Contesting and networking … I stuck my toe in the Commonwealth Contest, AKA BERU, (from the days when it was called the British Empire Radio Union contest, who says we…
Author: Mike VE3FFK
2024-02-20 mk’s Word – Is It Spring Yet?
Skating on thin ice … I’m writing this just after spending time on the expressway known as the ARRL CW DX contest, and looking forward to QSYing to the pot…
2024-01-16 mk’s Word – Snow Fun, Is it?
What to do in the dead of winter January, and real winter has arrived, just in time for Winter Field Day and the Canadian Ski Marathon. At this point, it…
2023-12-17 mk’s Word – Power to the People
Portable power purchase I recently bought a power station, not the one at Fitzroy, or Darlington, but a battery packaged with an inverter and DC-DC converter. It’s called the Ecoflow…
2023-11-17 mk’s Word – November Noise
Tricks of the trade? I’ve started to wonder, in a way I haven’s since I was about ten, what does everybody else know that I don’t. For example, something everybody…
2023-10-16 mk’s Word – Racks of RAC’s Records
Get moving … I’ve been spending a lot more time than my usual day a week at RAC these days. As some of you know, it was decided that after…
2023-09-16 mk’s Word – Radio Activity Returns
Fun times Unlike last time, there seems to be lots going on again. First, with RAC HQ being in the same city as our newly minted director, Craig, VE3OP/VE3KKU is…
2023-08-18 mk’s Word – August Angst Abounds
The lament Where did summer go? It’s half past August already, even though Field Day was only a week or so ago, or so it seems. There hasn’t been much…
2023-07-18 mk’s Word – Field Day Finale
Yet more about Field Day I’ve been looking through the field day logs to see what I can learn. It was obviously more productive than recent years, with more QSOs…
2023-06-15 mk’s Word – Summer solstice approaches
Exam-in-nation Exams have quieted down after the rather hectic pace I reported at the end of last month, but there is still another one on the calendar for next week.…