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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.
LATEST POSTS
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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,…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 6
Earlier this week, I posted about creating a home-brewed antenna guy ring out of a disc of acrylic. It’s not the best solution, I’ll admit, but it should work fine. I missed a chance to test it out over this weekend due to the weather, but I’m planning for an upcoming deployment and maybe I’ll…
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Homemade Antenna Guy Ring
I was looking for a way to guy my vertical whip antennas when deploying them. The MFJ 1979 that I have is nearly 17-foot long and when fully extended it can catch quite a bit of wind, and it’s fairly flaccid anyway. After I recently purchased the Wolf River Coils Silver Bullet Platinum Take-It-Along kit,…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 5
Well, this week was a bit of a bust. Some of the first days of Spring and really nice outside temperatures around 80º and yet I didn’t get to operate outdoors at all. I did however, find a new local park that offers kayak rentals, so there’s that.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 4
My portable antenna farm is growing. My newest addition is the Silver Bullet Platinum Take-It-Along by Wolf River Coils. I purchased the platinum version because I won’t have to have to buy another one later when/if I decide to ever use an amplifier. Also, the platinum coil is rated for higher Watts on digital and…
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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