Category: Newsletter
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 41

Bad weather kept me off the air for most of the week and weekend. However, I did end up with some exciting news to share!
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 40

Gearing up for Christmas? Me too. My shopping is almost finished. Mobile HF operation is in my future with some gifts brought to me by Mrs. Clause. The ARRL 10-meter Contest is a lot of fun. Did I work you? Let me know!
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 39

Slow week for ham radio for me. I’m still trying to come up with the best ways for me to stay radio-active over the Winter. Share your ideas if you have them!
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 38

I got my first “real” contest experience this weekend and learned a lot about using the WinKeyer and N1MM+ this week.
Matthew Swint
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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.
Matthew Swint
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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.
Matthew Swint
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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.
Matthew Swint
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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.
Matthew Swint
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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…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 32

I broke my dry spell, supported one of my local parks in the POTA program, and had a lot of fun working CW. How about you?
Matthew Swint