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Fox Huntin’ Season

April 20, 2025 by KM1NDY

…hunting the hidden RF transmitter hiding somewhere under something, over something, and around something else…

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How To Set Up WSJT-X With An Elecraft KX2 Transceiver For FT8 Using A Windows 10 Laptop PC Without An Additional External Soundcard (And An RC Crawler SOTA Adventure)

March 25, 2025 by KM1NDY

[Jump here or scroll down if you just want to get started with the instructions on how to set WSJT-X up on the Elecraft KX2 transceiver.] I messed up. I could not get the KX2 to transmit in SSB yesterday. On a truly beautiful spring afternoon AA1F, Georgie (our shepherd), and I set out to …

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HamSCI Workshop 2025: A Little Bit Of Citizen Science-ing

March 17, 2025 by KM1NDY

[This post contains: my “fake” journal article which is actually a rather nice write-up of the very real work I have done if I do say so myself, a printable copy of my poster, and the raw and processed data from this experiment. I am putting it all on here because of the interest that …

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The Kearsarge Saga: Five More SOTA Winter Bonus Points, Or How This Little Mountain Kicks Me Around Over And Over Again

March 9, 2025 by KM1NDY

I don’t like to talk too much about Kearsarge. This climb has kicked my backside four years in a row. Every year, I vow that this is the last time. But five SOTA points for a 4-mile, 1600 foot hike?! Like clockwork, greed gets the best of me, I forget my Kearsarge pain, and I …

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Settled Science: Gen Z Roller Skates

March 6, 2025 by KM1NDY
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Help! I Fell In A Hole! Click Below To See What Happens Next On “SOTA Mount Tecumseh 2025: Winter Bonus Season…”

February 23, 2025 by KM1NDY

(And don’t forget to smash that “Like” button, ring the “Notification” bell, and go ahead and subscribe! It would really be just the right type of help I am looking for!) Okay, okay, I’m trolling, I’m trolling. KM1NDY.com has never gotten a single subscriber, never notified anyone, and is satisfied with our exactly zero likes. …

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A Personal Record: Winter Field Day 2025

January 28, 2025 by KM1NDY

I have done Winter Field Day every year since I became a ham. With a radio club in a rain storm (2020), in a museum train caboose in 0℉ weather (2021), in a severe blizzard in a tent in our backyard (2022), with another radio club in rustic cluster of cabins (2023), at the outbuilding …

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Weird Winter Field Day Chores: Melting Down The Loose Ends (& The KX1Q 2025 WFD Gear Checklist!)

January 23, 2025 by KM1NDY

Packing up for Winter Field Day was a piece of cake this round, so I spent the last hour burning the frayed ends of the many odd pieces of paracord I have collected over these last six years of portable ham radio. I can barely think of a better way to entertain myself while waiting …

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SOTA With The Vanquish: My Little Truck Climbed Peaked Mountain (W1/CR-006)

January 2, 2025 by KM1NDY

Ok he didn’t. He just happened to be driving the little truck, full throttle, trying to dislodge it from a pile of leaves, mud, and sticks, so he could get back to attempting to crawl it up a log. Like every grown up does. And when he finally reached down to rescue the truck from …

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Radio Control: Vanquish VS4-10 Crawler Build, Easy DIY 2.4 GHz Dipole Antenna, & RC Car Transmitter FHSS / DSSS On A Spectrum Analyzer

December 30, 2024 by KM1NDY

Someone mentioned working on a remote control battery on/off switch project. Oh boy! What a darn rabbit hole that sent me down. It seemed quite simple to send a radio controlled signal to a relay, nothing novel really. And of course, I liked the idea of an analog device. Perhaps even operating on 27MHz just …

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