“Oops” – a reminder of how awesome VARA is
A snowy day, and I’m farting around with my gadgets, putting off the inevitable task of snow blowing heavy wet…
An Unexpected 12v Power Source
One of my favorite YouTube channels is Temporarily Offline Ham Radio by Steve K9MG. He does a lot of great…
Find your COM ports
If you have ever connected a piece of hardware to your computer that is less common than a mouse, keyboard,…
Merry Christmas from the Brown Family
My wife and 6-year old son were building a gingerbread house and I jokingly suggested putting an antenna on it.…
Images From Space: Alexi Leonov Event (updated)
Last evening, I heard a fellow in Kennebunk asking for a radio signal check. He and his 11 year-old son…
Easy meals in the field
Hiking or hunting, I like to have food and water with me. I always have snacks and a couple of bottles of water packed in my backpack. Chocolate bars leftover from Halloween make great little bursts of energy, especially when hunting whitetail deer in the cold of November. On longer outings, I’ll try to pack a small lunch.
Wicked Maine Outdoor Fest
For a great start to a beautiful Father’s Day weekend, I coaxed my old man and my brother out to…
New “birds” in the sky
Listening to the Maine 12-County net on the KQ1L linked repeater system this morning, our ARRL section manager read off…
WS1EC UHF Repeater
The Wireless Society of Southern Maine held another work detail for the UHF repeater we’re putting up for the Cumberland…
Images from the International Space Station
There’s been a flurry of rumors and discussion that the International Space Station would be transmitting pictures to Earth using…