It’s Here. I’m going to call it: spring has finally hit in NE Ohio. What does that mean? Honestly, it means being outside at the parks and not having my fingers freeze as I work CW or get my stuff set up. It also brings along with it some surprise rain showers. The truth still…
Getting Out To Support The Parks One of my favorite things in amateur radio is obviously getting out to the parks and participating in POTA as an activator. It’s also pretty clear that I really love hanging out at Cuyahoga Valley National Park – US-0020. There’s really not much better on a Saturday than to…
Amazing Weather! The entire weekend was about picture perfect. The sun was out. There was a nice breeze. It was warm but not hot. We did have a little work to do with some plumbing on Saturday, but it got done and that made time for Other Things. And you know that means POTA! Too….
What Are We Doing? This blog exists for me to catalog sucesses and failures. The other thing it does is provide me with a place to put things so that I can get to them no matter where I am assuming – an internet connection. The topic for today is a refresher on my setup…
That Didn’t Take Long I have been using West Branch – US-1999 as my go-to park this winter. This is in part because there is a seldom-used shelter available and the park is quite empty this time of year. I’ve gone on at length about how much I enjoy the solitude at the park. It’s…
Vacation Time! The kids hit Spring Break for the last week of March and I took the week off to hang out with them. Of course, that means a little bit of camping because as a family that’s what we do. This time around, my wife, daughter, rottie, and I were the attendees for the…
The Weather Isn’t Why I Live Here That’s not an entirely true statement. I’ve lived in places where the weather was far, far worse but there is something about having a bright, sunny, gorgeous looking day (as seen through the window of a house) and walking out into high 30s / low 40s temperatures. Not…
Activation Report Last weekend wasn’t great for being out and activating, so it’s going to be a quick post today. On Friday, 08-Mar-2024 I took the day off and got a little time to head out to West Branch SP – K-1999 for an activation. The weather was outstanding. Sunny, in the 50s, and only…
Freeze Your Acorns Off Each year, my local club hosts a QRP event at Fred Fuller Park in Kent, Ohio. It was the first event the club ever held and they’ve kept that tradition alive. Part of it is wearing Hawaiian shirts to thumb our collective noses at Mother Nature during an outdoor operating event…
More PDFs In My Filesystem One of the fun things about POTA is watching the stats trickle in. I’m not out there trying to hit specific numbers most of the time, but I do like to see those big donut graphs close in on themselves. But the one that did kind of grate on me…