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A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
We are pretty well equipped for backpacking. A mid-September hike in the White Mountains complete with dual Summits-On-The-Air activations of Mt. Whiteface and Mt Passaconaway seemed like a perfect way for AA1F and I to spend a weekend. This picture of the trailhead map cuts off a little bit of the route. Essentially, our initial …
AA1F and I are not overthinkers. The idea hit us on Wednesday night that we would like to camp out on Saturday night for the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops Challenge. Getting a campsite on Labor Day Weekend only a few days in advance is not an easy feat. Essentially, we just went ahead at …
We realized pretty quickly that a 30-point Summits-On-The-Air day by utilizing the autoroads of some prominent Vermont ski resorts was probably fantasy. So it did not seem too unrealistic when we finally decided to simply drive up the toll road of Mount Mansfield and hike the mile ridgeline trail from the parking area (elevation 3850′) …
I am adventure-oriented. I make adventures out of everything. Even my walk to work is an adventure (trust me!) So whenever I get free time, it will be a de facto adventure. What constitutes an adventure? First off, I need to establish a goal. You see, I need to have a reason for going on …
We are hooked. When Skip KB1CNB announces that the BCRA is going to have a foxhunt, our only question is “where?” Marc AA1F and I dragged Jeff AC1JR along with us for our third amateur radio direction finding event. The weather was exquisitely cooperative! We met AC1JR at the Massasoit State Park where he was …
The pronunciation of Moosilauke is debatable. Some say “lock”. Some say “lock-key”. I prefer the former. But no matter what you call it, Mount Moosilauke at 4802 feet tall and the 10th highest peak in New Hampshire is big! And the Carriage Trail, beginning at the end of a washed out road leading to the …
New Englanders have a knack for doing things the hard way. The trail up Mount Tecumseh, home of the Waterville Valley Ski Resort, is a prime example. I mean, which makes more sense for building a trail up a steep slope? Gentle switchbacks? Or carving a granite staircase straight up the side of the mountain? …
This title is disingenuous. The Sci-Tech Amateur Radio Society (STARS) did actually have a proper 2A ARRL Field Day in 2020. But after a year of online radio club meetings, the fact that we were opening the event back up to the public was a big deal. In fact, Field Day June 26 and 27 …
For reasons too personal to discuss, AA1F and I needed to stay near the QTH despite the rare long weekend. And it so happens that the Fourth of July is also my favorite holiday. Despite our heavy hearts, celebrating a little freedom by sitting in my van with a wire in a tree seemed in …
I cracked into triple digits this weekend with a big SOTA points excursion into the Catskill Mountains. A RaDAR (Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio) of Black Dome Mountain and Blackhead Mountain in the Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness of New York State scored me 20 (for a grand total of 103) SOTA points. In the W1 New England …