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I’m very excited about operating out-of-doors this season. It seems to be in the air: the May 2017 issue of QST is featuring portable operating, with a nice assortment of hiker-ish tools adorning the cover. It wasn’t that bad a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, bowline, fiberglass mast, guy line, guys, ham radio, knots, LNR Precision, MTR-4B, QRP, QRP operation, slip loop, SOTA, SOTABeams, Summits on the Air, trucker's hitch
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In the loop.
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and the weather in the Northeast is finally summer-like. We were at the upstate QTH over the weekend expecting to be doing some work on the place, and so combined the holiday with a few vacation … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, balun, CW, full wave loop, ham radio, KX1, low power, QRP, QRP operation, Radio, SKCC, SOTA, standup, Straight Key Century Club
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Aerial ballet with SpongeBob
My current obsession with operating portable outdoors has driven this post to the ham radio side again. No computers, sorry. Well I have made progress with the internal lithium batteries for the KX1. After a great deal of rummaging about, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, ham radio, KX1, Li-PO, lithium batteries, low power, QRP, QRP operation, SOTA, Summits on the Air
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KX1 to the Field
This post is all about ham radio, the great outdoors and being thrifty (cheap). No computers were harmed in the making of this post. Having recovered from blog-block after documenting the simple transmitter, I am just back from Lobstercon again … Continue reading
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