KM1NDY
A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
…Diligently upgrade it with Yaesu FT-991 *NOT ALPHA* firmware… The end result of uploading the wrong firmware was that the radio still seemed to work fine, but the spectroscope/waterfall no longer functioned. Nearly sent it back to Yaesu for warranty repair! Luckily reinstalling the correct firmware fixed it right up (and only took me three …
We neglected to take photos until we were packing up and the daylight was dimming. The drab gray images fail to show the spurious 50F mid February New England day, the bright sunshine that blanketed us earlier, or the 30% chance of precipitation that never happened. Thus concluded the Second Annual Happy Hams Valentine’s Day …
My homemade antenna unun was rattling. Somehow the second bolt holding the SO-239 mount went missing and the nuts and washers were now free floating on the inside of the box. This meant that the capacitor leg soldered to that bolt was also dangling. At quarter to one, Winter Field Day was about to begin, …
If you see a coupla shiny glass marbles engraved with my name, mind giving them back? I am pretty sure I lost a few… I took a ride up to Salisbury Beach State Reservation to set up an antenna and try my hand at the North American QSO Party (NAQP SSB) for a few hours. …
(Special thanks to Joe WB1EMS for letting me use his pictures!) The Great Hill Gang’s monthly “Day of Radio” perched on top of Great Hill Park in Weymouth MA is quickly becoming one of my favorite radio events. Organizer Mike K1UVH is fond of saying “We are not fair weather hams.” And, well, they are …
Me, the restored Ameco K-4 straight key, a bowl of popcorn, and exactly 1.5 cw qsos…Victory!
SOTA ain’t easy. Summits-On-The-Air is a game with essentially one prize for radio hikers: The Mountain Goat. In order to become a Mountain Goat, you need to “activate” (the term used for hiking up a mountain and operating an amateur radio from its summit) enough mountains to get 1000 points. Based on elevation, the shortest …
[Special thanks to my dear friend Barbara KC1KGS for providing me with photos for this; all of the good pics are hers!] When I chose “W1E” as a special event call sign for the First Annual Hams All-Holidays On-Air Celebration during the height of the pandemic in December 2020, it was no accident. W1E, or …