POTA Success at Eldorado Canyon State Park
I had to redeem myself. The POTA attempt I tried with LARC a few weeks ago wasn’t successful. I tried to activate on 30 meters and then 20 meters on …
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ARRL Field Day 2021
This post is mis-titled. I kinda participated but didn’t. See – I was on a road trip and by the time ARRL Field Day 2021 hit, I was camping with …
ARRL Field Day 2021 Read MoreEurope Is Open Tonight!
FT4, 35-75 watts barefoot into my 49:1 in my front yard, I’m getting QSO’s with Finland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Spain, New Zealand, Hungary. This is crazy!
Europe Is Open Tonight! Read MoreExtend Your EFHW With This 1 Weird Trick
Hey Amateurs! I’ve built several 49:1 ununs with good success. One of my units is setup more or less permanently in my front yard starting at my 2nd floor window …
Extend Your EFHW With This 1 Weird Trick Read MoreQSL Card
I finally made my own QSL cards! I got the idea from YLRasia – R1BIG. She created a card printing out a photo and then printing a label for the …
QSL Card Read MoreNew Subaru Outback
So I’m back to Subaru’s. While we still have our Audi’s I wanted a vehicle that served a different purpose than our other vehicles. Some of my must-haves and goals …
New Subaru Outback Read MoreCanary Islands!
I hit the Canary Islands on FT4 on only 35 watts! I used my Com 7100 with my homemade 49:1 with a 67 foot antenna on 40 meters. Thanks for …
Canary Islands! Read MoreEFHW Audio Disconnected or Calling Alaska
Interesting thing happened today. One of the symptoms of RF in the shack is when you’re using a digital mode like FT8 and you transmit, your computer says that the …
EFHW Audio Disconnected or Calling Alaska Read MoreBelgium
Belgium I was trolling 20 meters with my outside 49:1 EFHW frozen wire antenna and I heard from oq4u. Cranked my 7100 up to 100 watts and yelled on FT4. …
Belgium Read MoreRaspberry Pi 4 + Pat Winlink + ARDOP + Icom 705 Fail
Welp, that didn’t go well after several hours of tweaking. I tried to check my winlink email using my km4ack build Raspberry Pi. I had troubles setting up the 705 …
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