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POTA

Some Weekday Hunting and Antenna Schemes

My poor ten month old daughter is home under the weather today.  It’s nothing too serious but I knew her teachers would send her home and a day with the baby is still a good day even if she’s feeling a bit puny. While she was napping after lunch,  I managed to work eleven POTA […]

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Gear Kits

SOTABeams LaserBeam-Dual DSP Filter and Boxa-Dual Enclosure

An inexpensive, lightweight, and effective solution to the FT-818 filter problem.

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Gear Kits

A QMX Build in Pictures

Hans Summers’s QRP Labs transceivers are incredible pieces of equipment. I’ve built several and below details my build of his newest offering: the QMX for 20 through 10 meters. I won’t reiterate all the details of the radio which you can find on his website. Instead, I’ll offer all the photos and limited commentary of […]

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The Shack

QRP Mobile: a Shark HamStick installation

Moving has a way of causing you to revisit the recesses of your house. As I was digging around in the closet in my shack, I discovered an abandoned project. Last hamfest I went to, I acquired a mobile antenna mount and some Shark HamSticks for 20, 30, 40 and 80. I thought: rather than […]

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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. […]