Amateur Radio

CW Academy

I'm currently taking instruction with the CW Academy for their Level 2 course. This is for those ham operators who use Morse Code but...

Sporadic E Mid-April

As I wandered past the ham shack this afternoon, I heard someone on 50.125 MHz. It was XE1USG coming in loud and clear even...

USA ARDF Championships — Texas 2016

One of the key rules of radio sport is to maintain a high level of BIC, butt-in-chair. ARDF radio sport doesn't even have chairs...

QSL Cards and Logbook of the World

You may have seen my earlier post on the benefits of Logbook of the World along with the challenges, or better said, the labor...

Tropospheric Ducting — March 2016

Just experienced my first major tropospheric ducting on 2 meters and 70 centimeters this morning. Wow! Tropo Opening Woke up at 5:30 AM and turned my...

NAQP RTTY February 2016

I had some fun this weekend on the NAQP RTTY contest. My HF antennas have been reduced to just an MA6V offset vertical dipole...

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