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This will actually depend of the frequency of the trend reversals. Also you can check the historical trades from the signal monitoring Wolfgrid: Both of these variables can be manipulated after the positions have been opened.
So it is important to change your comment and magic number from input parameters in order to protect yourself from those attacks. This should be done only when there is no opened grid in your account. Sometimes the stop loss is always touched just before the price turns in the desired direction, this other manipulation from brokers is called stop loss hunter. Take profit is also hidden since it can help to identify the stop loss by using the same proportions. No Wolfgrid is compatible with any currency account since it includes currency converter functions.
Wolfgrid is sensitive to the spread meaning if a signal is identified but the spread is higher than "Max Spread" parameter then the spread is not accepted and there is no trade.
Then, there is slippage which is the maximum allowed deviation of the requested order open price from the market price. If a signal is triggered, but your broker use a high slippage then the EA considers it as a risky trade and then the trade is not accepted. Additionally brokers fix theirs own prices therefore at the sametime the price can be different from a broker to another one.
This can also change the buy and sell signals. Local computer is not better to use than a VPS service, because the raw reality is that in our own home you will always have more lag to the servers than with a VPS and therefore the EA can miss trading opportunities.
Less signals are lost in a VPS. Permission to perform automated trading is disabled in your EA. You need to check "Allow live trading" option from Expert Advisor properties: Your current settings are not compatible with your broker limitations since you have a risk of margin call definition of margin call is available on https: Therefore Wolfgrid can not open a full grid if it is needed.
To fix this you can either increase your balance with an amount superior to the minimum required balance displayed Under the expert tab: Or you also reduce the lot size such as Wolfgrid can open a full grid without reaching the margin call. The answer is in the video below. There are 3 options to configure Wolfgrid: Can the 3rd candlestick be closed in other forms than full bullish or bearish form? Is it still valid if the 3rd is closed as a doji?
The candlestick close price is important. Yes, you are right. In DBB system, we ride the trend when it has already formed and moved sometimes for several candlesticks.
But the good thing is that we ride the trend when it is almost proven that a trend is started. Hi Kamel, With this trategy, if the stop loss get triggered, do we re-enter or we just wait for the next one?
Nice and simple trade system! You mentioned both options but it appears that you prefer to wait for the cross back rather than trailing the stop. It would better if candles 1 and 2 close right below BB1 upper band in case of long, and above BB1 lower band in case of short trade setups.
This is the typical trade setup. Thanks a lot for the great strategy, it looks good.. But, are there any special tips or tricks for this strategy?
I tried to do this strategy with 4H timeframe on multiple pairs but I got more losses than gains.. There is no tips and tricks. It is as simple as it is explained above. Trade the daily, weekly and monthly time frames using this strategy and look for the trade setups exactly as it is explained above.
You will have a lot more gains than losses. I have read all your articles. I am glad that you are writing and generously share more awesome knowledge again.
I have one question about the DBB. I would to know the logic behind this trade set up. It would be very useful to understand the mechanism of how the price react to it.
I feel this is another effective trade set up and yet very simple which accounts for both statistics and the market psychology, thus I would like to know it better in details. This strategy is not invented by me. I initially learned it from Chris and other senior traders, but I used more seriously than the others. I know that there are so many traders who use this strategy.
Thank to kamel and Chris for Sharing such a great Trade setups…. Keen to give it a go. Just a question, I noticed on 2 of your long trade setup examples that either candle 1 or candle 2 were closed above BB1, but you mentioned that we have a setup if these are both closed below BB1. How critical is this? Thanks in advance for your reply, and also thanks a million times for the unselfish efforts of Chris and yourself in helping us become profitable traders.
Are you sure that candles 1 and 2 are closed above BB1 upper band? Please check one more time. Also here is more explanations: Thank you for sharing another strategy.
Is it really profitable? Could you please share its characteristics especially profit factor, possibly loss rate stop loss hit at its initial place based on your experience?
I will do it as my time allows, and will share my results here. I have not calculated the profit factor, but it has worked for me for years. I would be really interested in even a rough indication of how profitable this system has been for you.
It would boost my confidence a lot if i knew that someone has used this for years with decent profit. I bet when you and Chris discussed whether or not to share this strategy then Chris probably warned you about all the feedback you would get about this…..
It took me 15 minutes just to read this post. You guys are the best…….. Happy to said it worked.. It hit 2 x SL target long position..
Next I will try in bigger time frame.. Many thanks to you for your simple technic.. We just reported that trade setup as an example. It is too late to enter now: I will try find more setups in bigger time frame.. Really easy and interesting system. Keeping it simple stupid. I really am interested in following the system. However, I have questions: Following the system, how can we afford consolidations and little trend pull backs?
Must candlesticks 1 and 2 form and close under the BB1 or only close under it Long Setup? Can you please give us an approximate win rate of this strategy? Thanks a million times. Most of the people these type of secrets are sodding very high price. But you are generously helping to willing people. Kamel I need to test this in demo really enjoy all your articles thanks again mate.
Sorry I slow to respond taking a holiday best John. Firstly I am new to and and have recently came across your page in the last few days. I wish to thank both of you for sharing with all of us I will be putting this system to work today and will continue to read your articles which I find extremely interesting and simple thank you again guys I hope some day I can be a successful trader.
We have been using this system for 15 years. Almost all professional trader know about this system. It is neither invented by us, nor any other known person. I got a doubt on candlestick chart. I found that different brokers provide different trading hours thus it would affect the form of candlestick. Hi Kemal , I really love this BB system, its great, but there are just not enough setups in week over 19 pairs for me to trade it full time..
But what you guys are sharing here is really great, thanks you very much. There are clear rules on forming the trade setups. They are explained above. What you mentioned cannot be known as a trade setup. Then you should check the previous two candlesticks to see whether their close prices are below the BB1 upper band or not.
My question is in a long situation, whether the two prior candlestics the ones below BB1 need to be bullish candles or can they have their close prices lower than the open prices? This DBB strategy is really a wonderful trading system! Thank you for sharing with us your wealth of knowledge and systems. The trade went against me and hit SL after going up rather than down.
It was not a typical short setup, but still a short setup. Please see the above examples and you will see the difference. While I sincerely appreciate your mentoring, even as I strive to comprehend the DBB strategy, presently, I am very confused: Hi Jeng , Michael this cool site and saw your here not Kamel , I was just sitting here catching up on some reading and saw your post.
If I may answer you? The candle on 12th did not close below mean the 20 and was a indecision candle spinning top. The candle on the 15th did. So based on all things, mainly the rules of BB.
The candle did not close below the 20 , this is not a sell. Not sure how to give a picture of this anyways..
First of all, this is an important article: There is never a guarantee where the price will go, even with a perfect trade setup. No trader in the world can predict prices. There are probabilities only. Secondly, there are ways to increase your success rate with the DBB strategy: By picking only the optimal setups, you filter out a lot of bad trades and some good ones as well, but overall, profitability should increase.
Also candle 3 closes almost below the lower BB2 which is also not optimal, but still acceptable these extra rules are explained in the second article i linked.
I have just begun to use them myself. Hi Jeng , I meant to type , This is Michael not Kamel ,and was just reading some posts , not sure what happened there in begging of my comment , but the rest of post is straight.. If yes, how exactly do we trade it on Weekly and Monthly? Thank you for your response.
What I actually mean to ask is following the rules on weekly and monthly would require huge stop loss setting and was thinking there could be a way to trade it on daily. So is best to leave it if cannot be traded according to rules? Of course, trading the shorter time frames also increase the risk. Any trading system generates some losses sometimes and cannot be profitable all the time. Also any trading system misses good and strong movements sometimes. Please read my most recent article about this system: I noticed that in some daily chart examples there are five bbs and four in others, is this due to zooming while captured?
I noticed in the going short chart examples a cpl had candles one and two closed a little above bb1? The only reason I could think of would be they formed strong patterns like in the bb break out system. I have backtested your strategy, here are my remarks: Good that you backtested it. How much did you risk per trade to get to these results? How is it going with your modified DBB? Hi I am a novice starter and still loosing money: Breakeven is the entry price. You can move the stop loss to breakeven when your position is in profit.
If so, your position will be closed with no loss if the price goes against you. Do i understand correctly, you wait until the daily candle closes and at that moment you make a decision? Or is it possible to look at the candles on a different time during the day and act then? You can use this method on any time frame, but daily and longer time frames return better results because they are stronger. Dear Chris, This is a good news for me too as I have to wake up 3. Close the second position when candlesticks start crossing the BB1 and BB2 upper bands, or when one of the candlesticks breaks below the Bollinger Middle Band.
The second sentence says the opposite? Maybe that paragraph and the corresponding one about shorts could be clarified a little. Does this rule still apply if this happens between SL and the profit target of the first position?
Do i follow the rule i quoted, or do i leave the position open until break even is hit or until it goes above the old 2xSL profit target? That part is fixed. So now it is: Close the second position when candlesticks start crossing the BB1 upper bands, or when one of the candlesticks breaks below the Bollinger Middle Band….
Please look at the below chart and let me know if it is possible to have the scenario you mentioned here on this chart or not: During my daily round i noticed that i may have been doing something wrong since i started with the DBB strategy less than a week ago. I was moving the SL of both positions to break even when the price moved 1xSL in my favor. But now that i read the article again see the quoted text below , i see that i should only move the SL of the first position and that i should not move the SL of the second position until the first position hits TP.
Or does it not matter? When the first position hits the TP, you move the SL of the second position to breakeven. If the first position is 1: The way i interpret the above quoted text is that if the price is at 1. So at that point you have two different stoplosses, is that correct? You move the second position SL when the first position hits the TP. In that example, my target would be pips. What i wanted to know was when to move the second position to breakeven.
Again, sorry to take up your valuable time, i realize you must be very busy between writing all these wonderful articles and answering questions from other people. Sorry for my confusion. The above article is written by Kamel and that is his strategy. Just read it multiple times and watch examples from authors. I have simplified this strategy to maximal extent and even increased the profitability and proved it in backtest. So if the original strategy is too complicated to you, you can use the rules i have posted above.
I think that can tell us more about its success rate. It is impossible to answer this question, because markets behave differently every month. Please read the below comments.
Some trader have back-tested this system and published the results on this page. Thanks for your article i have read all the article and it is very good for daily time frame trading… can you tell me how to download Double bolinger Band….
You should add two Bollinger Bands to the same chart. I am desperate that you did not answer my question on Mar 5, on this same thread..!! Example for a downtrend: Please upload an example to tinypic. The typically DBB setup: Thank you for sharing this. It has to be back-tested to see how it has worked in the past. Hello Chris I am appreciate to find this site as I am novice in trading and thank you and your friends for such huge support, almost read all 5 steps and trying follow your points.
I am at stage of analyzing and practicing, so I have question: May I know what did I miss? Thank you for your attantion. Sometimes even the best and strongest setups hit the stop loss.
You have to be prepared for it. Have you ever check what is the winning rate for this strategy? It looks so simple to follow and yet effective. Thank you for sharing a system so effective and simple with all of us and for free. I just stumbled across your free system online, since I just completed a very similar daily system myself and looked for ideas to finally make it work. I created one with a quite similar idea to catch trends in the beginning.
Since I did not know a better way, I based mine on moving averages and candlesticks but I find your approach with two sets of Bollinger bands a whole lot more comfortable and precise than MAs alone could be. So your way to keep things simple is just incredible to me. I plan to apply that system as soon as possible.
First I need to refund my account, because I let mine be torn down by a lot of mistakes Chris identified in his article about greed. So I hope to do better in the future. You and Chris are incredible, unselfishly educating people with true wisdom and encouragement.
My ultimate goal is to be able one day to give wisdom for other people to prosper just the way you guys do. I am truly greatful and will keep reading your stuff and learn and master everything you share. This trading system is simple and effective.
Just started back-testing it and collecting the information on other articles and your comments. I am somewhat new to technical analysis in general, so I was thinking of trying this system alone because it is simpler and seeing if I can handle it alone, without using the main system.
Chris what happened to Kamel??? Many days have passed since I last saw Kamel articles last in this site. I hope to get something new from Kamel. Hmm I agree perfectly with u on this point of view.
Kamel, show Chris that you are not lazy so that we can see something new articles from u. Only the 3 candlestick have to be bullish in case of long trade setup. Are you saying that trading with the stochastic system that you taught us and use it on weekly timeframe, we can be consistently profitable? It is explained above. You add 2 Bollinger Bands to each chart.
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I'm certainly nowhere near one of the biggest NPOTA activators of 2016. My 11 activations place me pretty
close to the bottom of the pile. Heck, I didn't start to get active with NPOTA until August!
But my activations are special - usually for 3-6 hours, dipoles, amplifiers and many hundreds of QSO's.
My goal was to turn rare parks into easy ones! Join me on this ham radio travelog of the parks I visited this year.
This was a group activation as W1NVT with members of the Radio Amateur of Northern Vermont.
This is our "local" park - only an hour away. Sadly, we only have 2 parks in Vermont to activate!
Operators included AB1DD, KB1FRW, KB1THX, KB1WXM, KB1ZEB and W1SJ. The operation was set up in
Davis Park, along the banks of the Missisquoi River in Richford, VT - right adjacent to the Canadian border.
The station consisted of two stations - 40 meters in the gazebo and 20 meters in a tent. Both stations ran
500 watts to dipoles up 50 feet. The activation ran 6 1/2 hours and produced 677 QSO's in 43 states, 7 provinces and 4 DX.
Trail marker sign
Davis Park stone in front of gazebo.
Larry KB1ZEB and Tim KB1THX on 20m.
Station: K3 + SB-200.
Bob KB1WXM guarding the 20m tent.
Carl AB1DD on 40m with the Bobs - KB1FRW (l) and KB1WXM (r) watching.
Closeup of 40m station consisting of Kenwood + Elecraft amp.
View of Missisquoi looking West.
View of Missisquoi looking East.
This was a single-man activation by W1SJ. This location is only a mile from my boyhood home, and I did the activation during a trip to visit family. Floyd Bennett is also where I did my first Field Day, way back in June, 1971, back when it was a Naval Air Station. I set up right in the same spot (NE corner) we did 45 years ago!
Floyd Bennett was New York City's first airport in 1931, when it opened - before any heard about LaGuardia and JFK (previously called Idlewile). In 1939, when LaGuardia became the main airport, Floyd Bennett became a Naval Air Station. In 1972, it was transferred to the newly formed Gateway National Recreation Area. The large runways are still there, and yes, people still drag race down them, much to the chagrin of park police. There is also several hangers with old planes, an ecology center, a small campground and other activities. It is several square miles of totally open space in a crowded urban environment like New York City.
The station consisted of a DX-70 running 100 watts feeding a 40 meter dipole up 25 feet. The tuner allowed operation on both
40 and 20 meters. Other bands were dead. Power came from the vehicle. The activation lasted a little over 4 hours and
produced 226 contacts in 35 states and 4 DX. I wanted to hit 300, but poor conditions on 20 meters kept the totals
a bit lower.
Watch the W1SJ RC08 Video
Entrance to Floyd Bennett.
Your activator. Winds from Hurricane Hermine offshore made it a bad hair day.
Station on runway 6/24, looking ENE.
Station on runway 6/24 looking WSW. Cars drag racing in background.
Station in van: DX-70, MFJ tuner, hand key, voltmeter.
The goal was to put one of the rare New York City National Park units on the air. To date, there have been some 10 units with 0-2 activations each and less 30 QSO's made at most of them. I wanted to put the Tenement Museum on the air, but they flatly refused - which means no one will ever work it. Many of these units are buildings in the concrete canyons of NY which provide little opportunity to put up an effective antenna, even if permission was granted. I decided to try Stonewall because the ranger knew of the NPOTA program and didn't have a problem with activation, and as it includes a park, there was opportunity to string an antenna. Stonewall was only activated once before and had a mere 33 QSO's in the log. This was RARE DX!
Another problem with NYC is that vehicular access is very limited. Besides having to deal with humongous traffic jams, there simply is little place to park, and parking garages will run $40-50. I'm not a SOTA guy - the idea of schlepping a QRP radio, antenna, feed line and battery on the subway was not an option. "Life's too short for QRP" is my motto. Oh, and did I mention that Hurricane Hermine was supposed to hit NY on Labor Day weekend, bringing winds, rain and a storm surge (just like Sandy in 2012). Can we do maritime mobile? Are we having fun yet?
After seeing my shrink and being certified as crazy, I set out on Labor Day to do a recon of the area. I brought the station packed away in my large backpack, just in case I found an opportunity. Oh, and the big hurricane which the media made a big deal over, was a bust. It was a beautiful, sunny, and breezy day.
Stonewall consists of the Stonewall Inn at 53 Christopher Street, and Christopher Park, a small park between Christopher and Grove Streets. The public area of the park is only 40 feet wide by 100 feet long. The park is longer, but the rest is gated off to keep people out of the gardens. It was named a National Monument in April of this year to commemorate a battle which set the stage for Gay Liberation. The police raided the Stonewall Inn in 1969, which sparked a riot. They don't raid gay bars anymore.
So I arrive at Ground Zero, and find a open parking space on Grove Street, right across from the entrance to the park - and being it was a holiday, parking was free! That's real high on the luck meter! I got out and scouted the park and found a way to run a 66 foot long 40 meter dipole along the length of the park. To get the wire high enough to keep it out of harm's way, I threw a rock with a string over some tree branches. So picture this: I'm tossing a rock into a tree on the corner of busy West 4 Street, just across from the subway entrance. Of course, hitting a pedestrian or taxicab with the rock is not allowed (I thought about it, though). In 10 minutes, I had a dipole a lofty 10 feet above the ground. NOBODY asked me what I was doing the whole time. I guess weird is the norm in this area. I can only wonder what would have happened if I shot my pneumatic ball launcher in the park!
I grabbed the radio and battery and a chair and started calling CQ on 40. S-9 noise - NO GOOD!. I quickly moved to CW with the hand key and banged out a quick 10 QSO's to make it official. Then the battery died - a small battery will not power 100 watts for very long. I grabbed the spare battery. It died. I then alternately charged the batteries from the car to stay on the air. Then the computer battery died. I continued logging on the back of an old road map found in the glove box. Stay on the air at all costs! Eventually, I got a pretty good run on 20 SSB (no noise there) and 40 CW.
The 2 1/2 hour activation produced 118 QSO's in 30 states, almost 4 times the existing number. I would have liked to
do more, but considering a 10 foot high dipole surrounded by 5-15 story buildings, with S-9 noise on 40 meters, I
was fortunate in what I got. In all, this was totally crazy and totally fun! It really felt like a full-on
DXpedition, minus the 2 week trip on the Braveheart!
Your activator at the West 4 St Entrance, looking NE.
Grove St entrance, looking North.
Looking at the Park from the Stonewall Inn, looking South.
Looking North though the park at the Stonewall Inn (small white building).
Dipole across the park.
Another shot of the dipole.
Station in the park - Looks like a pile of garbage - I just tossed everything down and started calling CQ.
Statue in park. Notice what she has on her lap! Promote Ham Radio!
Front of Stonewall Inn.
The idea for this one came from the fact that we would be visiting Debbie's family in Ithaca, NY. I carefully planned the trip for the weekend of September 24th to coincide with the Elmira Hamfest, which I have never been to before. Then, I realized that I would only be a hour from a National Park unit which has not been activated all that many times previously. But, the logistics would be difficult! I would be with Debbie, who although is an Extra Class ham (W1DEB), she wanted no part of helping out with an activation, nor sitting around while I operated. I even offered to drop her off at the nearby Waterloo Outlet Stores, but no dice. And, we would be using her car, which is not set up for an antenna, nor even power to run the radio. That was easily solved by quickly putting in a power cable. For an antenna, I would use something external to the car.
I came up with a rather insane itinerary, in which I had little faith would work out. I would leave Debbie with the family head out bright and early and drive 45 minutes down to the Hamfest and spend a couple of hours there. Then I would drive the 1 hour 15 minutes up to Seneca Falls, set up, operate for an hour or so, and drive the 1 hour back to Ithaca so I could get back by mid-afternoon so we could drive back to Vermont. The problem with this plan is that I have never spent only 2 hours at a Hamfest - usually 4-5 hours is the minimum. It was also questionable if could actually FIND the place I had to go to and then figure out how to deploy an antenna in a place I've never been to! Like I said, Insane!
But the NPOTA program for me has been about insane operations, so this was no different. I was able to tear myself away from the Fester inside of 2 hours, after buying a bunch of stuff, and got to Seneca Falls on the schedule I planned. From maps and satellite pictures, I determined that a bunch of trees in the back of the parking lot would hold my 40 meter dipole. The electronic recon worked out as planned and I had the antenna up about 15 feet in a small tree. Fortunately, no one noticed what I was doing there - it certainly looked suspicious enough!
I got on the air at 11:45, but the pileups were pretty lackluster. I heard other stations, they heard me, but not a lot called in. I ran a bunch on 40 meters, working most everything from New England out to Michigan and Ohio. But when I tried 20 meters - nothing. Stations were there, but they were not calling me, even after spotting. It was like everyone was out enjoying the beautiful weather on a Saturday morning and not bothering with the silly radio (probably the truth). I took a quick break to look inside the Visitor Center, and then went back to work on 40 meters and the 20 meters again. Finally, I got some response, working out to Washington, Wyoming, Puerto Rico and even Slovenia. Not bad for a low dipole and 100 watts. But the time was ticking away and after an hour and a half, I had to pull the plug and head back.
I picked up 60 QSO's in 23 states and 2 DX countries - which is an average activation,
but very unspectacular in my opinion.
I would have liked to break 100, but that would require more time, which I didn't have. Give the tight logistics,
I was able to pull off the activation, enjoy a hamfest, have fun, and not get in trouble with the wife!
Entrance to the Women's Rights National Historical Park. The operation was in the back of this building.
Overall view of the operation, looking North. The "shack" is in the car with the green (VT) license plate.
The antenna is halfway up in this tree.
Closeup of the dipole.
The station sprawled across the passenger seat.
Inside the Visitor Center. Statues of the women who met here in 1848 to vie for civil rights.
Your activator takes a quick rest before heading out.
This is Vermont's only National Park. It is a wonderfully preserved area, along with a mansion and other buildings formerly owned by the Marsh, Billings and Rockefeller families.
This was a group activation, operating as W1NVT consisting of AB1DD, KB1FRW, KB1WXM, KC1EKV and W1SJ. We set up at the Prosper Road trailhead, some 2 miles WNW of the main park entrance in Woodstock Village. This location offered a fairly high elevation, numerous tall trees, and absolutely no cell service! Any calls for help would have to be done via ham radio. After a quick analysis, we put up dipoles for 40 and 20 meters some 50-60 feet up in the trees. The 40 meter station was a K3 driving an Elecraft amp, located in a pop-up shelter. The 20 meter station was a K3 driving a vintage Heath SB-200 amp, located in a minivan. Power came from twin Honda EU-2000i units. Less than 1 gallon of fuel ran the entire operation.
Conditions were pretty good compared to the last few weeks. The pileups on 20 meters were insane to start with - some 180 stations were worked in the first hour! Things died off for a while, and then came back with a bang later in the afternoon. We were helped by a DX contest in the morning and the CA QSO Party in the afternoon. Over on 40 meters we had stations calling in all day long.
The 5 hour activation resulted in an amazing 856 QSO's, a 60% increase in the number of QSO's from HP26.
This shouldn't be a rare park anymore! We worked something like 45 states, 52 DX stations in 21 DX countries and
5 other National Parks. It was an incredibly successful activation and we had a ball. And it didn't rain on us -
even though it rained most everywhere else!
Watch the W1NVT HP26 Video
W1SJ at the trail head.
KB1FRW shooting the line to haul up the 20m dipole.
The 40 meter station with AB1DD operating and KB1WXM having lunch.
"Sponge Bob Square Pants". KB1FRW holding a sponge in front of 40 meter station.
The 40 meter dipole.
Carl AB1DD on 40 meters.
Mitch W1SJ on 20 meters.
Bernie KC1EKV on 20 meters - his first time running the pileups!
Bob KB1FRW on 20 meters.
Bob (the other Bob) KB1WXM on 40 meters.
W1SJ in front of the 20 meter station.
Like many hams in New England, we all like to attend NEAR-Fest in Deefield, NH. I learned that parts of the Lamprey River qualify as a National Park Unit. The Lamprey actually runs through Deerfield, forming the northern boundary of the Fairgrounds. It continues to meander east and north and eventually empties into the Great Bay in Portsmouth, which in turn empties into the ocean. The National Park unit starts in West Epping, a mere 20 minute ride from Deerfield. Soooo, we departed the fest early and headed over to Mary Folsom Blair Park, along the banks of the Lamprey River. There we found tall and glorious trees, in full fall foliage colors. We wasted no time in adorning the trees with 20 and 40 meter dipoles, fed with 500 watts on both bands. The high power made the trees more colorful.
The wrecking crew consisted of Paul AA1SU and Mitch W1SJ on 20 meters and Bob KB1FRW and Rich KB1YTO on 40 meters. The 20 meter station got on the air at 1:42 in the afternoon and quickly turned into a 5 alarm pileup. People were calling on top of each other while fistfights broke out at times. As chief zookeeper, it was my job to keep the peace and keep the QSO�s going in the log. We had 180 QSO�s in the log inside of one hour. A lot of the QSO�s were DX. Not bad for a wire antenna. Paul got on and the pileup continued, but was a bit calmer. I got back on and when I announced that we�d be pulling the plug soon, the pileup got crazy again.
The 40 meter station got on at 2:12. It was typical 40 meters �
quick runs of stations and then nothing, and then quick runs.
Rich had his first try at handling pileups and he switched on
and off with Bob. We worked nearly 200 on this band � and
those people were mighty happy because as close-in stations,
there was no way they would get through on 20 meters.
We pulled the plug on 40 meters at 5, and 20 meters ran until
5:38, giving us just enough time to put everything away before
it got dark. We ended up with a total of 792 QSO�s from 45
states and 23 DXCC countries. Not bad for an afternoon in the
park - after 2 days of Hamfesting!
Watch the W1NVT WR23 Video
We were at Mary Folsom Blair Park, just beyond the site of the old Folsom Dam.
AA1SU managing the pileups on 20 meters. The Lamprey River is 10 feet away, just down the cliff!
The 20 meter dipole just visible some 50 feet up.
KB1FRW on 40 meters. Big voice with big amp! His hat matches the foliage.
KB1YTO on 40 meters.
W1SJ managing the insane 20 meter pileups. That's the reflection from the river in the background.
Da gang: KB1FRW, KB1YTO, AA1SU, W1SJ
We had so much fun last week putting on the Lamprey River site, that we decided to strike again while we had the time and the weather was still fairly nice. That being said, we did drive through some early morning snow while crossing the Green Mountains of Vermont. We got down to Cornish, NH - site of NS60, St. Gaudens National Historic Site. The crew consisted of Bob KB1FRW, Rich KB1YTO, Doug N6PRT and Mitch W1SJ.
We set up in the main parking lot and quickly had 20 and 40 meter dipoles high in the trees. Park visitors marveled at the wires! As there was a threat of rain, the 20 meter station was inside the van, and the 40 meter station was under a shelter. The 20 meter station got going at 11, while 40 meters fired up 50 minutes later. We didn�t have an amp for 40 meters on this trip, but it hardly mattered as we made pretty much the same of contacts as in the other activations. On 20 meters, it was a massive pileup all day with lots of DX. It was tiring work but a load of fun!
We ran into Ken KB1HXO who was doing an activation of his own at NS60. No problem with QRM - newer radios are great!
What was a rainy and snowy morning on the trip down turned
into a glorious, but somewhat chilly fall day. Things weren�t
too shabby on the air either. When the last QSO was made at
5:09, we had 1008 QSO�s in 47 states and 35 countries in the
log. Wow!
|Map of the Park. 20m was at the other end of the parking area and 40m was in the middle and back end.
|The 40 meter station was under this canopy. It was a bit chilly at times!
|KB1FRW on 20 meters. He is 4 inches too long. We either have to cut a hole in the van, or chop 4 inches off Bob!
|KB1YTO was promoted to the senior operator on 40 meters.
|N6PRT on 40 meters. This was a new experience for him.
|The 40 meter antenna way up in the trees.
|W1SJ dealing with the 20 meter insanity.
|W1SJ smiling after we counted over 1000 QSO's for the activation.
I was doing a ham radio class in Manchester, NH this particular weekend, so I found some time to head the 30 minutes down to Lowell on Friday to activate the Lowell National Historical Park. Unlike the rural settings I have been in, this is truly an urban park. Giant mill buildings dot the area along with canals running all around. The Visitor Center is located inside one of these buildings and they provide parking - something which is expensive in this area. I brought my drive-over mount and 25 foot mast to hold up the 40 meter dipole. Several smallish trees were in the parking area and these held up the ends. I also brought the amp and generator to power it, although I wasn't sure if someone would object. The noise from the rather stiff winds this day, and the urban background noise covered up any noise the generator made and I was able to keep the operation on the stealthy side. I missed my "crew" from the W1NVT operations - I had to do it all - antenna and station setup - which took a bit less than a hour.
I started a little before 2PM on 20 meters, but between the high noise level, and poor conditions, the rate was not what I expected - a bit less than 100 QSO's per hour! The QSB was a killer - signals were going up and down dramatically. I popped onto 20 CW to give the weaker stations a chance to be heard through the noise. But when I moved to 40 meters at 3:30, things went nuts! Not only were there big runs of stations in the Northeast, but quite a few stations called in from as far away as FL and MN and even the Caribbean while it was still daylight. But the highlight of the afternoon had to be when JO1DZA from Japan called in with a great signal around 4:30 - a first for me on 40 meters. As the sun set and it was getting dark, I started thinking about getting out of there as I wasn't sure how safe this area would be at night. But I cannot say that I've ever walked away from a pileup, so I stayed on working station after station. By 6PM, the pileup had died down, I was tired, hungry and cold (36 degrees with heavy winds). Luckily, the parking light had lights, and I made quick work of getting the antenna down and everything put away.
The activation resulted in 501 QSO's in 46 states, 16 countries and 5 continents. Not bad for 4 hours of playing on the radio!
|Looking North across the parking area. Antenna is 40m dipole on 25 foot mast.
|Looking West across the Pawtucket Canal and Dutton Street.
|Looking NE at the "shack". Honda powerplant visible next to front wheel.
|The mill at this site has been converted to apartments. Not sure of the function of the smokestack but it could be a great antennas support!
|Detail of the antenna mount.
|Entrance to the visitor center in the mill building.
This is a classic brownstone which is a replica of the house where Teddy Roosevelt was born. I had been looking at this site for some time as it was only activated once by K0BAK and resulted in only 12 QSO's being made. The site was closed most of the year for renovations, and finally opened in November. K1ZK made a few more QSO's from here and reported that the noise was "real bad".
I got permission to operate from here, and asked if it would be possible to put an antenna on the roof. That was turned down, as I expected. But fortunately, I convinced the park ranger to allow me to hang one end of my 40 meter dipole from a 3rd story window. The antenna came down 30 feet, and then made a sharp turn to horizontal for a another 30 feet, forming a shortened 40 meter "L" antenna. I had hoped that the vertical polarization would help me on 20 meters while the horizontal component would be best for high angle skip on 40 meters during the day. But I knew this would be a tough slog. The street and sidewalk form a notch which is 50 feet wide, with 100-150 foot high buildings on each side. While one end of the street pointed at 300 degrees, which would help towards the Pacific Northwest, most of the paths to the U.S. were right into the building I was located at!
But that was only half of it! The noise was brutal! How brutal? Try S9+10db on 40 meters and a mere S8 on 20 meters (with most 20 meter signals well below that). And this is with the pre-amp off! My most popular expressions this day were, "Say again", "Repeat", and my favorite, "What?"
And if this wasn't all bad enough, with the CQWW CW contest raging on, I was limited to a small window of CW frequencies just above the PSK and Packet segments. A bit more than half of the QSO's were made on CW, mainly due to the high noise level. QSO's on 20 meter phone were very tough, so CW was the main mode there.
You have to laugh when you picture this activation. This took place in the fashionable Gramercy Park District of New York. All day, cabs would pull up with people dressed to the nines, wearing furs and fancy hats and the such. And there I am on the steps of the townhouse with wires running all over the place. The steps and front door are not used - the entrance is on the ground floor, which allowed me an undisturbed spot to operate from.
After 5 hours of sitting outside in the cold, I tallied 164 QSO's - my absolute worse QSO rate in any
activation. But consider that only 52 QSO's were made in the 2 activations prior, this was pretty good.
Suffice it to say, if you made it into the log, you were real lucky. The noise and conditions were so bad, that
I'm amazed I worked anyone. This was truly the hardest operation I've ever done in ham radio. But I'm happy I
was able to pull it off!
|Front of building. End of dipole coming out of 3rd story window, down to stairway.
|Antenna was an "L dipole for 40 meters- 1/2 vertical, the other half horizontal.
|To make matters worse, building is set back 15 feet from edge of other buildings, making antenna angle even worse.
|Building set back on other side
|This is what we mean by the "Concrete Canyons of NYC". Looking West down East 20 Street, which is actually 300 degrees. Not too bad for WA and OR, but brutal for FL!
|Looking East (120 degrees) down East 20 Street. Great for working the South Atlantic Ocean, if anyone was there.
|This is the glorious station perched on the top of the stairway. Logging computer on top, with radio (DX-70) at right.
|I'm really happy here, as I am done after 5 grueling hours of picking stations out of the noise!
After a grueling day at NS68, I opted for a rare, but fairly easy activation the next day. Hamilton Grange is the house which Alexander Hamilton built and lived in for a couple of years before he ended up on the losing end of a duel with Aaron Burr. In 1800, this area of Harlem was his estate. Over the years, with the city growing up around the house, it was moved a few times before settling in St. Nicholas Park. I was offered the ability to pull into the driveway and set up in the van on the property - a reasonably easy and effective way to do an activation.
I actually was looking at this site for some time, but kept rejecting it. From growing up in Brooklyn, Harlem was about as far away as you can be and still be in the same city. And it was a place you just didn't go to as it was a very dangerous place in the 60's. However, these days, the neighborhood has gentrified and from what I observed was a quite pleasant urban environment.
Set up was a bit slow because I had to position the vehicle and antenna right near the walkway where many, many people (plus a few busloads) were streaming in to visit the site. As I worked diligently to position the vehicle mast and wires away from innocent pedestrians, I was humming the Duke Ellington classic, "Take the 'A' Train". For those not familiar, the 'A' Train is the Eighth Avenue Express which is the main line through Harlem and was right next to my location under St. Nicholas Avenue. Eventually, I had my full 40 meter dipole set up 25 feet above the van. To my West, the hill continued up another 80 feet with buildings from City College blocking the view. Perhaps that's why 20 meters was all that spectacular, but that band has been poor all for some teim. I did have a commanding view to the Northeast, but there was no Europe run this day.
I started out on 40 meters and was greeted with a monster pileup, which lasted the better part of an hour. Unfortunately, the pileup was covering me up and I thought briefly about working split, but decided to not complicate matters any more. Two things made me very happy: First, absolutely no NOISE at this location. If you had any sort of signal, I heard you! And second, a spot on the cluster said, "LOUD!" You gotta love that!
At 4:00 with the sun setting behind the hill, I shut down and stowed all the equipment. The 4-hour activation
netted 370 QSO's with only 100 watts. I can also report that no pedestrians were harmed or otherwise mangled
by the antennas!
|HAMilton Grange, with HAM shack out in front.
|Front view of Hamilton's House. Stairs were removed and are being replaced.
|Dipole on 25 foot mast. Large building at the right is City College.
|Closeup of dipole, looking NNE at row houses along West 145 Street.
|Looking NW from Hamilton's House up towards Hamilton Heights.
|A happy W1SJ after a very successful operation.
The RANV NPOTA Dream Team decided to return to our "neighborhood" park, WR26, for a final activation before the program would end in 2 weeks. To make things interesting, I announced to the world that we were striving to make 1000 QSO's in this activation (an average NPTOA activation is around 60). At the time, the total NPOTA QSO count was around 970,000, and it was hoped this would go a long way to help put the total over the magic 1 Million QSO Mark.
But it wasn't going to be all that easy. This was going to be a winter activation, and plans had to be put into place to deal with cold and snow to drive up, set up the antennas and stations and operate for several hours. We looked at two different weekends, and chose the day with the least likelihood of snow, least wind and warmest (!?) temperatures. We also had to consider the actual station locations. We have erected tents for this, but that would mean more stuff to do outside in the cold weather. So, we had to carefully consider the ergonomics of fitting equipment and some of our larger operators comfortably into vehicles to make contacts. But it was the cold that wrecked havoc on some of our equipment, particularly our pneumatic ball launcher used to put up the antennas. The cold made the units brittle and also caused the monofilament line to break prematurely. We also had difficulty starting the trusty Honda EU2000 generators in the cold. Fortunately, we learned about that issue the day before. So everything was kept warm overnight in basements and warm garages. The generators started and ran without a hitch.
The other issue we had to deal with was a truncated operating schedule. We could not operate past 5PM like we have done in the past. We had to make a hard stop at 4, quickly rip everything down and pack it away before it got dark (and colder) at 4:30. We all arrived before 10AM, where the local temperature was a balmy 11 degrees. We exchanged many jokes about this becoming a FYBO operation. FYBO is Freeze Your Butt Off - an outdoors Field Day type activity where you get a larger multiplier for the cold temperatures. We got to work to set everyone up and got going on 20 meters at 10:30 and was on 40 meters about 30 minutes later.
WR26 has been activated many times before and is not all that rare. And while the propagation this past week appeared to be good, I didn't know what to expect. Would anyone bother calling us? I got my answer just after the second CQ. The pileup started and quickly became nuts. Stations were calling on top of me, making it hard to respond to stations. People would continue to call on top of others. Fistfights broke out. Chairs and other objects were thrown into the fray. The pileup had all the elegance of a Wrestling Cage Match. I even had to scold some for their bad behavior. And the whole time, I'm laughing my butt off, because I do really enjoy working pileups! We logged a 186 QSO's per hour rate for the first couple of hours. As the afternoon wore on, we worked out the band somewhat and the rate dropped, but it also became easier for the weaker stations to get though. We we actually able to work a number of stations in the Northeast who were in our skip zone.
40 meters started a bit more slowly, but it built up to keep a steady 110-120 QSO per hour rate all afternoon. The noise was virtually non-existent - just a little bit of band noise, and not much else. And with 40 meters going long early in the afternoon. we were working everyone in the eastern half of the country, clear down to Florida.
Around 2:30, I polled the stations to see how many we had in the logs. "Sweet Jesus", (sometimes that is used for my phonetics), "We did it - over 1000 QSO's!" So we kept going to see how many more QSO's could be put into the log. Just after 4:00, the pileups pretty much stopped on both bands and this was sign for us to shut it down, pull it down and get our butts outta there.
We totaled 1250 QSO's, 49 states (no AK), 11 Canadian Provinces, 15 DXCC countries, including Mozambique, and
several park to park QSO's. It was a wildly successful activation and we all had a ball.
Watch the W1NVT WR26 Video
Sign board showing the location of Richford. We were 1.2 miles south of the Canadian border, 43 miles NE of Burlington, 200 miles NNW of Boston, 300 miles N of NYC, and halfway between the Equator and North Pole!
The Natural and Wild (actually icy and cold) Missisquoi River.
Jeez, it was cold when we arrived.
The 20 meter "shack".
The 40 meter "shack".
20 meter dipole high up in the trees.
Bob KB1FRW on 20M.
Bob (the other Bob) KB1WXM on 20M. K3 in the foreground with SB-200 amp and tuner behind.
Rich KB1YTO on 40M.
Mitch W1SJ on 40M. Elecraft K3, KXA amp and tuner next to him.
As Yogi used say, "It gets dark early out there!" Group shot lit up by headlights after we packed everything away (around 4:30!).
This site was the rarest National Park site in the East. Only one activation and 21 QSO's to date. Located in the heart of the Financial District, it is extremely difficult to access and operate from. At all times, there are many pedestrians all over the place, making an activation tricky at best. To make this work better, I collaborated with Pete K0BAK, who has put this and most of the other tough Manhattan National Park sites on the air. It was hoped that our NPOTA "Dream Team" would nail this tough site!
The best activations require recon and homework, and I scouted the area and took pictures in November. I wanted to find a way to deploy my full size 40 meter dipole. With the site surrounded by 35-story buildings on all sites, it would not be easy putting a good signal out, so I wanted the antenna to be as efficient as possible. I was originally going to hang a dipole from the statue of George Washington, but rejected that idea. Not only would it bother visitors taking pictures, the metal statue would not help the antenna efficiency. I finally settled on a mast made up of several 3-1/2 foot long by 1 inch diameter aluminum poles on a tripod, which I would set up in BACK of the statue. Fortunately, Federal Hall is about 100 feet wide, which is wide enough for the 66 foot long dipole. I even carefully plotted all of the legal on-street parking spaces one could find on a Saturday, providing a free parking spot and short walk to the site.
Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate. It was a steady rain when we arrived at 9AM. But, we knew the rain was to taper off after 12:00, so we didn't worry too much. At least it didn't snow. But the cool temps (40 degrees) damp weather and light breeze made things less than comfortable. But we were able to locate under the overhang of Federal Hall, which kept us out of direct rainfall, although antenna setup was a wet affair.
Pete got on around 9:30 and had an instant pileup on 40M SSB, while I worked on the dipole. I finally got on after 10:00 and decided to go to 40 CW. I was greeted by an insane CW pileup and had to work split almost immediately. The rate hovered around 90 QSO's per hour, and this is on a straight key - in the rain! Fortunately, the noise level was a lot quieter than expected, so we were able to hear a lot of stations calling. But after 90 minutes of operating, we both had to take breaks. Sitting on the porch was not the most comfortable of operating positions and the damp weather required frequent bathroom breaks. At least we finally found a place to deal with that! We timed the breaks so that we always had one of us on site to watch the equipment.
The cold weather got to Pete and he shut down around 11:30 and stayed on to watch me go at it. I was just getting warmed up! While 20 meters was a bit lackluster, I was able to log a few West Coast stations. The high buildings all around us obviously was making things difficult. But on 40 meters, which relied on high angle skip at that hour, things remained nuts. The rate on 40 SSB ran up to 140 per hour - impressive with 100 watts from a hole. I went back through the various band modes to pick up anyone else who needed NM06. Finally at 1:23, the battery on the laptop gave up. I could have run back to the car and get a pad to log on, but with the wet weather and such, I decided that was the perfect time to close up shop.
Pete and I combined to hand out 276 QSO's in 2 1/2 hours to some very happy chasers. Despite the rough RF
conditions, we had over 35 states in the log, with virtually all states East of the Mississippi. I even reached
the Azores! It was a wet, soggy and uncomfortable activation, but I dare say, the most fun I've had.
I'll miss this craziness!
Federal Hall, with George Washington standing guard out front. Look to the left to his head, and what do you see?
Side view of antenna. Mast is 17 feet. Base of mast is 9 feet above street, for a total of 26 feet above street level. That's pretty meaningless as we were surrounded by 35 story buildings on all sides!
Looking up at George. I was going to hang the dipole from his hand, but thought better of it!
Antenna from back of statue. Pole is set in a tripod lashed to base of statue. Building to the right is the NY Stock Exchange. The high levels of RF we generated might have pushed up the S&P index, if the Exchange was open!
W1SJ pounding brass on 40M CW. Alinco DX-70 under laptop, with MFJ tuner and wattmeter behind computer. Blue box is Pete's LiFePO battery which kept the output at a constant 100 watts.
The W1SJ station. Alinco DX-70 below laptop. Plastic behind tuner provided needed waterproofing during the rain. I'm obviously not a neat freak during activations!
K0BAK's Ham Stick dipole at the NW corner of Federal Hall.
K0BAK posing with George.
George blessing W1SJ and giving his OK to support our antenna. No, I'm not that FAT, but when you wear 4 sweatshirts and 2 jackets to combat the cold, you start to look like the Michelin Man!
A happy W1SJ poses in front of the NP sign after a highly successful operation.
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Great Labor Day turnout in White River Junction. Did some campaigning alongside lots of great folks.
Learned a bit more about renewable energy at Lt. Gov. Zuckerman's monthly film series. The film was "Reinventing Power: America's Renewable Energy Boom" and was followed by a panel discussion with Rob Kidd (Sierra Club), Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, Lt. Governor Zuckerman, and Olivia Campbell Andersen (Renewable Energy Vermont). Exciting leadership on many fronts. Even got a picture with Rachel Stevens of Sierra Club VT!
Looking forward to to making progress on the 2018 Environmental Common Agenda
Strong initial showing, but hope to build more momentum for November.
I am happy to have a group like Rights & Democracy taking such a leadership role in pushing to improve the lives of Vermonters. And I am thrilled to receive and ednorsement from them.
I got to spend a little time watching ox pulling sleds after a yard sale fundraiser for the Pomfret-Teago fire department.
Thrilled to have the endorsement of Vermont Sierra Club. If elected, I will be a strong advocate in Montpelier for environmental + social justice issues.
It was nice hearing from VBSR members about issues that are important to their businesses. Bonus: It was also a fundraiser for Hunger Free Vermont.
I was officially nominated by the Vermont Progressive Party. I am happy to be running as a Democrat/Progressive.
East Barnard Fun Day was the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon campaigning.
Attended the third of five community forums for Hartford's 2019 Town Plan. This one covered a lot of ground - Libraries, Education, Solid Waste, Parks, and more.
Took the family to see the amazing Nina Turner and to hear from VT gubernatorial candidates.
Attended a screening of ZEROWEEKS hosted by Lt. Governor David Zuckerman.
Attended the "Leaders & Libations" launch party for the Vermont chapter of the New Leaders Council. They are going to do great things.
Attended the second of five community forums for Hartford's 2019 Town Plan. This one focused on energy and transportation issues.
Attended the first of five community forums for Hartford's 2019 Town Plan. The first session was an overview of the process. Next week will be Energy & Transportation.
Attended the Vermont Opportunity Zone Summit today to learn about the role that Opportunity Zones can play in VT's economic development strategy.
Had a great time at the Hartford Community Coalition Block Party. So busy meeting community leaders and residents that I forgot to take any pictures. I talked with three sitting, two former, and one future legislator tonight.


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Traveling on a Budget: Save Money and See the World
You're sitting at your desk and thinking of that perfect vacation…. Or like we were, you're sitting at your desk and thinking of making the move abroad. Sounds like an adventure! (And a little scary). Whether your trip is ten days or ten months, let's talk about some serious ways how you can start traveling on a budget. Yes, it is possible! And yes, it is possible to actually enjoy yourself sticking to a budget.
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Prepare Your Own Meals
Ok, let's start with most basic and maybe the most lame of our tips for traveling on a budget. This mostly applies to those traveling abroad for the long term. We're talking about something longer than just your regular vacation. If you're going to, let's say Tokyo, for 7 days then ignore this tip! We recommend experiencing the food at your temporary destination to the fullest!
For those wandering backpackers, digital nomads and students studying abroad for months at a time, your money needs to last you for quite a while, making traveling on a budget very important! We've found the best (and most boring) way to save money is to prepare 1-2 meals a day. This is especially great for long-term stays. If you have a kitchen and like eggs, they're a great way to get that important protein your body needs. Boiled, scrambled, fried, if your kitchen has a hot plate then you're good to go. We like to pair milk and bread and fruit with eggs, especially in the morning. If your host or hostel has a tea kettle or French press, well your trip just got a whole lot better. Coffee can do that.
If you don't have a kitchen then consider buying a loaf of bread and making PB&J or, our favorite, ham and cream cheese sandwiches (if you're lucky enough to have a mini-fridge). Eating these sandwiches kind of sucks. Okay, after some time, it can really suck. But these are recommendations. You don't have to adhere to just these sandwiches every day. Explore your local market or grocery store and play around with some ideas. Find a way to mix in some local cuisine (like tea eggs or cheap dumplings in Taiwan) to spice up a boring but budget saving meal.
In the long run, eating these cheap meals adds up to a lot of extra money in your wallet, making traveling on a budget worth it. Then you can do it big at an attraction, a flight to another destination, or as we prefer, spend big on a scrumptious local dinner and some wine. Yum!
Have a No-Fee ATM Card
It wasn't until we were having troubles with our own bank while in Bali that we discovered no-fee ATM debit cards. We feel stupid now. I mean, duh, why wouldn't you want to open a new bank account that allows you to withdraw at ATM's around the world and not pay foreign transaction or ATM fees?
Common sense, right?
Well, it's just another one of those many things we've learned after the fact. Our credit card already had no foreign transaction fees and honestly the idea never occurred to us to think about ATM fees. Well, now we know.
Chase watched our debit card like a hawk and kept freezing it at ATMs while we were in Bali. Apparently, fraud is a BIG deal in Indonesia. Our frustration with Chase kept growing as we were having to pay to use a hotel phone to call them and say for the millionth time, "WE'RE IN BALI, stop freezing our card!" That moment was a blessing in disguise because that's when we decided to switch banks and discovered there are some checking accounts that are way better for travelers.
We found Charles Schwab and we're so happy we did! Not only do they waive foreign exchange fees but they also refund all ATM fees, even internationally! Nerdwallet, as usual, has great articles comparing the best bank accounts for travelers. They compare Schwab and Capital One as well as other banks. Do your research! Charles Schwab offers no foreign transaction fees and no ATM fees so we signed up. If you're already abroad like we were then you must use a VPN to open the bank account.
Travel Rewards Credit Card
You might be asking how do you save money with a travel rewards credit card? Well, it's more about the benefits you get from the card. We want to be upfront here and say to please be cautious when swiping a credit card! Yes, we get some awesome benefits from our credit card, but we only use it when we know we can pay it off! Credit card interest can lead to a very bad place very quickly. Be smart when swiping!
We have the Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card and have racked up more than $1800 in travel rewards in 2 years. We still haven't used a dime from our rewards. We're not sure what we're saving it for. A big trip somewhere or if we're stranded one day maybe it'll be our lifeline to get home!
With no foreign transaction fees, double points on dining and travel, and awesome customer service, we highly recommend this card! Interested in which travel rewards credit card is best for you? We've compared 5 of the best travel credit cards in a concise and viewer-friendly table. Check it out on our best credit card post! The benefits from some of these travel credit cards can lighten some of the load when you're traveling on a budget.
Buy a CityPASS or Explorer Pass
This varies from city to city so be sure to do a lot of research before purchasing one. We bought an Explorer Pass for our Chicago trip and saved a lot of money on attractions throughout the city. Some cities, like London and Amsterdam, even include a public transportation card with their passes. We talk a little bit more about city passes in our Chicago and NYC posts, as well as awesome things to do there! There's a definite difference between the CityPASS or Explorer pass so be sure to read up on what is best for your destination. For instance, if you're going to NYC, we recommend getting the Explorer pass. You can see more and save more!
Free Housing
Traveling on a budget doesn't mean your accommodation has to suck. Why not just stay in free housing?
Wait, what?
Yes! House-sitting, pet-sitting, working on a farm, or sleeping on someone's couch in exchange for some culture share, there are a plethora of ways to travel on a serious budget! Not technically "free" since you're giving back some of your time through work or dog sitting, but these options make traveling on a budget way easier and can also provide some cool experiences!
If you love pets and love to travel, then we recommend TrustedHousesitters. The annual fee is $119, but you get a discount if you buy your membership soon after creating an account. We will be participating in TrustedHousesitters in the UK next spring and we're super excited! Very popular in the USA, Australia, and the UK, TrustedHousesitters matches pet-loving travelers to care for someone's pets while receiving FREE HOUSING. Can't beat that! If you're not a pet lover then there are stays that are strictly house sitting.
There are other options out there for house sitting. If TrustedHousesitters is too pricey for your liking, take a look at MindMyHouse and House Carers as alternatives. They offer more affordable yearly fees and are lesser known so your chances of getting a house sit are higher but your options will be fewer.
WWOOF and Workaway
Into organic farming or working with your hands? WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) and Workaway are both great options to get started on your working and traveling adventure. Whether it's a vineyard in Italy, a dairy farm in France, or a rice farm in Taiwan, WWOOF and Workaway have opportunities all over the world. We will be doing this next summer/fall so keep an eye out for updates!
The only downside to WWOOF is that each country has its own membership. That could get expensive if you're hopping from country to country. Workaway, however, offers a membership that works wherever and is only $38/person if a single traveler or $48 per couple/2 friends.
Finally, there's Couchsurfing. For the extrovert in you, stay with someone kind enough to open up their home to travelers. You pick a city, check out some hosts, find the right fit and then you're all set! Of course, Couchsurfing is a sort of social networking hospitality site, so it's best to do deep research on who you'd be bunking with. We recommend to always go with someone who's verified and has good reviews. We're looking into Couchsurfing for when we're in Europe, especially in the more expensive countries like Belgium and the Netherlands. We'll have to see!
Cheap Housing
What if house sitting or farming doesn't sound good to you? No worries! There are great cheap options out there for accommodation, they just require some research!
We found that the best way for traveling on a budget if you're a couple is to use Airbnb. A great part about Airbnb is you can negotiate the price with hosts well in advance and most hosts offer discounts for long term stays. That's the main reason we like to book a month's stay at a time. If you're traveling with friends, Airbnb has included a feature where you can split the payments with your fellow group members.
If Airbnb isn't for you or your destination is cracking down on homestays (NYC, Bangkok, Singapore), you might want to stay in a Hostel. They can be very affordable, especially for you solo travelers out there, but the downside is you typically are in a dorm and have to share a bathroom with other guests BUT hostels are a great way to meet fellow travelers and make new friends! Hostel World is a good place to start looking for your cheap stay. Explore your options!
Find Cheap Flights
Flights are one of the biggest challenges for traveling on a budget but they've become easier to tackle thanks to great tools like Google Flights or Skyscanner and subscription emails like Next Vacay or Scott's Cheap Flights.
You'll usually find the cheapest flights during non-tourist season, but it's possible to find great flights during peak times. Scott's Cheap Flights and Next Vacay are e-mail subscription services that do the searching for you. They send out almost daily emails informing you about cheap flight deals they found. If you pay for a subscription then you see more deals and can even tell them what cities you want to see deals out of. The free email subscription is just a crapshoot of great deals that may or may not be a good departure city for you. Either way, someone is doing the hard work for you!
If you're using Google Flights then you can enter your destination and search by the month. Google will show you the prices for each day on a calendar and you can figure out the cheapest and best time for you to go. If you use Skyscanner then you can even ask them to find the cheapest month for you to travel.
Planning ahead is key to getting that sweet flight deal so make sure to try some of these awesome tools!
Phone Plans
Since we upped and left our jobs in the USA, we left our phone plans behind as well. If you're traveling abroad for a while but less than three months, then suspending your number is a great option (depending on your carrier!). You'll have your US number when you return!
If going abroad for the really long term, then leave your plan behind and research the traveler plans offered in your destinations. WiFi is practically everywhere in Europe and most of Asia. And the best part about going from country to country like we are is that we just get a phone plan on a monthly basis. For instance, in Taiwan we can get unlimited data for 30 days for $30 USD per person. Phone plans are typically cheap for travelers, especially in Asia.
In reality, if you don't teach or work online, then you don't need a phone plan. You could use all the free WiFi around you, download google maps ahead of time, and go with the flow. But if staying connected is important to you, you don't want to lose your U.S. number or you've used up all of your plan suspension days in a year, then consider switching carriers with a good international plan like Google's Project Fi or T-Mobile.
It's All About That Fun Money!
You planned your trip far in advance. More or less, you know where you're going and what you'll be doing. But sometimes there's a surprise and the unexpected happens. No matter what your plans are, you're on a trip and making memories. Some of the best travel memories are made on accident. That's why you save money on planned things, so when the unexpected greets you, there's enough fun money to say yes and have a new experience! Who said traveling on a budget can't be fun?!
Money isn't everything, but it's what gets your butt around the world. We hope this post has helped spark the money-saver in you so you can plan your next big adventure!
Tells us about your favorite money saving tips for travel! We'd love to hear from you.
Happy travels!
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Great tips and advice. I love my bank because it reimburses local and international ATM fees. It is a local bank so if I move, I am definitely looking into to Charles Schwab.
It's nice that your local bank reimburses you! Charles Schwab is great so far! It's nice to be able to use an ATM without worrying about losing our money to fees.
I'm definitely going to learn more about the ATM card from Charles Schwab with the no international fees. They certainly rack up when we are traveling to and from our house in Panama. Thanks for the great tips. Many I've never read about before.
We got it after realizing one fee from one withdrawal in Thailand was $20 USD!
You've got some great trips for traveling on a budget. As someone who travels with kids, we have to be quite thrifty with our spending, if we want to travel as much as we do. For us, our biggest way to save money is to simply stay longer at a destination. This cuts down our transportation and airfare costs, and allows us to explore a place more in depth.
We love longer stays! Plus if you stay in an Airbnb the hosts usually offer discounts for longer terms stays or even negotiate the price, which is awesome!
What a great list! We are in staying in timeshares right now so they are condos with full kitchens and it is a life saver as far as staying healthy and saving money. We also utilize a no-fee ATM card and travel cards. It's a little hard to keep track of them all when you start opening a bunch but we are managing. I love booking on points so if we need to cancel or change dates, it is really easy.
We would be in over our heads if we opened a bunch of cards. That's why we like our Chase Sapphire Preferred. We can use them through Chase's travel portal or we can transfer them point for point to our favorite airline!
How do you go about finding timeshares to stay in? Is it like Airbnb?
Some great tips here. The phone issue is particularly tricky. We typically buy a sim card for the country we are visiting, but when in the US recently, I had organised a package with my data provider so I could use it in the US at UK local rates. The problem came when I wanted to blog. I had loads of data, but what I had not realised was that my plan did not allow me to set up a hotspot when I was abroad! I love the idea of house sitting, but have not tried this yet (except for… Read more »
Thanks for reading! Phone plans are definitely super tricky. We have to do a lot of research before going to any country. We're hoping to not need phone plans when we go to Europe and just rely on wifi.
I am pleased that I have already Do some of your tips: no-fee credit card, city pass and AirBnB. I can wholeheartedly agree with those and swear by them when travelling. I recently bought a Omnia Card and Roma Pass before I visited Rome and it was so easy to use. I'd like to try house sitting as I think it's would be a great and cheap way to experience a destination like a local.
Yes! Thanks for mentioning the Omnia Card and Roma Pass. We'll definitely look into those ourselves. Also, you should definitely try out housesitting!
Do you know if the Chase credit card is also available for European based travelers? It surely has some nice benefits and to keep it as a lifeline for unexpected expenses is never a bad idea.
If you're a US citizen living in Europe then I don't see why not. You'll most likely need to use a VPN to apply and you will need to apply with a US address and have a US bank account. If you're not a US citizen then I don't think it's possible. You need a social security number and a good credit score to apply for it.
Good tips. My biggest downfall is food. I always blow my budget eating out :/
Haha that's our biggest downfall as well! We've created a decent breakfast and lunch and have limited eating out to just dinner but it can be hard to keep it up!


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Silver Lake — Police today identified a 33-year-old suspect believed to be involved in the hit-and-run crash in September that claimed the life of a man riding a motorized scooter.
Roberto A. Garcia-Martinez, who lives in the Echo Park area, has been booked on an unrelated warrant, and his bail was set at $10,000, according to LAPD Central Traffic Division detectives. The case will presented to the L.A. County District Attorney next week, police said.
Detectives are crediting anonymous tipsters for information that lead to the recovery of the suspected vehicle and key vehicle parts in an auto body shop in Hemet, police said.
The hit-and-run crash between a car and a motorized scooter took place on the evening of September 4 near the intersection of Glendale Boulevard and Waverly Drive.
Esdras Velazquez, 35, who was riding the scooter with another man, died a few days after the crash from his injuries.
A surveillance video released by police shows the suspect's vehicle at the corner of Glendale and and Rowena Avenue near the crash scene. The vehicle stopped and went into reverse to dislodge the bike caught under the vehicle, detectives said. The vehicle then drove forward and turned westbound on Glendale.
Edras was a father of two and laid tile to earn a living, family members told KABC 7.
Police are urging the woman who was a passenger in the suspect's vehicle to come forward to assist with the ongoing investigation.
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