What I’ve been up to Another good title would be where I have been hiding and why I have not updated this blog in a while. Well, to be quite honest with you. I really have not had the need to update this blog in quite a long time. I still operate, some, but not
Category: 75 meters
About that new Tip Jar in the sidebar
It’s half serious and half a joke. I do need a amp for the summer months and for a better signal on 160, 75, and 40 meters; especially in the summer. So, I thought I’d aim high! 😉 Do expect anyone to donate? No. But, if they did I wouldn’t complain. I’d settle for an
The shooting in Chattanooga just got personal for me
This one hits home with me, I will explain that in a minute. But, first, the video: Now the story, via WANE.COM: Darlene Proxmire, the step-grandmother of Randall Smith, called NewsChannel 15 Saturday morning and said he passed away around 4 a.m. This is an update to the previously published story: PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) One
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Field Day 2015
What is field day? Well, I will let the ARRL or the National Association for Amateur Radio explain it: ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups
More crappy band conditions
Here’s the video: I installed the solar conditions widget thing at the top of the blog. Believe me, that thing is right on the money. It is as bad as it says. Hopefully things will improve tomorrow.
Video: Why you have to run an amplifier on 75 meters in the summer
I love 75 meters, I have been using it since I got my general class license in 2000. But, the summer months; it is quite rough and without an amp, at night, it is almost impossible to use on voice. (I bet it’s the same with CW too…) Here’s the video to explain: Unfortunately, I
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75 meters at night at K8CPA
Usually, at night this is where I am found. Best part of Amateur Radio…. Life is good. 🙂