Not so long ago I was lucky to spend a great weekend with my friends camping in Michigan. We explored the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and surrounding areas in the Lower Peninsula. Of course, being a field radio enthusiast… Continue Reading
This year’s most significant highlight in my radio adventures was getting into field communications. I supported Parks on the Air (and occasionally Summits on the Air) as a hunter/chaser since my first time on the HF bands – however, early… Continue Reading
Last weekend I enjoyed a very successful test of my new fiberglass telescoping mast from SOTAbeams (and not so successful deployment of the antenna). The issue was promptly resolved the same day, and I decided to return back to the… Continue Reading
My today’s field radio adventure (I went to activate three parks in the Parks on the Air program) reminded me that not all the time everything goes as planned, and once you’re outdoors – you have little to no external… Continue Reading
Today marks exactly one year since I made my first logged contact on high frequency amateur radio bands, or simply HF. During this first year, I made a total of 955 contacts. I worked on all bands that are available… Continue Reading
Amidst of the solar storm that rendered the already challenging band conditions almost miserable, I decided to take it easy and postpone any major multi-park activation plans. Instead, it was a good time to try a different antenna setup that… Continue Reading