Tag Archives: Summits on the Air

Nice guys.

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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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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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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