So I got curious. That’s on me.

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...

Where’s The Code? Right here: https://codeberg.org/jcw2112/KC8JCLogger/ Everything you need to know to run the software should be there. Good luck and shout if it works! How Did I Get Here?...

A couple of posts ago, I wrote about a script that I cobbled together to pull live activator data from the POTA website and push to a console and to the Mac notifications (assuming I hit a statio...

Ham radio is a hobby that has some requirements. The most significant of these is a license to operate. In order to get that license, one must take a test. And in order for there to be a test, th...

I'm not a New Years Resolutions kind of a guy, but I do keep a running list of goals that I review every month. It's a habit I got into years ago, and while it's rather silly, I do it anyway. So ...

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...

Welcome to the new site! It has all of the content from the old KC3JXQ site but with my updated callsign as the domain. It was interesting to apply for and get a vanity callsign. I learned a gr...

Working closely with technology for an extended period of time has colored my views on computing. I've gone from full-on, build it all myself or die to using whatever works reliably and jettisoni...

I've been struggling with the Go-Box concept for a while now. I'm trying to balance what I *might* do with what I'm *going* to do. And what I'm *going* to do probably 99% of the time when I'm out...

This really is a hobby made up of hobbies. And as is almost always the case, I have found ways to complicate things and tread on ground that either is seldom traveled or more easily avoided for m...