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A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
Look. It’s hard putting yourself out there on the internet. This may be a touchy subject. We all want to put our best self forward. It is not easy with all of that random background noise out there. It is so easy to say, what’s the harm if I just put a filter on? No …
Just wait until I add a linear to this thing…
This past weekend marked my fourth year as a licensed amateur radio operator. A SOTA activation of 2-pointer Mt. Kearsarge (W1/HA-010), complete with the 3-winter bonus point entitlement was in order. And of course, it counts as POTA entity K-2685 as well! The hike is reasonably easy. A bit over a mile up when you …
Anyone surprised the poor dude changed frequencies immediately? But I couldn’t help but share my excitement! First. RTTY. Contact. Ever. (I got a little better as the contest went…)
Take a look at this post to see what Mount Monadnock was like on New Year’s Eve. Contrarily, the weather was a balmy 30 to 40 degrees in the second week of February. The sun shined brightly. And we could see Boston. Honestly. Winter bonus points season for the Summits-On-The-Air program meant the 4-point peak …
…this is where ham radio would lead me? Isn’t it just a communication hobby??
Winter Field Day and I are somewhat tentative companions. Some of you may remember the blizzard (2022), the caboose (2021),or perhaps even the bone-chilling downpour of 2020. So when K1SU sent around an inquiry about plans for WFD 2023, I was mixed. I had already concluded that due to the hardiness factor needed to tackle …
Me, hitting the Reverse Beacon Network for Summits-On-The-Air of Overlook Mountain (W2/GC-112) in the Catskills of New York with a raging CW speed of 12 wpm at 6W.
With a reputation for putting out strong signals, a friend of mine came across an irresistible way to get me to tone it down…a Pasternack 0-82.5dB toggle step 1W attenuator. An ebay purchase from a dude who spelled ham “amatuer”. I pounced at the opportunity. So, while it was being trucked across the country, I …
As I mentioned on here before, I have been studying both the arduino and electronic circuits. The 48th video in Paul McWhorter’s youtube series on arduinos interfaced with an LCD display. While following the tutorial and watching my inspirational messages such “Hello World” and “I like pizza” transfer from the desktop arduino IDE to the …