My first Net Control!
Tonight was nuts – and I loved it! I’ve been listening to amateur radio nets since before I was a…
Rebuilding the Hamtop
I’ve been meaning to write an article on how I set up my Hamtop; my Linux laptop with free amateur…
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend or ILLW was a lot of fun. The goal is to try and make…
Red Cross Shelter Exercise
Once I joined the Wireless Society of Southern Maine, I quickly learned that there was more to amateur radio than…
VHF Propagation measured by APRS
Reading up on 2-meter or VHF propagation, I recently stumbled across a website that displays APRS propagation, overlayed on a…
Learn Morse Code with Google!
Pawing through news stories over supper, I came across a news article from Verge that says Google updated their keyboard…
Trek Across Maine Comms
Driving into work today, I hit scan on my ham radio and picked up the American Lung Association’s Trek Across…
Permethrin treated clothes fight ticks
A hiking friend once suggested he might treat his clothes with permethrin. Now the CDC is studying its effects on…
My First QSL Card!
I received my first QSL card today, from Worldwide Amateur Radio Day. I made contact with the net controller during…
APRS Packet Radio on the Ed Fong
Following up on my Ed Fong Antenna post, I don’t yet have a long enough cable to mount it to…