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Field Operation Log – 05-Mar-2022 – First Activation!

Posted on March 7, 2022 by KC8JC

With a couple of failed activation attempts behind me, I decided to turn my park trips into experiments. Last week, I tried a different approach to my Jeep mounted MP1. That didn’t really do much for me. So this time out, I was going to ditch the MP1 and head out into a field so…

Field Operation Log – 27-Feb-2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by KC8JC

This was supposed to be a quick trip out to Wingfoot Lake State Park (K-3516). The variables for this operation were narrowed to simply making 10 FT8/FT4 contacts. I will lead with this: yet again, I got 8 contacts. This time, I was out there for about 2 hours working on 20m. The bands were…

Field Operation Log – 20-Feb-2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by KC8JC

Another set of experiments and another list of lessons that were learned through experience. Part of the joy of ham radio is in the challenges that it provides. One can dial in the gear very tightly and still hit vairables like propagation and even the whims of other operators. It’s a wild ride every time…

Field Operations Log – February 12

Posted on February 14, 2022 by KC8JC

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 and thus January was out. So this weekend, The Big Plan was to get outdoors and activate a park….

Learning CW

Posted on January 21, 2022 by KC8JC

In the course of my life, I have found that in various pursuits, I tend to favor things that have some challenge to them. This was true with my selection of pieces to learn for the guitar when I was in conservatory and it’s true in radio. I’m really enjoying the challenges of working portable…

Winlink Success

Posted on January 17, 2022 by KC8JC

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 sure what finally kicked me in the behind to fire it up, but something tripped the threshold for action. I have two setups that I run. My base…

ARRL RTTY Roundup 2022

Posted on January 10, 2022 by KC8JC

I decided to jump in on the ARRL RTTY Roundup this year. My original plan was to get FLDIGI working and/or a combination of logging software with 2tone embedded, but I quickly ran out of time. I’m still very new to RTTY and while I’ve done a good amount of listening, I haven’t made a…

Radio Goals for 2022

Posted on January 7, 2022 by KC8JC

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 as I was thinking about goals and radio, a neat blog post dropped…

The Hardrock 50 Amplifier Kit

Posted on December 20, 2021 by KC8JC

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 things that I’ve found while messing around at parks or on vacation is that it would…

D-Star Updates (Callsign)

Posted on November 17, 2021 by KC8JC

After my recent upgrade and subsequent callsign change, I found myself at loose ends over my TH-D74 and my IC-7100 when it came to D-Star. Sure, I updated the Zumspot to have my new call and I registered with a new repeater, but nothing else changed. So I thought that a quick update to the…

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