VHF Propagation measured by APRS
Reading up on 2-meter or VHF propagation, I recently stumbled across a website that displays APRS propagation, overlayed on a…
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Learn Morse Code with Google!
Pawing through news stories over supper, I came across a news article from Verge that says Google updated their keyboard…
Trek Across Maine Comms
Driving into work today, I hit scan on my ham radio and picked up the American Lung Association’s Trek Across…
Permethrin treated clothes fight ticks
A hiking friend once suggested he might treat his clothes with permethrin. Now the CDC is studying its effects on…
My First QSL Card!
I received my first QSL card today, from Worldwide Amateur Radio Day. I made contact with the net controller during…
APRS Packet Radio on the Ed Fong
Following up on my Ed Fong Antenna post, I don’t yet have a long enough cable to mount it to…
Ed Fong Antenna Arrived, Updated
Edison Fong’s DBJ-1 ham antenna arrived in the mail today, 3 days before the estimated delivery, and I’m excited to…
SKYWARN Spotter Training
The Skywarn training was very interesting. I think I learned more about the weather tonight than I did back in…
Women in Radio History – The Gilbert Girl
In the Ham Radio Operators group on Facebook, a fellow ham from Bellingham, Washington shared a poster he had found.…
A Radiogram!
I received a radiogram the other day from a gentleman in Ocala, FL, via another in Owls Head, ME, congratulating…