Yeah, it's been a while since I've written...again. There's just a ton going on, and not much of it is blog-worthy. Not that this is, either, but... I like to write. ;) I guess the "biggest" thing would be that we've purchased all the equipment we… more »

It's been quite a while since I've written here. Mainly we've just been busy doing a ton of new things, and I haven't had much time to write. That, and to be honest, most of the things we've been doing aren't overly appropriate for discussion on a pub… more »

So yesterday, at our club's local hamfest, I took and passed the exam for Extra class, and my wife took and passed her General class exam too. So now once we get our HF antenna setup, we can both operate worldwide on the HF bands. Also, I don't thi… more »

We've got our radio and power supply. We have our 80-10m (and possibly 6m) antenna, and a 2m/70cm antenna to boot (and a mount for it). We have a roof tripod and a 10' mast with a 5' extension if we need it. Actually we have two roof tripods thanks to… more »

Ok, so, I went from 1-2 posts a day (or most days) to almost nothing, and with it went, I feel, my writing skills. I've got to get back to it!We've been fairly busy of late. With our various food-related hobbies, bicycling, Ham radio, and my gaming… more »

So after having been licensed for only about 2 weeks - and only on the air a little under a week - we headed off to our club's Field Day event. This is a yearly event for ham radio operators where you setup "in the field" using alternate power (generato… more »