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A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
I’ve Never Been So Excited About Regulations! DIY DC-to-DC Voltage Converter Made By Certainly No Expert…
It was only a few short years ago that I texted a friend of mine in a panic because I had chipped the corner of a ceramic capacitor (probably a 103 or something like that). I had spread its little wire legs too far apart while trying to put a through hole CW transceiver kit …
Attempting To Build An AM Radio Receiver With One Transistor And A LM386 Audio Amplifier
One of the best parts for me about maintaining this blog is being able to see my own progression within the amateur radio (and electronics) hobby. About a year and a half ago, I published my first attempt to breadboard a receiver (here). It is rather painful to look at. And it did not work. …
Are We Overthinking Our Antennas? The Killington-Pico Traverse And The Near-Tragic Tale Of The Forgotten End-Fed
By now it should be pretty obvious that Summits-On-The-Air, and attaining its elusive Mountain Goat award, is hard for New England activators. Summertime hikes up any given mountain with four successful summit QSOs, are only worth a maximum of 10 points a piece. And these 10 points are only reserved for the northeast’s most challenging …
And Just In Case You Would Like More Information On The Un-Antenna…
Jeff AC1JR has written up quite a fine debunking of the Scribbler. Find it here: https://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=609.
Scribbled Antenna Blueprints: The Secret Calling Card Of The Ham Radio Operator
I was giving a talk at a hamfest this past weekend, and someone came up to me after and handed me a card. Not a business card, rather a ripped out sheet of paper from a small notepad with the drawing of an antenna. Unfortunately, I do not know the gentleman’s callsign. He swore it …
Loving Me Some Rink Rats
Skaters gotta skate.
Working With The Little Rigs: Venus SW-3B And (tr)uSDX
Gosh these are adorably cute little ham radios. And they got me 16 SOTA points this weekend on Mounts Greylock and Osceola!
Farm Life: ARRL Field Day 2023
Just a quick look at AA1F and my 2B ENY Field Day from our farm in Upstate NY. The generator is running under the blue tarp. We got lucky, but rain had been predicted for much of the weekend. Most of it missed us fortunately! We did decide not to put up the military mast …
Happy Amateur Radio Day From King X-Ray One Queen Two Bravo Echo November Yankee!
If you understand that title, then you are one of us!! Hope to catch you on the air, especially the alpha stations back in EMA. I’ll miss you all! Hope to catch you on the air! KM1NDY