape. You can see the rig on the ground by the tree. Happenings When a touchdown was scored in the SuperBowl at one point, there was a seven minute delay till the  next QSO. QSO Map: By moving the animation slider all the way to the left, you can see all the QSOs at once. Clicking on play will play the QSOs in order as grey line moves along as...

Things I Learned: Embedding YouTube Shorts

 For me at least, there's no embed button on the share tab for YouTube shorts. I figured out how to get the videos in anyway. Step 1: Start with an embed iframe from any of your videos that aren't shorts. For example: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/idZ80-7WR4w?si=CFqyqDeqzq24OLVh" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> Then, grab the web link to your short from the sharing tab that you can access For example: https://youtube.com/shorts/5D1Bue0KSss?si=3MnCtoyuuxqOJbdh Copy the portion of the link that follows 'shorts/'. In the above example, you'd copy: 5D1Bue0KSss?si=3MnCtoyuuxqOJbdh Paste it into your usual iframe over the portion o the link that follows 'embed/' like so: <iframe width="560" height=...