KM1NDY
A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
If my friends jumped off a bridge would I? Well, this is such a nuanced question. First, how high is the bridge? Next, what is under the bridge? Third, who was going to go first? And when someone declares a Summits-On-The-Air “Winter Bonus and Summit-to-Summit Weekend Event” as Bob AC1Z has now done for three …
Hoping my radio waves make the most of the salt water tomorrow on their way off to foreign lands. I’ve heard the sun may be coughing up a fireball (a.k.a. a coronal mass ejection). This picture shows the stations receiving my 200mW 20M WSPR signal from my home QTH from 1:00 to 4:00 UTC (9pm …
I lost my Nellie eighteen months ago. We had our secret spot along a tidal river. Perhaps you remember some of the old stories I told? Nellie learned a lot about life on these banks. And so did I. My new canine pal came into our life very shortly after the passing of Nellie. A …
Scroll to the bottom if you are only interested in the FD checklist! Is Field Day worth it? This year, more than any other, it seems this question was popping up on ham radio forums across the internet. Other versions seem to be what is the relevance of FD in the day and age of …
And boy-oh-boy did we make a lot of noise! Running three generators, a cement mixer, and a tractor equipped with a scary-looking auger, we managed to dig…a hole! Congrats AA1F, on not only digging three feet into the ground, but on fixing your auger after it snapped a shear bolt when it wedged itself under …
Stole the OM’s radio, grabbed the puppy, and went to make a qso or two for the CQWW SSB contest down on the seawall at Castle Island. That is the Elecraft KX2 with the AX1 antenna. I only managed a single contact…but it was to Slovenia. I think it counts. KM1NDY
Sending out a flurry of sinusoidal waves to those important people who share this lovely day with me! Love you guys!
Solidly in the back nine now…
Well it wasn’t the CQWW SSB, but it was another girls getaway nonetheless. Though this time, it was without my beloved sweet pup Nellie, who passed away last spring. Georgia, who does her very best to constantly remind me she’s not Nellie, and I gathered up our gear and headed off to the Salisbury Beach …