"Broken Window" by akeg is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. A Little History A couple of years back, I decided that I wanted to spend more time on the air and less time playing around with IT non...

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. ...

There are plenty of jokes about POTA devotees checking maps before going on vaction for new parks to activate along the way. In this case, my family decided that we'd spend spring break at Mammot...

The day was just too nice. It was in the mid-50s and the skies were clear. There was a lot of wind, which isn't always great, but staying inside simply wasn't an option. Originally, I wasn't goin...

Over on Mastodon.Radio the operator known as F1RUM decided to throw out a hashtag and invited people to keep him motivated on his journey to CW proficiency and enhance focus on their own journies...

The Issue: In the world of ham radio, we have what I consider to be a bit of a problem. We have a very deep addiction to the Microsoft Windows ecosystem. Why is it a problem? Because Windows it...

This past Sunday, the weather was supposed to be in the mid-40F range and clear with something call "The Sun" in the sky. I seemed to remember this yellow orb from my childhood and thought that i...

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...

Sunday afternoon it got up into the mid-40sF and was bright and sunny. It's the kind of sunlight that warms a person who is sitting in it. One might even be able to ditch the coat for a little wh...

Well, the results are in and Team KC8JC, made up of yours truly and my Dad, AC8NT came in third place. Now that’s not too shabby given that we went QRT about an hour or so before the contest ende...