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The 555, 4026B, and seven segment single-digit LED display. Well, my goodness.
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Stratton and Equinox: 18 Luxury SOTA Points
Summits On The Air. My ham radio sweet spot. I live at the edge of the ocean, but my heart is in the hills. I have made the trek up a mountain 71 times in the last four years for this game. Usually on foot. And I am not even 30% of the way to …
SOTA QUICKIE: FT8ING FROM THE WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN SUMMIT PARKING LOT
Feeling lazy, AA1F and I drove up Mount Wachusett W1/CR-001. The summit parking was nearly empty, and we went no further. AA1F stuck his magmount 17 foot whip on the roof of Limey (my van of course). Nellie (our dog) was with us. As was Officer Clyde, the newest feline member of the household, on …
New Beginnings: Reflections On ARRL Field Day 2022
[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 …
Field Day 2022 Prep: Practicing With The VHF Mast
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 …
I’m Tanking…
(psssst….you are obviously not a *real* ham if you did not get it, lol… 😉 )
The *Can’t* *Miss* *Radio* *Event* — Bristol County Repeater Association Fox Hunt #5
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. …
Museum Ships Weekend at K1USN
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 …
Activating SOTA On Mount Osceola And Discussing Freedom
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 …