Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
The new CEO of the ARRL, Howard Michel /WB2ITX spoke at the Ham Radio University event on January 5, 2019. The video below is worth watching to hear Howard’s thoughts on the role of the ARRL. The first 26 minutes are good, but the Q&A session that follows suffers from no audio coverage of the … Read more
For the ARRL January VHF contest, I did a combination Summits On The Air (SOTA) and contest entry. I am recovering from a knee injury so Genesee Mountain (W0C/FR-194) turned out to be a nice easy hike for me. Of course, Joyce/K0JJW joined me and also did a SOTA activation. Caleb/W4XEN came along with us … Read more
Black Forest, Colorado; Sat March 16 and 23; 8 AM to 5 PM Black Forest Fire Station, intersection Burgess Rd. & Teachout Rd. The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide excitement of Amateur Radio, and the very best emergency communications capability available! • Earn your ham radio Technician class radio privileges• Pass your … Read more
Closing out 2018, here are the top five blog posts at k0nr.com during the year. Apparently these posts are “evergreen content” because they were all written years ago, well before 2018. With the exception of the Baofeng cable article, they were all on the top five list last year. Happy New Year and 73 from … Read more
Every once in a while, I look at the number of licensed radio amateurs in the US and ponder how ham radio participation rates compare with other hobby activities. Take a look at this post from 2005: Some Amateur Radio Statistics and this one from 2015: Ten Year Trends in US Ham Licenses. The latest number … Read more
On Saturday, I had the privilege of talking to a group of radio amateurs on the topic of electronic measurements. I opened the session with a short discussion of “why do we even need electronic measurements?” This was captured in three “laws” listed below: Bob’s First Law of Electronic Measurement With electricity, most of the … Read more