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New Beginnings: Reflections On ARRL Field Day 2022

June 28, 2022 by KM1NDY

[Thanks to Julie and Greg KC1NRJ for the pictures and idea for the gif!] I am having trouble writing about this year’s ARRL Field Day, i.e., the annual Super Bowl of ham radio. You know why? I really just don’t feel like sharing it with you. Unusual for me, huh? I feel rather measured in …

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Field Day 2022 Prep: Practicing With The VHF Mast

June 20, 2022 by KM1NDY

Field 2022 is upon us! And I am a freelancer this year, in contrast to the preceding three years as a Field Day coordinator. In my mind, this meant I would tour around and insert myself as a guest in various other club events. That said, I have been really enjoying the direction that one …

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I’m Tanking…

June 16, 2022 by KM1NDY

(psssst….you are obviously not a *real* ham if you did not get it, lol… 😉 )

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The *Can’t* *Miss* *Radio* *Event* — Bristol County Repeater Association Fox Hunt #5

June 12, 2022 by KM1NDY

Skip KB1CNB and the Bristol County Repeater Association did it again with the fifth amateur radio direction finding event! AA1F and I will not miss these (click here, here, here, and here for blogs). The premise is largely the same as always, involving a 10 mile radius centered around a bridge in Fall River MA. …

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Mount Hale. 272 SOTA Points.

June 6, 2022 by KM1NDY
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Museum Ships Weekend at K1USN

June 4, 2022 by KM1NDY

Thank you Pi K1RV for letting me come by the K1USN club house and play radio. I had a fantastic time as always! Especially after I learned all about the audio gain knob 😉 Always great hanging out with the crew!(And thanks Joe WB1EMS for the video which I embedded in this post. I seem …

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Activating SOTA On Mount Osceola And Discussing Freedom

June 2, 2022 by KM1NDY

There’s no point to climbing a mountain. The view is great! Good exercise! Nice to get fresh air! Like Sisyphus I’ve trudged up 66 peaks since the end of 2019 using Summits-On-The-Air as my excuse. I barely notice the view, I routinely subsist off of pizza and poptarts, and the air blowing in off of …

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What Do You Call The Worst CW Operator In A Radio Contest? Tell Me The Answer In Code & I’ll Never Know…CQ WPX CW 2022

May 28, 2022 by KM1NDY

For one, its almost midnight. Look at all of those signals on the data portion of the 20M band!!! I may actually be a believer in Solar Cycle 25. I am not shocked. A few nights ago, this is what my ZachTek WSPR unit looked like on 20M. So I put about an hour and …

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The Return To The Caboose! Chester On Track Festival 2022 & The W1R Special Event Station

May 22, 2022 by KM1NDY

Life is such a meandering journey. Back in January 2021, when AA1F was still WX1MAR, and this blog was in its infancy, we rented the Caboose at the Chester Railway Station & Museum for Winter Field Day. It was an extremely cold stay with single digit temperatures. The post is here and the throwback photo …

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Learning LC Circuits The Hard Way: Rolled Up Aluminum Foil And Wax Paper Scraps

May 19, 2022 by KM1NDY

This will not be an easy post to write. There are far too many RF and electrical concepts cemented together with way too little foundation of knowledge on my part. It is a continuation in some ways to this post. And a bit to this post. And it fueled by some challenges posed by my …

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