Tag: Amateur Radio
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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…
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POTA US-1596 – Seneca Creek State Park (MD)
I visited Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland again this week to attempt my first POTA CW activation. I regretfully report that I did not succeed. :-(
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 18
ARRL Field Day 2025 is in the books. I bought some more ham gear and books. All in all, a great week for amateur radio.
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Elecraft KX3 + WSJT-X + Digirig Mobile = FT8 Fun
If you’ve followed along with any of my prior posts, you’ll be aware that I recently acquired an Elecraft KX3 transceiver and some accessories. I love the radio and it works well with SSB and CW modes, but I wanted to also give myself the ability to work HF digital as well. I did my…
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POTA US-1306 – Lake Anna State Park (VA)
Based on finding out after I returned home from our Powhatan State Park camping trip in May that that park requires a special use permit for amateur radio operations, I called ahead to Lake Anna State Park to find out if I needed one for our camping trip there this month. As it turns out,…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 17
Lake Anna State Park now has K2MAS in the park activators list. However, once again, I only got my activation on FT8. This time it was not due to a lack of attempt. It was due to the scorching heat of our hottest weekend of the year so far. We had temperatures hovering in the…
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