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 ...

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 ...

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...

An acrylic sign illuminated in blue light reading "KC8JC Amateur Radio ON AIR" - This was a great Xmas gift from my family! I decided to jump in on the ARRL RTTY Roundup this year. My origi...

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...

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 re...

Display table with a MS Surface Go 2 tablet and IC-705 running WSJT-X. This past weekend, PCARS went out to the Akron Maker Faire to show off ham radio. We put a SuperAntenna up on the roof...

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...

On 02-Oct-2021 I sat for the Amateur Extra exam. I passed! 49/50 for those keeping score (I was). I'm not sure why I waited this long (aside from managing life and work through a pandemic that ha...