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I saw a great article posted on the Indian Peaks Ham Radio Club posted by Charley, and wanted to echo it here as I thought it was a great article …

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Yesterday (Saturday) I went to PacifiCon. This was the first time I’d went and I figure since I just moved to California, why not get to know the local ham …

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While I was a PacifiCon yesterday, I got to play with the new Elecract KH1 CW Radio. It’s incredibly small and full-featured. By that I mean it comes with EVERYTHING …

New Elecraft KH1 CW Radio Read More

On http://w8bh.net‘s site there are instructions to build your own morse tutor. There are step by step instructions using a popular STM32 microcontroller. He also has included an updated build …

ESP32 Morse Tutor Update and Pinout Read More

I recently realized that there are some CW frequencies that are watering holes for certain things. This is really for my own benefit, but here are some that I’ve found. …

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I came across this page from QCX Labs. It talks about a monthly QSO party for CW operators. Unfortunately, it seems heavily-favored towards people that have QCX products but I …

Monthly QRP CW Party Read More

It’s alive! It took multiple days to get the screen working but its finally working! I breadboarded the Morse Tutor at http://w8bh.net because I wanted to practice CW when not …

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Its here! After starting to learn CW, I really wanted a small, purpose-built radio to take with me on my travels and work CW if I happened to. I looked …

SW-3B CW QRP Radio Read More

Here’s a YouTube video of my travels this weekend. Planning I’d never attended a Rocky Mountain Ham Radio’s TechFest and received an email about one that was coming up recently. …

New Mexico TechFest and 5 POTA Activations Read More

Last night, after a happy hour with some friends, I came home and switched on my IC-705 and browsed to the POTA spots page, filtering on CW only. I noticed …

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