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Rain, 91% humidity, and the best Field Day I’ve ever had at K-8414 – 2023 ARRL Field Day
Introduction There was a significant amount of training and practice that went into preparing for 2023 ARRL Field Day. I have to say that I have never read more about antennas, propagation theory, and ideal antenna locations that before this Field Day. I had 3 antennas to choose from: Chameleon MPAS 2 with SS-17 attachment…
Updates since ARRL Field Day 2022
Where have I been? The issue with Windows 11 really put me out of commission as far as my Larkbox Pro, VNC, and Xiegu G90 setup. Simply put: Windows 11 updates makes using TightVNC hell. Every update makes TightVNC not work. So you have to Uninstall and then Reinstall every time. Also, my wife and…
Highway to Hell – ARRL Field Day 2022
INTRODUCTION I’m sorry I haven’t been posting as often as normal. I started a new job and it along with other obligations have eaten up a lot of my time. Unfortunately, no more weekday Winlink Wednesday. I’ve spent the last several weeks preparing for ARRL Field Day as well as this new job. I’m still…
Back in Black. Harold Parker with G90 – 5/18/2022
Introduction So I’m back! Back in black! Where have I been? Almost a month ago, I tried to charge up my Xiegu X5105 5W Transceiver and made a terrible mistake after. I turned it on while sitting on top of the switching Power supply. This killed the radio. I tested it out at Harold Parker…
Winlink Wednesday, CHA Skyloop 2, and testing for NEQP
I just wanted to do a quick post. On May 7 and 8, 2022; the New England QSO Party will take place. I have special affinity for this contest as it was the first I ever participated. However, I will only be able participate on the first day, May 7th. May 8th is Mother’s Day.…
A return to Wachusett Mountain (K4368 & W1/CR-001)
Introduction I tried to activate Breakheart Reservation two weeks ago but unfortunately it was a massive failure. Apparently my Larkbox Pro decided to do updates at the absolute worst time. It made the Larkbox inert. I had marched an mile out and then quickly had to march at a clip. I got home and hooked…
Winlink Wednesday and FT4 at Breakheart Reservation 3/23/2022
Recap I wanted to give a quick recap of what’s been going on since the last post. I was at Harold Parker last Friday. I started out being able to easily send out my Winlink Wednesday emails to the Virginia and North Texas Winlink Wednesday Nets. I spent maybe an hour on VarAC with the…
Harold Parker, FT4, Vara HF, Winlink Wednesday and some VarAC
Introduction I know it has been a while since I have done a POTA activation let alone at Harold Parker. Especially, since I have been there every week for a month. I’m not going to sugar coat it. A lot of that is due to a beef I have with Rory’s replacement as POTA Regional…
Winlink Wednesday Success, X5105 and RIP FT-891
RIP FT-891 Last week, I was at Harold Parker Forest trying another attempt to try a Winlink Wednesday Check-In. It was very windy and I blew it off. Oh, man. That was a mistake. I had everything setup and was about to try to get Winlink Express up when disaster struck. A hard wind hit…
Winlink Wednesday debacle but at least my CHA UGS and VNC worked
All I wanted was to connect to a single Vara HF gateway I must have jinxed myself by write the email to the Winlink Wednesday net control station the night before. I figured that since I was able to connect to a gateway on Monday. I should be good to go. That’s when the Winlink…
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