This weekend presents the perfect opportunity for the hard core CW op. This weekend is the CQ WW DX Contest - SSB portion. And to boot, th...

for 2008-2009is fast approaching! We will be doing 20 and 40 Meter hunts again this year beginning the week AFTER Election Day. Normally, a...

Tonight is the Run For the Bacon, which is the monthly QRP Sprint sponsored by the Flying Pigs. It will run for two hours from 9:00 to 11:0...

I just received my latest issue of "The Keynote", the journal of the FISTS organization and saw that my current subscription expir...

I would be somewhat remiss, if I did not mention the passing of a well known Central New Jersey Ham. I was paging through a recent copy of ...

Sorry that I haven't been postng much, lately. Work has been a bear and I have been way too exhausted in the evenings to play much radi...

For those QRP contesters out there, these events may interest you: German Telegraphy Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 3, 0700z to 0959z Rul...

We invite all ops to come help the North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) celebrate its Fourth Anniversary. How? By working our special event st...

I was born in 1957, the year of Sputink. Throughout my kidhood and right through adulthood, I have been and remain fascinated with anything...

It's my own fault, I guess. I should have used more common sense; and not have relied on "good faith" or the honesty of other...

To the right is my QRP "Station in a Box", that I keep in the car for portable QRP ops. The case is an aluminum one that I got fro...

I hate to rant on and on about this; but the lack of courtesy reared its ugly head again this past week. In fact, it was Wednesday night du...

It looked like a promising day for the annual QRP Afield event, which is sponsored by the New England QRP Club. The weather was great, being...

In the 7 years since 9/11/01, there have been no terrorist attacks on our Homeland. Thank you so very much to the following: Our brave men a...

Lest We Forget

The rainfall total from Tropical Storm Hanna, in my little corner of South Plainfield, was 4.5 inches. No winds above 30 MPH - so no broken ...

40 Meters was wall to wall NA QSO Party QSOs; so I ventured down to 80 Meters, not knowing what to expect with the atmospheric conditions ro...

'hit you on your way out the door, Hanna! Good bye and good riddance! Hanna is beginning to leave our environs. A bit more rain is exp...

As of 6:35 PM EDT, the center of Hanna is over the DelMarVa peninsula. Heavy rain bands are falling over New Jersey; and as you can see, mo...

It has rained approximately 2 inches in the last 3 hours. More heavy bands of rain are expected until Hanna clears out sometime between 11:...