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 »
What a great week of amateur radio! It seems like I say that a lot on this blog. That’s because it just keeps getting better and better! I was so busy Monday through Wednesday with worky-work, I didn’t get much time in the shack. But I made up for it the rest of the week… 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 »
What a fun and yet sobering week of ham radio. Had a good time at the La Porte, Indiana hamfest of Saturday. It was nice to get to a hamfest after a long hiatus and I was able to pick up some supplies for upcoming projects. On the air, I worked a number of stations… Read More »
Lots of fun in the shack this week! Brazil, Canary Islands, Japan, Dodacanese, South Africa, England, Slovenia, and Asiatic Russia on FT8. Made my first SSTV contact on 20m! 10m was open a few times and made a few contacts on phone and FT8. Many of the amateur radio YouTube folks were creating contact from… Read More »
Well it was a good week of ham radio for me, that’s for sure. Worked K3HWJ for the special event station for Groundhog Day. Worked K5C, the special event station for the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. 🙁 I remember precisely where I was at that moment. Worked Italy on phone Poland on FT8! Three stations… 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 »
Highlights from the log for January 16, 2022.