by Tony | Jan 11, 2026 | Amateur Radio, Events, Expeditions/Roves
2025 was a huge year for me with a ton going on including my wedding, several good trips , and lots of amateur radio activity. To kick off 2026, I thought I’d write down my plans for year as it relates to radio at this point: New Zealand Trip (not a DXpedition)...
by Tony | Oct 23, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Events, Expeditions/Roves, Satellites
For my fifth year participating in the Kansas QSO Party, I decided to reprise my efforts of last year by again activating several counties as an Expedition station. As outlined in my initial planning post, I was going to head to Kanopolis Lake State Park (US-2342) on...
by Tony | Aug 23, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Events, Expeditions/Roves, Satellites
For the 2025 Kansas QSO Party, I will be returning as an Expedition station running SSB from a few counties as K0T. I will be in Ellsworth County at Kanopolis Lake State Park (US-2342) on Saturday and at the Marion, Chase, and Morris county corner on Sunday. I will be...
by Tony | Aug 21, 2025 | Amateur Radio, Events
As with last year, my Field Day plans for 2025 were with my workplace club, The Waypoint Amateur Radio Club (WA0RC), where we set up a portable Field Day operation for the first time in over a decade (before I worked here)! As Vice President of the club, I took it on...
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 | 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...