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…
Category: Radio
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…
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…
uBitx Firmware and Speakers, and the Canada Winter Contest
Today, in keeping with my winter vacation goal of spending more time on my hobby and doing what makes me…
CQ Santa!
I finally took some time off. I haven’t taken time from work and truly disconnected for some time, and I’ve…
SKYWARN Recognition Day
SKYWARN Recognition Day turned out to be some good low-key fun. It wasn’t a contest, per se. It was an…