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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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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 11
I didn’t get on the air much at all this week. I tried to tune the Chameleon F-Loop 3.0 magnetic loop antenna for 40 meters earlier this week and got so fed up with its inability to land on a usable SWR that I gave up and packed it all back into its carrying bag.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 10
Not much going on in terms of amateur radio this week other than focusing most of my free time on CW Academy homework. One week into the 8-week course and I’m having a good time.
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ZUM Radio Mini 1.3 OLED ZUMspot Pi-Star Hotspot – Part 1
This is the first part of probably a three-part series of articles that walk through the process of setting up the ZUMspot Mini 1.3 OLED hotspot for connecting to YSF/FCS reflectors. I’m not much of a conversationalist. That’s what I always tell myself and most people when I engage in small talk. I mean, I’m…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 9
I hope everyone had a great week this week. I know I did. I recently purchased a Mini 1.3 OLED ZUMspot hotspot from a fellow Vienna Wireless Society member and got that up and running here at home using Pi-Star.
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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.
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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