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Within these pages, I talk about all the ways I have found to enjoy our fantastic hobby with the intention of sharing ideas and also learning by doing and then sharing what I’ve learned with others.
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VWS Annual Spring Picnic and Fox Hunt
My first in-person activity as a new member of the Vienna Wireless Society took place on April 26th at Roundtree Park in Falls Church, Virginia at the club’s annual Spring picnic. This year, there was a fox hunt event organized by club member Cliff Mauck, KE4PDS. Cliff assembled and hid two radio transmitters inside the
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 8
I activated my second Parks On The Air park early this week. I managed to work from US-0712 Manassas Battlefield Park for about an hour and a half before other visitors began to arrive and encroach upon my antenna deployment.
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POTA US-0712 – Manassas National Battlefield (VA)
Carrying the momentum forward from yesterday’s successful activation of US-5510, I ventured just down the road from there and activated US-0712 Manassas National Battlefield today. The morning started off a bit dreary outside as a bit of rain had made its way through the area overnight. I was a bit hesitant to get out at
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 7
The weather outside is becoming more and more inviting for outdoors activities. This past weekend was no exception. Sunday, I managed to get out and finally play around with my new Wolf River Coils antenna kit that I purchased recently. I also activated a park in the Parks On The Air program for the very…
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POTA US-5510 – Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest (VA)
BREAKING NEWS!! K2MAS is now a Parks On The Air (POTA) activator. Today was such a lovely day outside (partly cloudy, cool (59ºF) with a gentle breeze) and I had an itch to get out finally and do some POTA activities. I’d never done such a thing but I figured it can’t be too difficult
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CWMorse Pocket Paddle Review
If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you’ll surely know that I am a fledgling CW student. I purchased, as my first-ever Morse paddle, a Vibroplex Iambic Standard paddle and quickly found that it would be much too heavy to carry around while operating portable. It sure is a great desk paddle, though! However,
About K2MAS
K2MAS is Matthew Swint. Matthew has been a licensed amateur radio operator since September 2014 when the FCC granted him General class privileges and the callsign of KM4EHD, which he changed to K2MAS in 2022. In 2025, Matthew earned an Amateur Extra class license.
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