Amateur Radio Wonderland
Getting “stuff” from ham suppliers has been spotty the last 12 months. Things that you could simply order and have delivered a few days later are in short supply. I’m not talking about radios, but ordinary commodity items, like antenna tuners, coax and power supplies. In February, I was still assembling my station and decided […]
I recently re-established my station after a 20 year hiatus. When I was first licensed over 27 years ago, confirming contacts was exclusively a paper game. Even though I’ve been QRT for quite a while, I’ve haven’t been completely out of touch with Ham Radio. I knew about LoTW, eQSL, QRZ.com and the likes, but […]
If anyone tells you “Don’t even try X meters. That band is dead!” get on the radio and prove them wrong. I check the band conditions daily. Today it said that 15m propagation would be poor. Well they didn’t tell that to the ether because I’ve been making DX contacts on 15m at will. Propagation […]
Is it just me or are there no active Amateur Radio Operators in Mississippi? After a 20+ year hiatus, I recently became active on HF. Since November 30th, 2019, I’ve logged over 1100 contacts and have confirmed contacts in 49 of the 50 United States. The lone hold out is MS. It’s not simply unconfirmed […]