I’m fortunate enough to belong to a club that is willing to lend out spare gear to those of us who are a bit underfunded. […]
Category: Amateur Radio
Starting the new year with some new gear!
The last few weeks have almost been like a second Christmas for me. I’ve picked up a bunch of new radio gear and I’m now […]
Packet: Using Outpost Packet Message Manager with a PK-88 TNC
Ever since I got back into packet radio, I’ve been looking for a suitable software application that would work with my PK-88 and Windows 7. […]
My First Broadband Hamnet Mesh Node – VE1XT-N01
I’ve always hated the wait between the time I order something on eBay and when it is received. I’m quite impatient. None-the-less, today I received […]
Arial Flyby of K3LR
The K3LR contesting station is an amazing place! If only we all the means to create such and awesome station!
New callsign
As of about noon local time (Atlantic) I have been assigned a new callsign from Industry Canada. The new call is VE1XT. Being a computer […]
AEA PK-88 Packet Controller Manual
The manual for the PK-88 is a great help when trying to figure the thing out, but the problem is that I have yet to […]
A “Go Bag” for my Baofeng UV-5RA HT
Since my purchase of a Baofeng UV-5RA a few months back, I have acquired more than a few accessories to go with it. It was […]
The antennas are up!
It took longer than expected to finish my “Saturday evening project” but none the less the mast is up and so are the antennas. As […]
A Saturday evening project
Now that I have set up all my VHF, UHF, and Packet gear, I’ve come to realize that I need to make a better effort […]
Packet is up and running!
I am now up, running, and active on VHF packet! A week or so ago, I managed to get my antenna mounted and my radio […]
VHF Packet Racket
Packet radio has been something I have always wanted to get in to. When I first got licensed, back in the late 90s, we had […]
The value of a good soldering iron (or gun)
For years I have been using a basic pen style soldering iron from Radio Shack (bought it back when we had those here in Canada). […]
Getting excited for spring weather!
With the spring fast approaching, I am finally getting excited. This means that I will finally be able to put up my old 80m inverted […]
Looking into a new project
Since I have recently rekindled my interest in the amateur radio hobby I’ve been mulling over a few ideas I have for a new web […]
How to build a 2m antenna from a coffee can!
I love watching KG0ZZ’s (Dave Tadlock) antenna videos (he covers other topics as well). He comes up with some pretty neat concoctions. Here are a couple […]
My Ham Shack
My ham shack is nothing to brag about but it’s my little piece of the house where I can come and spend some me time. […]
What is Amateur (Ham) Radio?
I was thinking about writing a lengthy article detailing all the ins and outs of the amateur radio hobby, fortunately I stumbled upon this […]