by Tony | Aug 8, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Expeditions/Roves
We have arrived in Tortola, British Virgin Islands! After a very early morning flight to Miami to meet up with Andy and grab lunch, we boarded our flight to Tortola. There were some minor delays leaving Miami but we are here more or less on time. Our plan for the rest...
by Tony | Aug 5, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Expeditions/Roves, Satellites
After volunteering all week at the 2025 Youth on the Air camp in Denver, I decided to rent a Jeep for a day and do a satellite activation on some new grids a couple hours away up in the mountains. I scouted the grids around Denver and found a good grid corner at...
by Tony | Jul 13, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Expeditions/Roves, Satellites
Dates: August 8, 2025 to August 11, 2025 Location: Tortola, British Virgin Islands ClubLog Rank: 138 IOTA: NA-023 Grid: FK78 Team: Tony Milluzzi, KD8RTT (Team Captain), Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR Transceivers: 2+ Bands: 80m to 6m with particular focus on 30m, 17m, 12m, and...
by Tony | Apr 28, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Events
In 2024, the Waypoint Amateur Radio Club (employee club at Garmin HQ in Olathe, KS) hosted a 2m Simplex Contest for all those in the Kansas City Metro. Based on good feedback from participants, we decided to run it again with some minor tweaks to the rules. As Vice...
by Tony | Apr 24, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Expeditions/Roves, Satellites
After racing over from Lake Scott State Park and the somewhat frustrating activation I experienced there, my trip to Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park ended up being a nice change in scenery (literally). This park has actually been on my bucket list for some time...