Amateur Radio

Radio Equipment

An Icom IC-9700 has arrived in my ham shack. It's always exciting to add a new rig and particularly so with this superb SDR...

Jim Wilson - 25-October-2019

Radio Contesting

While I won't be able to enter the ARRL September VHF contest this year, due to travel plans, I have been spending some time...

Jim Wilson - 4-September-2019

Living Life

I have survived the 2019 World Scout Jamboree. Hurrah! Some 45,000 Scouts from 152 nations arrived in West Virginia and 9,000 staff members and...

Jim Wilson - 13-August-2019

Radio Scouting

It's time to head to the World Scout Jamboree. Just me and about 50,000 Scouts from over 160 countries. I'm hopeful that a few...

Jim Wilson - 10-July-2019

Radio Contesting

You may have caught my previous blog post on my planned June Rover Route in the Texas Panhandle. It actually happened this past weekend, by...

Jim Wilson - 11-June-2019

Radio Contesting

In preparing for my rove to the Texas Panhandle for the 2019 June VHF contest, I first added a 6 meter amplier to help...

Jim Wilson - 4-June-2019

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