Childish assholes – local 2m net
Tonight, as I monitored a local 2m net, the net control decided to bring up the subject of electric vehicles. One of the participants became agitated. He began spouting off …
Fall 2022 Update
I took another hiatus from ham radio but fired things up again recently. I keep spending money on equipment that I don’t use. I’m trying to muster up the interest …
ham radio as an ’emergency’ service
(I started drafting this in 2020 and must have forgotten about it… but another Reddit post yesterday made me think of this again) I keep seeing this question over and …
Ten Meters picking up
The other afternoon, the 20th of May, I was monitoring the FT8 frequency on 10m when I saw some activity on the scope somewhat below, around 28.050Mhz. I dialed down, …
bit of a hiatus
I have not been very active lately. Between work and work I’ve had little time for radio. I’m a little sad that I’m not doing any CW contacts, that’s really …
FT8 Hate
There are a lot of “new” things in ham radio since I was last active on the air in the late 1990s. There are a lot more digital modes and …
Station Update (late notification)
Back in mid-December, I found myself searching Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for ‘ham radio’ items. I don’t know what I was looking for, nothing specifically. Maybe a CW key or …
KF0BVG signing off, N8OVU signing on.
In late December, I decided to apply for my late father’s old callsign “N8OVU”. It finally came through at the end of January. I’m happy to dumb KF0BVG, I wasn’t …
Ziegu G90 and Digital modes
When I left ham radio in the late 90s, I was playing with Packet radio on 2 meters. It was all the rage at the moment. Actually, it wasn’t a …
Baofeng = Hot Garbage
I wish I had done even a little research before pulling the trigger on my purchase of not one but three inexpensive Baofeng dual band handheld transceivers. I mean, I …