Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
Here’s another update of interesting important stuff spewing forth from the internet. The Ham Hijinks crew continues to pound out some provocative ham radio reporting. I can really relate to this story: Man Climbs Tower, Won’t Come Down Until Family Leaves. It was great to hear about this breakthrough: World Issues Solved On Local 2m … Read more
A recent edition of the ARRL Contest Update highlighted the availability of this shirt with the number 73 on it. Since this shirt is offered by Think Geek, I figured it had to be ham radio related. After all, we own the number 73! See my previous posting on the topic. Well, it turns out … Read more
After losing Rooster, the alleged brains of the WG0AT SOTA team, we have great news from Steve, WGØAT. Two new goats have joined the herd, getting trained up for more Summits On The Air (SOTA) action. Meet Acorn and Barley, or is it Barley and Acorn? Watch out, Peanut, you’ve got company.
In the past two weeks, the results of several ham radio contests from last summer were posted. The typical contest takes months for the official results to be finalized and I have usually forgotten about the contest by then. The more serious contesters share their results via the 3830 web site so they can get an … Read more
I own a variety of Yaesu ham radio transceivers and like them a lot. Except for that one little annoying feature that the FM rigs have: WIRES. About once every two weeks, one of the local radio hams gets on the repeater with a DTMF beep at the start of every transmission. We’ve come to … Read more
A while back, Dan KB6NU noted the increasing number of preppers getting involved in ham radio. Preppers are people who are actively preparing for emergencies, natural disasters and disruption of social order. In our Technician license course, we’ve noticed an increase in the number of people identifying themselves as preppers. Of course, amateur (ham) radio has a long history of … Read more