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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. 21
I finally activated US-1596 Seneca Creek State Park near Gaithersburg, Maryland via CW. That was a lot of fun and only took me three tries!
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 20
Hello everyone. This week was another fun week of getting more CW experience under my belt, or shall I say “between my fingers”. Also, it was another week of buying a bunch of amateur radio stuff that I think I need. I gotta stop doing that.
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POTA US-1596 – Seneca Creek State Park (MD)
I visited Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland again today. I’m slowly learning how to abate the onslaught of blood-sucking mosquitoes. Unfortunately, I am blood type O and…
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CW Message Exchange Examples
In this post, I’ll be consolidating many of the well-known CW contest exchanges into a single location, perhaps mostly for my own benefit, but if you happen to have stumbled upon this article while trying to find…
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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