Tag: Amateur Radio

• 2025 Zombie Shuffle

  

  C’mon everybody! Let’s do the Zombie Shuffle!

  Matthew Swint

  October 17, 2025

  General

  Amateur Radio, CW, HAM Radio, Morse Code, Zombie Shuffle

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 31

  

  Bought a new soldering iron. What fun things can I build with it? Antennas? Sounds like a plan!

  Matthew Swint

  October 12, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, Morse Code, Parks On The Air, ParksOnTheAir, POTA, Soldering, Support Your Parks

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 30

  

  Secret radio transmissions? They are out there. Have you heard them?

  Matthew Swint

  October 5, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, Letter Beacon, Numbers Stations

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 29

  

  Send those letters to your Congressmen urging them to pass the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act! Also, I recap the previous week of amateur radio hobby participation. Tape measure yagi anyone?

  Matthew Swint

  September 30, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act, CW, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, Morse Code

• Vienna Wireless Society Fall Picnic

  

  The annual Fall Picnic for the Vienna Wireless Society was held this weekend. Some antendees built tape measure Yagi-Uda antennas and participated in a Foxhunt after lunch. Lots of fun. Sadly, I did not bring home the VWS Foxhunt Winner trophy this time.

  Matthew Swint

  September 27, 2025

  General

  Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio Club, HAM Radio, Tape Measure Yagi, ViennaWirelessSociety, Yagi-Uda

• Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act

  

  Please consider providing your support for the passage of the Amateur Radio Preparedness Act now!

  Matthew Swint

  September 26, 2025

  General

  Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio Preparedness Act, ARRL, HAM Radio

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 28

  

  Slow week in the hobby for me. Light on words, this one.

  Matthew Swint

  September 21, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, CW, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, Morse Code

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 27

  

  Lots of CW contests recently.

  Matthew Swint

  September 14, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, BaMaTech, CW, HAM Radio, Morse Code, Parks On The Air, ParksOnTheAir, POTA, SKCC

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 26

  

  CW Academy is in full swing again for the Fall classes. I hunted other CW ops during the K1USN SST and participated in the CWOps CW Open contest for the first time this week.

  Matthew Swint

  September 7, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, CW, CWOps CW Open Contest, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, K1USN Slow Speed Test, Morse Code, Parks On The Air, ParksOnTheAir, Portable, POTA

• POTA US-1296 – Douthat State Park (VA)

  

  I successfully activating Douthat State Park, but it took three days to do it.

  Matthew Swint

  September 2, 2025

  POTA

  Amateur Radio, CW, HAM Radio, Morse Code, Parks On The Air, ParksOnTheAir, Portable, POTA