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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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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 37
Quite a bit of operating done this week, all of it on the S&P side of the QSOs. I managed some DX contacts during the LZ DX contest. And I discovered a very cool tool for hams curious about how they sound on the other end of a contact.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 36
A bunch of CMEs battered the planet making HF radio fun difficult. People are noticing the website. And I continue to lazily chase POTA awards. Read all about in this week’s Expired Ham.
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Happy Veterans Day
Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow veterans out there! I hope you all enjoy your day of thanks.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 35
I got my antenna mast fixed! We got slammed with some geomagnetic storms. And I had to make a really tough decision.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 34
I got hit with a temporary pause on home operations this week, built a QRP EFHW for my KH1, and had a very disappointing POTA activation. If any of that sounds interesting, please read on.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 33
It was a good week for amateur radio, at least for me. I finished up the second installment of the CWops Academy training, participated in the annual Zombie Shuffle, and found a fun place to spend my lunch breaks during the workweek. I ended the week by finally setting up a semi-permenant home base station…
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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