I Just WSPRed Into Australia!
Twice! 200mW on 20M on a 40M OCF dipole sitting 5 feet off the ground from the heart of South Boston…how cool!!
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A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
Question: What do the Icom IC-705, Fldigi, and the ElectronicsUSA Whiterook MK-48 Morse Code Keyer Have in Common? (Answer: Me!)
Techie wearables are all the rage these days… and I sure as heck don’t want to be left out! So, when I learned about the ElectronicsUSA.com’s Whiterook MK-48 Mini Combo Key, I jumped at the chance to get one. It is a straight key and iambic paddle combination device, and it weighs only 2 ounces. …
Mounts Whiteface and Passaconaway: An Overnight SOTA 20 Pointer, Or How I Lost 30+ Pounds In One Weekend
We are pretty well equipped for backpacking. A mid-September hike in the White Mountains complete with dual Summits-On-The-Air activations of Mt. Whiteface and Mt Passaconaway seemed like a perfect way for AA1F and I to spend a weekend. This picture of the trailhead map cuts off a little bit of the route. Essentially, our initial …
Portable Ops Challenge Campout At Savoy Mountain State Forest
AA1F and I are not overthinkers. The idea hit us on Wednesday night that we would like to camp out on Saturday night for the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops Challenge. Getting a campsite on Labor Day Weekend only a few days in advance is not an easy feat. Essentially, we just went ahead at …
SOTA Quasi-Failure, Or At Least We Got A Point…
We realized pretty quickly that a 30-point Summits-On-The-Air day by utilizing the autoroads of some prominent Vermont ski resorts was probably fantasy. So it did not seem too unrealistic when we finally decided to simply drive up the toll road of Mount Mansfield and hike the mile ridgeline trail from the parking area (elevation 3850′) …
At Least Someone Listens To Me! Rare (For Me) 10M WSPR Propagation
I get excited about 10M. Even on WSPR mode, I do not see much 10M love from my 40M EFHW qth antenna. So, that’s my midwest U.S. 10M unicorn sketched on the WSPRnet.org map above that just showed up overnight. Compared to everyone else at the same time in the world listening and propagating their …
And The Meek (Signal) Shall Inherit The Earth: Testing Propagation With WSPR & FT8
So, you are looking at my latest ham radio acquisition, the WSPR Desktop Transmitter Model 80to10 by ZachTek. As always, I buy all of my own items and do not accept solicitations for product reviews. In fact, I really only talk about the things I own that I like on this blog for the most …
How To Vacation Ham Radio Style: A Week’s Worth Of Portable Adventures
I am adventure-oriented. I make adventures out of everything. Even my walk to work is an adventure (trust me!) So whenever I get free time, it will be a de facto adventure. What constitutes an adventure? First off, I need to establish a goal. You see, I need to have a reason for going on …
On Operating Portable, RF Adventures, And The Future of Ham Radio…
Someone posted a question on a forum “why focus on getting kids interested in the amateur radio hobby when you can focus on adults?” I have often wondered this myself. The respondent was somewhat dismissive, in keeping with what I’ve encountered when musing on the same thoughts. Middleagers, midlife crisis-ers, empty-nesters, recent divorcees…you know, people …
Worked All States (By Hook or By Crook)
Putting all the different modes and bands together…I think I got it tonight!