Ah, The Weather October isn't usually kind enough to grant days in the 70dF range here in NE Ohio. The past few weeks have been really good for that. Sunny, clear days with leaves in high color...

Jamboree On The Air I'm an Eagle Scout. I was very, very into the program as a kid and both of my children are involved in Scouting. Since I got my amateur radio license, I've tried to help out...

Big Changes This isn't a blog where I share everything that happens in my day to day life. The purpose here is to document the fun and challenges of my amateur radio hobby. But a hobby does int...

Support Your Parks! Every quarter, the Parks On The Air folks have an event called Support Your Parks Weekend. The idea is to get out to the park at least once a quarter, right? I see it as jus...

An Activation With An Up And Coming Mode I've been pretty active on the Mastodon radio community for a while and I've noticed that there are a lot of operators using a mode called Single Side B...

This morning, I had a mis-click on the POTA site and ended up on the awards page. Lo and behold, I just got the Howell's Spectacular Thelypody award for 500 unique parks hunted. Who knew? I wou...

Ah, The TR-45L... The TR-45L next to the Begali Traveler on a tarp. I will go out on a limb and say that if we were to poll every person who purchased the Penntek TR-45L and those operators...

QRP Rigs Are Fun My interest in POTA and portable operation has evolved as I've spent more and more time in this wonderful hobby. I've said before, and I will say again, that POTA leads to QRP ...

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...

Why Do I Need A New Antenna? When I started my ham radio journey, I lived in a suburb of Philadelphia. The house was a twin that sat at the convergence of three hills. Essentially, it was in a ...