I set up on the backyard patio table. The antenna was the PAR END FEDZ held aloft by my 31 foot Jackite pole. I made 14 FOBB QSOs, 1 POTA QS...

This is a personal "rant" and all my own humble and probably misguided opinion, but I'm going to commit it to print, anyway. I...

Gene N5GW is always competitive and nearly always show up in the top 5 or 10 of these QRP operating events. He posted a suggestion on QRP-L ...

The other evening, Bill W2AOF and Ron N2LCZ and I got together via Zoom to submit the Field Day score for NJ2SP (the deadline for entries is...

Just a gentle reminder, FOBB is next Sunday, so if you're thinking of operating portable as a Bee, the time to sign up for a number is g...

  53 years! Where did the time go? Buzz Aldrin is the only crew member left. The flight jacket he wore during the mission is up for auction ...

 I went to the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club Hamfest this morning. I was debating internally about it as the hamfest is about an hour dri...

 My view for the week. Not hard to take, eh? The way this year has gone so far, it's good to be up here again. For a week at least, worr...

Found this photo on the Interweb (my XYL jokingly calls it that). For you newbies who get confused by solar weather index numbers ..... and ...

 "Show up!" That's the theme and that's the bonus. Show up, operate and submit a log and you automatically get 100 Bonus P...

  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R...

There was time today to head down to the basement shack and put the MFJ-1982LP antenna on the bench. This is the antenna that failed for me ...

 As seen on the Flying Pigs ARCI e-mail reflector: The 2022 Summer Homebrew Sprint is just around the corner!  2000Z to 2300Z July 10th Bonu...

 Wow! I guessed something right for a change! I went down to the shack at just a little after 9:00 PM and fired up the KX3.  I tuned around ...

the 2022 Summer QRP Fox Hunt season started last Thursday. For all the particulars, you can visit  https://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ for the rule...

 Next Monday we celebrate Independence Day here in the US of A - our nation's birthday. So, beginning on July 1st and running through th...

While I understand the mindset of those who really consider Field Day to be an uber-contest and go whole hog........ as I get older, I see t...

 Another Field Day has come and gone. This year was not without its surprises, but as Clint Eastwood said as Gunnery Sargent Thomas Highway ...

 ... you tend to forget how much fun it is. 2022 has not been my best year. As I've told the tale here before, I injured my hand at work...

I haven't been on much, or have been posting much lately. I won't bore you with details, but a lot has been focusing my attention aw...