Category: ve3ffk

What has happened? Here it is, half past summer already. Where did it go? Since my last report, at least two happenings happened – Field Day and Canada Day, which…

Club examiner’s report … First, my year-end examiner report from June 1, 2023 to May 31 2024: Some of those who failed an exam subsequently re-wrote and passed. Two candidates…

Project plethora … It has been a busy month (again). Since homebrew night: Not much of all this had me sitting in front of a radio. Strangely, that’s OK. As…

That crazy antenna (a follow up to homebrew knight) At one point in the process of getting VE3RHQ up and running we were looking at omnidirectional antennas for satellite work.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…