16th place in the Single Operator - Single Radio - Low Power - In A Park category with 1,053 points. That's how it shook out. That category is always very competitive. Or maybe I should say tha...

The forecast for the week was just too good. It was warm and the sun was out. Friday was set to be in the 70s with mostly blue skies and light breezes and that's exactly what it was. I took the d...

Almost Too Good To Be True The ending days of October in Ohio come with unpredictable weather. Last weekend it was in the 30s and 40s with high winds and rain. Suddenly, the sun returned and te...

Ah That Beautiful Autumn Weather It's that time of the year where Northeast Ohio reminds us that it's going to be cold and miserable for a bit. There was a good amount of rain on Saturday and t...

One of the first ham radio specific kits that I built was a dummy load from QRP Guys. I keep it on my desk. It's two PCBs with a shedload of resistors sandwiched between. It is simple. It is brut...

My last couple of activations have been at West Branch State Park - K-1999. I mentioned back in January of this year that one week there were restrooms and picnic shelters and the next weekend th...

Bachelor Weekend! This past weekend was one where my son and I were living the bachelor life as the ladies were off camping. Given that my son is a big time sleep in kind of guy, I took the opp...

A Perfect Day To Activate The First of October was a truly beautiful Sunday. The sky was clear and it was in the mid-60dF range. There was a light breeze and I didn't care what the solar weathe...

National Park Service sign at The Octagon. The Park Cuyahoga Valley National Park has always been a special place. I spent a good amount of time in my youth at Camp Manatoc which is inside...

We had a chance to make a quick ride out to the park, so we took it. Here in NE Ohio, we're going to be running short on nice days for good cycling, so we're going to grab all of them that we can...