Sawhill Ponds POTA Activation
Recently the Parks on the Air organization added more places where you could do a POTA activation. While looking at the map on the POTA.app website, I noticed a park …
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Colorado QSO Party 2021
I tried to participate in the Colorado QSO Party. They were talking about the Colorado QSO Party on the LARC Tuesday night Hamlet a few days prior to the party. …
Colorado QSO Party 2021 Read MoreHam Radio for Gore Race 2021
On Saturday, August 28, I had the most fun you could have with Technician-level privleges. It started a little like this. Tuesday Chuck, K0ITP, our club’s President, sends me an …
Ham Radio for Gore Race 2021 Read MorePOTA Success at Eldorado Canyon State Park
I had to redeem myself. The POTA attempt I tried with LARC a few weeks ago wasn’t successful. I tried to activate on 30 meters and then 20 meters on …
POTA Success at Eldorado Canyon State Park Read MoreEurope Is Open Tonight!
FT4, 35-75 watts barefoot into my 49:1 in my front yard, I’m getting QSO’s with Finland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Spain, New Zealand, Hungary. This is crazy!
Europe Is Open Tonight! Read MoreNew Subaru Outback
So I’m back to Subaru’s. While we still have our Audi’s I wanted a vehicle that served a different purpose than our other vehicles. Some of my must-haves and goals …
New Subaru Outback Read MoreRadiwow R-108 Shortwave Radio Receiver
I really wrote this article for my brother instead of printing this out to send to him along with my radio, to save a tree. Welcome to your new shortwave …
Radiwow R-108 Shortwave Radio Receiver Read MoreVHF Weekend – 2 Lonely Contacts & Learnings
So I half-assed trying to participate in the VHF weekend. I didn’t try to ham it up yesterday since we went hiking for a good part of the day and …
VHF Weekend – 2 Lonely Contacts & Learnings Read MoreMexico, Argentina, Japan, and a Bosch Oven
So on 20 meters on FT8 at 50% or more on my iCom 7100, our high tech Bosch Oven likes to pretend that someone is tapping the keys on the …
Mexico, Argentina, Japan, and a Bosch Oven Read MoreTen Watts
I’m on 30 meters doing FT8 this morning and using 10 watts on my iCom 7100 attached to a IT-100 tuner and home-brew EFHW for 40-10. My signals are getting …
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