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A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
It was a lovely 82 degrees on top of Mount Agamenticus (W1/AM-381 and K-8448). AA1F, Nellie, and I had taken a Saturday drive up to Maine to see if we could secure a few new bicycles. That did not go the way we hoped. But we did decide to get on the air on the …
It’s a 100°F heat wave. After putzing around by kayak in New Hampshire’s Portsmouth Harbor with my roller skater friends, I thought maybe I’d share this little collection of skate videos. I put them together during the height of COVID19. The contrast between the stark emptiness of the Boston Waterfront on a Friday night in …
I still wonder why he just didn’t ask for a divorce. I am standing in the parking lot of the Waterville Valley Ski Resort, peering down the access road in to the facility, and looking at the aptly named Mount Tripyramid. If you look a little closer at this sawtoothed mountain, you can make out …
Last year successful activations of Black Head and Black Dome Mountains (June 2021) put me over the 100 point mark for Summits-On-The-Air (SOTA). Just of a year later the two 10-point twins put me over the 300 mark. As many of you know, I need a thousand points to be eligible for the SOTA Mountain …
The 555, 4026B, and seven segment single-digit LED display. Well, my goodness.
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 …
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 …
[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 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 …
(psssst….you are obviously not a *real* ham if you did not get it, lol… 😉 )