Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
My wife and I have a cabin up in the mountains that we use as a getaway as often as possible. Oddly enough, this place is a pretty good location for radio propagation. It sits at 9600 feet in elevation with low electrical noise and a decent radio horizon in most directions. I’ve been putting … Read more
Yeah, we are going to do it again…our two-day technician license class. It is still early but we want to get the word out since the class usually fills up! – Bob K0NR Monument, Colorado Saturday Oct 15 and Saturday Oct 22 (8 AM to 5 PM) 2011 Location: Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Station 1 Sponsored … Read more
I was dorking around on the web getting prepared for the Colorado 14er Event this year (August 7) and came across some of Steve WG0AT’s goathiker videos. Steve does a great job of capturing the fun of being out on the trail with goats and radios (what a combo!) Here’s one of the best videos, … Read more
This weekend is the CQ Worldwide VHF Contest, which runs from 1800 UTC Saturday (12 noon Mountain Time) to 2100 UTC Sunday (3 PM Mountain Time). Only two bands are used: 50 MHz and 144 MHz. See How to Work a VHF Contest for operating tips. See you on the air! 73, Bob K0NR
Lots of important stuff spewing forth from the Internetz. TWiT’s HamNation netcast keeps on going, so give it a look. The debate continues about potential likely interference to common GPS receivers from LightSquared’s proposed adjacent-channel transmitters. See this recent article on the problem. If you want to dig deeper, the detailed documents are referenced here. … Read more
The Colorado 14er Event will be held on August 7 this year. This is the premier mountaintopping event for amateur radio. The basic idea is to have fun making ham radio contacts from the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado. Actually, we’ve started to see some of the 14,000 ft peaks in California on the air, … Read more