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Thoughts on ARRL, ARES, ad nauseam

Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 I just found out that the state ARRL Section Manager resigned after his state emergency coordinator resigned. Steve Morgan, WA4NHO, has served several terms as SM, and for whatever reason opted […]

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Shack excavation begins …

Monday, July 18, 2022 This afternoon, my son and I finally got down to business in my original shack and made a significant dent in the start to clean it out and move it upstairs. […]

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No joy this station Field Day 2022 …

Sunday night, June 27, 2022 My 2022 Field Day plans — which were pretty much messed up by the late delivery from DX Engineering — went more haywire than anticipated on Saturday. For starters, my […]

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New/old rig back on the desk …

Saturday, June 18, 2022 With Field Day just a week away, I’ve decided to pull out an old favorite rig and make it my main rig for Field Day operation — an Icom IC-756PROII. Its […]

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God Save the DX … and all that rot …

Sunday, June 5, 2022 It’s been an interesting weekend radio-wise. I decided to go upstairs to Studio C earlier than usual (which means before 8-8:30 p.m.). I tuned across the higher bands — 10, 15 […]