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…
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2024-03-13 John Portune W6NBC – Open-Wire Transmission Line
Hybrid Meeting on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET Unavailable due to technical difficulties … Unfortunately, John Portune W6NBC, was unable to give his presentation as scheduled due…
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…
2024-02-14 February Meeting is Cancelled
NO Meeting on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details Because our February 2024 meeting falls on Valentine’s day, the executive decided to cancel it. But we…
2024-01-27 Winter Field Day
Details Winter Field Day is a communications exercise. WFD is held on the last full weekend in January. WFD can be worked from the comfort of your home or in…
2024-01-27 Weird Stuff – Ya want fries with that QRM?
[Wayne Stacey VE3QO shares some of his “Sixty Years of Weird Stuff in Radio”.] In the early 1960’s, when gas cost a mere 35 cents per gallon, many teenagers in…
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…
2024-01-10 Rod VE3RXN – My WSPR Experiments
Zoom-only Meeting! on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET Meeting details Join Rod VE3RXN as he describes his QRP WSPR experiments. How low could I go? As a…
2024-01-05 Operation High Tower
[Harrie VE3HYS found a video showing the installation of the original tower and buildings at Camp Fortune, where the VE2CRA repeaters live.] We all know that height is your best…
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…