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...

This Again? I have twisted and worked my way around this problem for some time now and this probably isn't the last time that I will revisit this topic. However, my station is evolving and as a...

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 assu...

I started checking in to the [Winlink Wednesday Net](https://winlinkwednesday.net) hosted by David KN4LQN in January of 2022. I wanted to be sure that my station could send Winlink emails at all ...

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. ...

It took a minute, but it works. The last week or so has been a lot of fun diving into some software and tweaking things to get them where I need them to be. There are some really great free opt...

Here We Go Again… One of the reasons that I rebuilt my Surface Go 2 recently was that Winlink was exhibiting some behaviors that were incompatible with sending and receiving email via VARA HF. ...

A few months back, I hit a real snag in my Winlink setup. At some point, my Surface GO 2 - post Win11 update - created a situation with Winlink where I couldn't get the window to open reliably wh...

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 weekend wasn’t a great one for portable operations in NE Ohio. The weather was cold and rainy. As someone who spends a lot of time outside, I get that there is No Bad Weather, Only Bad Gear....

Desktop showing a Winlink success message after a VARA HF session. This weekend, I took some time to look at my setup for Winlink. This has been on my Radio List for a while now and I’m not s...