The Olympics of Amateur Radio – WRTC 2022

The World Radio Team Championship (WRTC) 2022 (postponed to 2023, due to COVID) will be held for 24 hours on the second full weekend in July from Bologna, Italy. This

[Read More…]

Field Day 2020 Surprises

To say we live in interesting times would be an understatement. However, to have participated in Field Day 2020 underscores amateur radio’s ability to adapt to conditions, while building and

[Read More…]

What does ARES say about Volcanoes?!

I’ve been following the recent news in Hawaii, and through contesting I know a few folks in the southern part of the Big Island. I, and a few local Amateurs

[Read More…]

A Holiday Poem

(Authors unknown. From our shack to yours, Happy Holidays.) A HOLIDAY POEM ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shack The rig was turned off and the mike

[Read More…]

A Runners Perspective, 2017 Wharf-to-Wharf Pedestrian Mobile

Yep, I did it again! Huffing and puffing on a 2-meter hand-held over the 6-mile course, this year I was once again pedestrian mobile for the 45th running of the

[Read More…]