Tag: Amateur Radio
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 4

2026 is getting off to a slow start in terms of radio activity for me. I sure do hope it picks up some momentum soon. How did everyone do with their Winter Field Day efforts?
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Iambic paddles making too much racket? Try this!

My iambic paddles were driving me nutty, so I reaffirmed my ham status by coming up with a quick fix.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 3

2026 is getting off a bit slowly for me. I sure do hope things pick up soon.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 2

Almost done with the FT-891 mobile installation. All I lack is some bonding which will get me tuning successfully on 15 meters.
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 1

Welcome to the New Year and the first issue of Expired Ham! I hope you’ll all stick around as I’m planning on having a great year her on the blog. Stay tuned!
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2025 Year End Review

Wishing you all a safe and very happy New Year’s Eve celebration this week. I hope you all made resolutions that you might actually be able to keep.
Matthew Swint
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 42

I hope everyone has a great Christmas! Did you get anything good? I got my ATAS-120a installed on my car, but ran into problems with installing the FT-891 inside the car. I ordered new gear to solve that problem, though, so it’s only a minor delay. The ATAS-120a worked well with the FT-891 and as…
Matthew Swint
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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!