Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
The Colorado QSO Party, sponsored by the Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association, will be held this Saturday Sept 6th. This is a great opportunity to get on the air and have some fun on the HF, VHF and UHF bands. There have been some changes to the rules this year, so be sure to review … Read more
I am trying out a new twitter ap called DestroyTwitter. There are many to choose from, so as I reloaded my PC I decided to give this one a try. So far it seems to be good, which means compact, not too fancy and easy-to-use. John C. Dvorak wrote that Twitter is the New CB … Read more
We rounded up the usual collection of suspects to operate from Pikes Peak in the Colorado 14er Event. Our crew included me, Joyce K0JJW, Ken WA6TTY, Stephen KZ0Q, Steve KD0BIM, Stan WA0Z and Matt KC0LBA. Since Pikes is a “drive up” mountain in an event where most radio operators hike in, we tried to compensate … Read more
This is the usual “catch up” posting, when I don’t have a specific topic but try to share some interesting things flying by on the internet. I came across this article about poor passwords being the biggest computer security problem (as opposed to viruses and worms). OK, maybe so. Using passwords like “password” and “xyzzy” … Read more
I woke up yesterday to the idea that it really is August 1st and that July is now history. I understand how that happens… I just don’t know how it happens so freeking fast! If August is here, then it is time for the premier mountaintop ham radio event: The Colorado 14er Event. What is … Read more
Lots of interesting things spewing forth from the internet these days: Jeff KE9V articulated a compelling vision of web-based (“cloud computing”) ham radio logging. This caused a lively discussion among some readers (read through the comments on Jeff’s blog). I found the idea interesting but I am inherently suspicious of the notion of “cloud computing”. … Read more