by Tony | Apr 25, 2024 | Amateur Radio
The Waypoint Amateur Radio Club, WA0RC, made up of Garmin employees at headquarters in Olathe, Kansas, held a 2m Simplex Contest on April 13th. As Vice President of the club for 2024, I decided to take the lead on this event after seeing some examples online and...
by Tony | Mar 30, 2024 | Amateur Radio
Earlier this month, I spent a week in Flagstaff, AZ finishing my Hybrid Wilderness First Responder course and wanted to try a SOTA summit before I headed back to Kansas City. After searching around for summits nearby (of which there are many), I decided to try...
by Tony | Sep 4, 2023 | Amateur Radio
This year for the Kansas QSO Party, I participated as a Kansas rover station with plans to hit several counties throughout the weekend under the 1×1 N0S. This had me generally setting out to the east from Kansas City early Saturday morning for a couple county...
by Tony | Aug 23, 2023 | Amateur Radio
On August 26th and 27th, I will once again be participating in the Kansas QSO Party as a rover hitting up several counties around Kansas! This year, I will be using the call sign N0S and operating from the following counties on 20m and 40m: Saturday: Riley...
by Tony | Jul 19, 2023 | Amateur Radio
After my recent few attempts at VHF roves in 2022 (2022 CQ WW VHF Contest Report and 2022 September VHF Contest Report), I decided to try again with a different mindset for activity. I’ve long considered a method to mount antennas to my car so that there was no...
by Tony | Jan 21, 2023 | Amateur Radio
Well, my first September VHF Contest could simply be described as rough. Unlike my other reports, I’ll cut to the chase up front and say I only made six contacts during the weekend with a claimed scored of 42. While this probably sums up my frustration, there is a lot...