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...

Circumstances It's mid-November and that happens to coincide with my birthday. In my semi-retired state, I have most days to myself after the kids are off to school. Sure, I have chores to do a...

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...

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...

An Activation With An Up And Coming Mode I've been pretty active on the Mastodon radio community for a while and I've noticed that there are a lot of operators using a mode called Single Side B...

Ohio State Parks On The Air was 09-Sep this year as it always falls on the first Saturday after Labor Day. It's a contest whose primary purpose is to get operators out into the State Parks of Ohi...

It's been about a month since I started doing all of my Winlink Wednesday check-ins using the Pat + Ardop toolchain. It's been remarkably successful. I have transitioned away from Windows-Only so...

After my switch over to Ubuntu on my Surface Go 2, I went on the hunt for a way to continue my Winlink Wednesday check-ins and, more importantly, maintain my ability to use email from the field. ...

Since we got a camper, we started spending time with Hipcamp. It's a place where you can find private campgrounds. In essence, someone has a chunk of land and they set it up for camping and rent ...

This year I have several Stupid Arbitrary Goals that center on radio. One of them is a number of portable operations and the other is activating parks. I decided on these SAGs later than I might ...

Portable operation has been a lot of fun for me since the IC-705 showed up in my shack. It's a really great QRP rig and I have had a wonderful time getting out and making contacts. One of the thi...