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Camping At Blue Knob State Park

Posted on July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 by KC8JC

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 become a thing for me until 2020 when my family and I moved to Ohio. So it was that…

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2025 Michigan Upper Peninsula Camping Trip

Posted on July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 by KC8JC

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 Lakes kind of guy and my wife caught the fever when we moved to NE Ohio. Our travels have…

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Still Getting On The Air

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 by KC8JC

Yes, I’m Still A Ham It’s been quiet around the blog, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been out and playing radio. With the weather turning into real spring and temperatures that are above the 40dF mark, I’ve been spending a lot more time outside on the bike and a lot less time in…

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My QMX+ Adventure

Posted on December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 by KC8JC

Brought To You By… This post is about building a QRP Labs QMX+ transceiver. No, Hans G0UPL didn’t sponsor this. Someone else made it possible. That someone else is Brandon Sanderson aka BrandoSando aka B-Money. He released a book about a week ago and at that point I became a Stormlight Archive Widow™. My beautiful…

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Weather Was Just Too Good

Posted on October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 by KC8JC

Ah, The Weather October isn’t usually kind enough to grant days in the 70dF range here in NE Ohio. The past few weeks have been really good for that. Sunny, clear days with leaves in high color and a light breeze. It really doesn’t get much better than that for me at this time of…

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JOTA 2024

Posted on October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 by KC8JC

Jamboree On The Air I’m an Eagle Scout. I was very, very into the program as a kid and both of my children are involved in Scouting. Since I got my amateur radio license, I’ve tried to help out with Scouting’s event called Jamboree On The Air. The first year, it was an afterthought. I…

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Getting Back On The Air

Posted on October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 by KC8JC

Big Changes This isn’t a blog where I share everything that happens in my day to day life. The purpose here is to document the fun and challenges of my amateur radio hobby. But a hobby does intersect with life. We’ve all picked up and put down hobbies over time depending on life circumstances. I…

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A Couple Of Trips To CVNP

Posted on June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 by KC8JC

A Long Weekend I had the opportunity to take Friday off, so I did. And with a day off and no commitments until much later, I headed out to The Octagon at Cuyahoga Valley National Park – US-0020. I just couldn’t think of a better way to spend a few hours in the quiet before…

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Same Park, Different Table

Posted on May 6, 2024May 6, 2024 by KC8JC

Something New-ish? Cuyahog Valley National Park – US-0020 is a massive park. It stretches a good way between Cleveland and Akron. There are over 100 miles of hiking trails scattered throughout the park and there are many nooks and crannies. On Saturday morning, I headed out to do an activation. I had some time and…

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Portable Digital Operations Setup with wfview

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by KC8JC

What Are We Doing? This blog exists for me to catalog sucesses and failures. The other thing it does is provide me with a place to put things so that I can get to them no matter where I am assuming – an internet connection. The topic for today is a refresher on my setup…

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