Tag: Portable
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POTA US-1311 – Occoneechee State Park (VA)
Kerr Lake, otherwise known as Buggs Island Lake depending on who you ask or what map you look at, is situated along the Virginia-North Carolina border near Clarksville, Virginia. Two Virginia state parks are along the banks of this body of water, Staunton River State Park and Occoneechee State Park. The wife and I enjoyed…
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Elecraft AX4 4-band Antenna
Elecraft releases a new portable antenna! The AX4 extends the AX-line of antennas to new heights with its 8-foot whip and new tuning coil design. Pricing TBD.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 12
I’ve got good news to share this week. I’ve completed my FT-891 mobile install!
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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.
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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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Holiday shopping for hams
If you need gift ideas for yourself or a ham in your life, I’ve put together a list of my favorite items that I’m sure will they or you will find useful.
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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?
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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.
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POTA US-1296 – Douthat State Park (VA)
I successfully activating Douthat State Park, but it took three days to do it.
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