Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
Catching up on the fine material spewing out of the web. Remember, if it came from the internet it must be true. Newsflash: The DTV transition has happened and the world has survived. It just doesn’t matter, because it is television. To quote Joey from Friends, “it is a moo point….a cow’s opinion.” Brian Wood, … Read more
I have gotten into the habit of taking photos of interesting radio sites. This all started as part of my general tendency to visit mountain summits to play ham radio. It turns out that for some reason, there are quite a few radio installations in high spots. Hmmm, imagine that. So I started taking photos … Read more
One of my toys these days is a Jeep Wrangler (TJ) which we use for playing in the mountains. I finally got around to installing some ham radio equipment in it a few weeks ago. I mostly wanted to have good old 2 Meter FM – the amateur radio utility mode – in the vehicle. … Read more
It has been a few days since I left Hamcon Colorado at Estes Park, but the glow hasn’t worn off yet! What a great event! Joyce K0JJW and I drove up to Estes on Thursday night so we could help with the final setup on Friday morning. Brian N5ZGT (ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director) gave … Read more
Things have gotten quite busy at work, which is why I haven’t posted anything recently. The spare time I have has gone towards getting ready for Hamcon Colorado, as I have signed up to do two presentations and a few other tasks. Here’s some items that are worth mentioning that spewed out of the internet. … Read more
From: Steve Williams KØSRW <k0srw@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM Subject: [Committee] Email for your clubs! HamCon Colorado 2009 kicks off in just over 2 weeks, May 29-31, 2009 in stunning Estes Park, Colorado. Estes Park is the gateway to one of our nation’s most treasured prizes, the incomparable Rocky Mountain National … Read more