Tag: Expired Ham
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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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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!
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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