KM1NDY
A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
Congratulations Marc WX1MAR for passing your Amateur Extra exam today! You can now hang with us big kids on the *other* side of the bands! Great job!
Well it appears the only amateur radio satellite I’ve ever managed to contact may now be out of commission. Or taking a nap. Apparently AO-91’s battery is going down the tubes and the transmitter has been turned off. On the flip side, this screenshot is of the first satellite status report I ever submitted to …
January’s SSB North American QSO Party made a great excuse to play radio and winter gear test in this Never-To-Be-Named outdoor paradise. You know, the one in Massachusetts where winter camping is allowed? (…I’ll never tell!) Plan (largely followed) was for WX1MAR and I to meet KB1REQ, hike 1.5 miles steeply downhill to the Adirondack …
Urban ham radio challenge — beat the signal-to-noise ratio. Or, when it comes to phone, what signal? Two little lonely qsos found on 40 meters. But morse code? Thriving! That paddle makes me feel so darn guilty…
[For KM1NDY photography go here.] Well, it turns out I am rather fond of posting snippets from my ham radio and other bit adventures… So I carved out my own little island of internet, and now you’ve gone and stumbled in… Hopefully I amuse you for a minute or two! I started in ham radio …