Category: General
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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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Radio Amateur Extra Class
Thanks in advance for welcoming me to the Amateur Extra class. I really appreciate it. I successfully passed the Amateur Extra license exam recently and am now among the ranks of the radio amateur elite, at least on paper. As with most things in life, there are still many, many things to learn. In fact,…
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Winter Field Day 2025 – Day 2
Winter Field Day day two started off with a hot cup of fresh ground coffee and then I headed back to the garage to finish the exercise by doing as much participating as I possibly could. I started off with checking reception of 20 meters and 10 meters by trying to work some FT8, FT4,…
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Winter Field Day 2025 – Day 1
I probably should have practiced. Over the last month or so I’ve purchased some new radio gear to get me well-equipped to work portable with my Yaesu FT-891 on various modes and various amateur frequencies. I suppose I could have used a bit more operating practice with all the new equipment as when the morning…
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HF Digital Modes
I haven’t been messing around with my radio much for a long while if you can’t tell (my last blog post was from two years ago!). Recently, I found out that a cousin of mine is an amateur extra and has been for quite a few years. I reached out to him on QRZ and…
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The journey begins…
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