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Operate Outside POTA Sending and Receiving

23z/00z Double Activation at a Two-Fer: Butterfield State Trail and True Grit State Trail US-9161/10715

Home at Last to POTA / SOTA Paradise Not everyone has a two-fer trail formed by the state highway at the end of their driveway. Moreover, there’s another POTA site a five-eighths-of-a-mile behind my house along a gravel road (which I’ve yet to activate) plus the Ouachita National Forest (US-4424) which I can see from […]

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Operating Challenges Sending and Receiving

On Instant Recognition,  Head Copy, and Ragchewing

Starting in mid January, I’ve made a concerted effort to be on the radio more.  Concerted effort makes it sound as if there’s some struggle involved where there isn’t any. As it turns out, all I needed was an amenable setup, a consistent time that I’d be available to get on the air, and a change […]

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Operating Challenges Sending and Receiving

Operating Challenge: W1AW Certificate of Code Proficiency

Yesterday, I was doing some reading and came across an article in QST that caught my interest. The ARRL publishes the names of people who have received their Certificate of Code Proficiency periodically in the club magazine. As I read, I recognized the callsign of one of my fellow Long Island CW clubmates, KN4ZMA, Sean. […]