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…
My first HF contact!
I don’t make it to the mailboxes as often as I should, the HOA having moved them from down the…
First Winter Hike
While I’ve done some early Spring hikes, this is the first Winter hike I’ve done since I was a teenager.…
The FCC is Back in Business, UPDATED
From a bulletin posted by the ARRL: “The ARRL VEC now is awaiting word that it can transmit the some…
Winter Field Day
Winter Field Day is a fun way to practice emergency preparedness. The Wireless Society of Southern Maine used it as…