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Posts about my HAM journey, life, and other randomness
I’m making contacts now!!
In my last post, I explained how I was frustrated with my lack of success making HF phone contacts and moved to digital. I thought that digital would be easy to hook up to make sure my equipment worked, and I was wrong. It took me a while, but I finally figured out...
First week in HF… all digital!
After waiting 15 days, my new G90 finally delivered. I've been using it for a week, and what an interesting week it has been. I have a lot to write about. I've had lots of successes, and a few failures, and I've learned a lot in just a week. I'll have to break it down...
Getting into HF
I've wanted to get into HF since the day I got my license. I wanted to take my time, learn a few things, and not make a hasty decision. I've been looking more seriously at HF radios for a couple of months now. I was hoping to put my hands on a couple of radio's and...
First Hamfest
I went to my first hamfest this weekend, which was the Stone Mountain Hamfest, that advertises itself as being the largest hamfest in Georgia. Carrying the moniker of "largest in Georgia" may have built the event up in my mind to be something bigger than it really...
Hams in the wild
This weekend, my son's Trail Life troop was camping at Chattahoochee Bend State Park. Since the focus was going to be bike riding, and I don't have a bike, I decided to bring my kayaks, and my ham radio. I was going to do some fishing while they were riding, and work...
I’m making contacts now!!
In my last post, I explained how I was frustrated with my lack of success making HF phone contacts and moved to digital. I thought that digital would be easy to hook up to make sure my equipment worked, and I was wrong. It took me a while, but I finally figured out...
First week in HF… all digital!
After waiting 15 days, my new G90 finally delivered. I've been using it for a week, and what an interesting week it has been. I have a lot to write about. I've had lots of successes, and a few failures, and I've learned a lot in just a week. I'll have to break it down...