I had a weird thought while I was lying awake waiting to let the dog back in at about 03:00. That thought was an idea for a web widget that I couldn’t implement in Wordpress (well, I couldn’t) so I...

A new look and feel. Revel in my capricious nature!

Utilities Are Good For You Every week, I participate in Winlink Wednesday. I do my check-ins with pat. Once a month, they as for a weather snapshot to go with the check-in. This isn't particula...

Pat Is My Friend I've been over the topic of my move from Windows and Windows-only ham software in the past, so I won't rehash it. For minimal context I will say that there are no Microsoft pro...

It's Been A Minute… It occurred to me that I haven't been posting to ye olde blogge very often and I think that is largely because Life is doing that Life Thing where time is at a premium and I...

Out To The Woods The Parks On The Air Support Your Parks weekends are always a great excuse to get out and operate at a park. I really feel that events like this force the issue with enough enj...

My Contest I'm not a contester. In fact, I only do two contests each year and they have something in common. I do the Freeze Your Acorns Off QRP Contest in February and the Ohio State Parks On ...

Endless Variation It's pretty clear that POTA is my thing when it comes to this hobby and that my real goal is to get outside and play radio whenever I'm able. Usually, this is a solo run to th...

A New State (Commonwealth) I was first licensed as KC3JXQ and the 3 gives it away. I lived in Pennsylvania, but that was before I got into POTA and started getting out and activating. It didn't...

Intro For the past few years, our family has gone to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for a week of camping and relaxing in some of the most beautiful places along Lake Superior. I'm a Great Lak...