by Tony | Oct 12, 2024 | Amateur Radio, Projects
Our work amateur radio club, WA0RC, is very lucky in that we have been given a dedicated room for a club shack and have roof access. However, it is in what used to be a mechanical room, and as such, it is in the middle of the building with no windows. This means there...
by Tony | Aug 26, 2024 | Amateur Radio, Events, Expeditions/Roves
For this year’s Kansas QSO Party, I participated again as a 1×1 station, K0B, traveling around central Kansas. Unlike previous years, I decided to make only two stops and enter under the new “Expedition” category. This meant visiting one...
by Tony | Jul 29, 2024 | Amateur Radio, Projects
I recently bought an old FT-817 with the intent of using it to get back on the linear satellites. Upon receiving it, I found that no matter which connector I set the antenna output to (front or rear), it always transmitted from the rear SO-239 antenna connector. As my...
by Tony | Jul 22, 2024 | Amateur Radio, Projects
I’ve seen several ham radio clipboard mounting solutions aimed at portable operations like POTA and SOTA, so I thought I’d take a shot at making my own for my QRP Labs QMX, American Morse Equipment Mini-B Paddle, and NiMH battery pack (affiliate link). I...
by Tony | Jul 20, 2024 | Amateur Radio, Events
For Field Day this year, I participated in the Waypoint Amateur Radio Club, WA0RC, operations from the club shack. WA0RC is the club of Garmin employees in Olathe, Kansas, and has a new, dedicated shack space that was just opened earlier this year. We previously had a...
by Tony | Jul 14, 2024 | Amateur Radio, Events, Expeditions/Roves
For June VHF this year, I decided to put EN20 on the air (after my previous failure) due to its relatively rare status for being a midwest grid as reported by FFMA chasers. My plan for this contest was to use my general setup from previous roves including my 25 foot...