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A Secret Little Adventure Ham Radio Blog
The first summit of the 2021 is actually an old friend — Peaked Mountain in Monson, Massachusetts. Well-traveled, the short 1 mile summit trail consisted of a few inches of hard-packed snow, making microspikes the choice footwear accessory. Especially given that temperatures creeped above freezing most of the day, assuring a slick refreeze for our …
Sitting here listening to the city sounds on my handheld scanner, I’m just grateful there are *some* circulating radio waves I’m able to capture…because my attempt tonight to become a CW partner was an exercise in futility. A radio club buddy of mine reached out about scheduling a regular slow speed morse code rag chew. …
Working Winter Field Day 2021 from an early 1900s train caboose seemed the perfect way to abandon the trials of modern life at least for a weekend. Fortunately, the Chester Railway Station and Museum in Western Massachusetts offered just the ticket for WX1MAR and I. And Dave, the station’s highly knowledgeable proprietor and overall sweetheart, …
…but the info void on transmission line transformers brings me down. Baluns & ununs stay voodoo for now.
Congratulations Marc WX1MAR for passing your Amateur Extra exam today! You can now hang with us big kids on the *other* side of the bands! Great job!
Well it appears the only amateur radio satellite I’ve ever managed to contact may now be out of commission. Or taking a nap. Apparently AO-91’s battery is going down the tubes and the transmitter has been turned off. On the flip side, this screenshot is of the first satellite status report I ever submitted to …
January’s SSB North American QSO Party made a great excuse to play radio and winter gear test in this Never-To-Be-Named outdoor paradise. You know, the one in Massachusetts where winter camping is allowed? (…I’ll never tell!) Plan (largely followed) was for WX1MAR and I to meet KB1REQ, hike 1.5 miles steeply downhill to the Adirondack …
Urban ham radio challenge — beat the signal-to-noise ratio. Or, when it comes to phone, what signal? Two little lonely qsos found on 40 meters. But morse code? Thriving! That paddle makes me feel so darn guilty…
Nothing quite like wanting to believe that bears hibernate in the winter… especially when you found the perfect campsite!
Well, it turns out I am rather fond of posting snippets from my ham radio and other bit adventures… So I carved out my own little island of internet, and now you’ve gone and stumbled in… Hopefully I amuse you for a minute or two! I started in ham radio early in 2019, following a …