We’ve all watched the videos of hams going out to conduct a Parks On The Air (POTA) activation. I really enjoy seeing folks having fun with the hobby and appreciate them sharing their passion. A few months ago, I tried a POTA activation but the bands that particular day were simply abysmal. In fact, that… Read More »
As the title tells, EDC stands for Every Day Carry. Lots of folks have different EDC items, from radios to firearms. Since this is a ham radio blog, I’ll stick to radios. Haha! Here is my EDC radio. It is a Yaesu FT-4X dual band HT. When I ordered it, this was the least expensive… Read More »
I’ve been wanting to do this for quite some time. I finally understood that I don’t necessarily need to receive AND transmit to be an asset for APRS in my county, but just receiving was going to be of help. So I pulled this old IC-2100 out of storage (my first mobile radio BTW) and… Read More »
Well the month of April flew by just like that! I forgot to post my logbook update once and then missed it all month! No worries though. If you’re really interested, there’s always my logbook page. A few things in April of note: I picked up an IC-705 in preparation for getting outside more this… Read More »
Compared to previous weeks, it was a fairly light period of radio activity around here. My work got in the way of my fun Monday through Wednesday! The nerve! Ha! Even so, it was cool to have 10 meters open quite a bit when I WAS able to get in the shack. One ham friend… Read More »
It was another great week in amateur radio for several reasons. Received my first international QSL card! F4GVO was kind enough to send me TWO of his cards, each with a different design. Of course I will be reciprocating! I worked a few special event stations, including 100 year anniversary stations for WSB in Atlanta… Read More »
It was a fun week of ham radio operating this week! I ordered and received the appropriate cable and footswitch to connect a broadcast microphone to my Icom 7300. Works like a charm with no external preamp required! Sent a received some QSL cards, including one from K5LBJ from the school roundup week. Worked a… Read More »
I filled in a number of grids this week in the USA. Gotta say, switching to FT4 every now and then is turning out to be a good strategy! Internationally, I was able to work Romania, Panama, Asiatic Russia, and Fiji. I never cease to be amazed at where the radio waves will travel to… Read More »
What a great week it was for my ham radio hobby! Made contacts on FT8 and phone with Italy, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, and Spain internationally. In the USA, I worked all over the nation on 15m through 40m. I’ve been brainstorming ways to get 80m in the shack. Still working on that. The… Read More »
Yes, it’s true. I’ve been moonlighting. Just about every night, too. Wait, I’m not working another job. (My boss would not tolerate that! Haha!) I’ve been checking into the Moonlighters net! Each night around 7 PM Eastern is the Moonlighters Net on 7.79 MHz, or somewhere thereabouts. Sometimes they have to move the frequency because… Read More »