Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
Our local radio club (W0TLM) has been able to help a number of Scouts from the local Boy Scout troop get their Technician Class radio license. (See Results from the Second Technician Class.) The boys are having a lot of fun talking to each other on 2 Meters and using ham radio to support their … Read more
The summer is flying by and it has been difficult to keep up with the blog. Here are a few things that just spewed out of the internet. This week there is a nasty wildfire burning west of Boulder which has already consumed 92 structures. (Take a look at some of the photos here.) We … Read more
Amateur Radio Technician License Class Monument, Colorado Saturday Oct 16 and Saturday Oct 23 (8 AM to 5 PM) Location: Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Station 1 Sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide excitement of Amateur Radio … Earn your ham radio Technician class radio privileges … Read more
Don’t forget the Colorado 14er Event is next Sunday. We’ll be operating K0YB from the summit of Pikes Peak. Most likely, we’ll have HF, 6 Meters, 2 Meters, 70 cm and maybe some higher bands. More information on the event here. 73, Bob K0NR
The Colorado 14er Event will be held on August 8 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
This weekend is the ARRL Field Day, the major ham radio operating event in North America. Here in Monument, the Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association and the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association will operate from TLMF Station 1. Details are on the PPRAA web site. The “Get On the Air” station is perfect for new … Read more