Catching Up with a Friend and Logging 9,150 Miles per Watt from William B. Umstead State Park! On Monday, October 20, 2025, I was still in the Raleigh area of North Carolina. That morning, I dropped...
3D Printable Mounts by KO4YLZ Many thanks to Dave (KO4YLZ) who writes: Hey Thomas, I created some generic mounts for the KX2, TR-35, and...
Halloween Activation I headed out this morning for an early activation at Norristown Farm State Park (US-4363, KFF-4363). Although it’s Halloween,...
Unsettled Conditions at Evansburg State Park I had some spare time this morning, so I made a trip to Evansburg State Park (US-1351, KFF-1351) for...
Operating a QRP Classic: The Tuna Tin 2 I learned recently that Ed Hare, W1RFI, passed away. Ed was a long-time lab engineer at ARRL. I didn’t...
M1GEO and M0WUT Activate All G/TW Summits in a Stormy Weekend Adventure Please note that the following field report was originally published on the SOTA Reflector: by George (M1GEO) On the...
M1GEO and M0WUT Activate All G/TW Summits in a Stormy Weekend Adventure Please note that the following field report was originally published on the SOTA Reflector: by George (M1GEO) On the...
Bug-Out Month: Peaceful Morning Activation And Coffee at Clemmons Educational State Forest by Thomas (K4SWL) After my last activation at Clemmons Educational State Forest, I was eager to get back there....
KI5OEB: Putting the IC-705—and Two Antennas—to Work at Salt Plains State Park by James (KI5OEB) Today I went to my favorite park bench again! The activation had a little prep and...
via Hackaday: Save A Packet, Use Cheap Co-Ax! Anyone who works with radio transmitters will know all about matching and impedance, and also…
via HACKADAY: You’ve Got The Portable Radio, Now What About The Antenna? There’s an old saying in the amateur radio community that when it comes to antennas…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1325 – Full Version Release Date: July 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1325 – Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
via HACKADAY: A Tiny Tuner For The Low Power Ham Something that all radio amateurs encounter sooner or later is the subject of impedance matching….
POTA is changing Park prefixes and, in some cases, Park numbers I’ve just learned that the Parks On The Air (POTA) admin is in the process…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1298 Release Date: January 13, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1297 Release Date: January 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
Venus Technologies SW-3B QRP CW Transceiver Review Looking at the Venus Technologies SW-3B QRP CW Transceiver for 20/30/40 meters. Dimensions: 104*71*25mm (excluding the protruding part such as...
QDX digital transceiver I brief description of a construction problem, symptoms and solution regarding the QDX digital transceiver from QRP Labs. The...
QCX-mini is coming soon! QCX-mini is a response to quite a few comments on the new QCX+ kit, from people who want to take...