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Author Archives: Tim
Parks On the Air
Finally. I’ve been wanting to do this for a few years. It has finally happened. In fact it has happened twice now. I’ve been gathering the equipment and creating the packs, testing and watching a lot of activation videos. K4SWL’s … Continue reading
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Parks Portable
I’ve been riding the bike around the neighborhood lately. I’ve also been packing up supplies for portable operation. The idea has been to make sure I am ready to go to get back out this summer and operate portable from … Continue reading
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Simple Update
Can you guess what mode I prefer to use. All keys are straight keys or wired as Sideswipers. Tim
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New Antennas Added
I realized the other day that an update is overdue. The desk now has a TS-590s and TT Eagle with a few various keys. The Czech key is still my favorite. There is now an interface box for feed lines … Continue reading
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Hamfest Time
I intended to publish this before Huntsville. Oh well. Comments are added after the hamfest. Hamfests are a lot of fun. It is great to look at a lot of the items that people bring to sell. It is sometimes … Continue reading
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March 2016 SKCC WES
We are having unusually pleasant weather for March in Minnesota, 66f. Took a short bike ride up to Rivers Edge park at the north end of the block I live on. Made seven contacts for SKCC WES this afternoon with … Continue reading
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Outdoor-Indoor Operating
I have been on vacation this week. Yesterday I was reminiscing about operating outdoors this last summer. That was one activity that I just did not get enough of this last summer. I read the blog posts of W1PID and … Continue reading
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Bike Rides and Amateur Radio
I’ve almost always owned a QRP radio over the years, but never one that could truly be called trail friendly. During the winter after looking at the KX3 I decided to purchase YouKits HB-1B radio. It is a four band, … Continue reading
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CW Demonstration at a Hamfest
The last couple years I missed the Brainerd, Minnesota hamfest. They changed the date a few years ago so I finally caught up. At a previous hamfest I met a couple hams promoting the Brainerd hamfest and asked them if … Continue reading
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Remote Radio Operation
As I have mentioned in pasts entries I can not operate from my RF noisy apartment. I do now have an IC-703+ set up and monitoring 28.05 MHz, 52.525 MHz and 50.081 MHz with the idea that I might participate … Continue reading
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