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KC1JMH

My adventures in Amateur Radio & the Great Outdoors

Author: Bradley Brown

Hiker, Hunter, Ham Operator, Gamer and Family Man

“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…
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Posted on: March 4, 2023 Last updated on: March 4, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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…
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Posted on: March 2, 2023 Last updated on: March 3, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

Find your COM ports

If you have ever connected a piece of hardware to your computer that is less common than a mouse, keyboard,…
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Posted on: January 30, 2023 Last updated on: January 30, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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.…
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Posted on: December 25, 2020 Last updated on: December 25, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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…
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Posted on: December 30, 2019 Last updated on: July 11, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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.

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Posted on: November 23, 2019 Last updated on: July 11, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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…
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Posted on: June 16, 2019 Last updated on: July 11, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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…
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Posted on: June 16, 2019 Last updated on: June 16, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

WS1EC UHF Repeater

The Wireless Society of Southern Maine held another work detail for the UHF repeater we’re putting up for the Cumberland…
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Posted on: June 11, 2019 Last updated on: June 16, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Bradley Brown

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…
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Posted on: February 9, 2019 Last updated on: February 9, 2019 Written by: Bradley Brown
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