KH8WW just wrapped up operations in American Samoa. FW1P is active from Wallis and Futuna Islands, mostly on FT-8. Watch for ZC4OL from UK Sovereign Bases in Cyprus until Oct 2. Micronesia, V61GSE, will be active with 100 watts from Oct 1 to 7. Juan Fernandez Island will be on the air all of October,
Notes On Portable Operation Equipment It’s a good idea to have portable equipment that can be quickly pressed into service in case of an emergency, and it’s fun to have it ready for field day, vacations, and POTA. Herewith a couple of notes from my much less than universal and admittedly biased experience. Many of
A DXer, Freda McBates, Set sail from United States. To a rock, quite obscure, Where the pile-ups were sure, And logged thousands with warm “88s!”
Whimsy appears at the end of the article. The POTA Saga Continues You meet the nicest people at ham club. And sometimes you pick up useful and interesting information. For example, Ted pointed out that national historic trails count as parks, and that the Parks On The Air (POTA) map marker pins are often not
At the club meeting, I ran out of those little tubes of blue connector dressing. Since we are not meeting for a while, I don’t have an easy way to distribute more of them quickly. But my call, W7DB, is good on QRZ.com, and if you are in Layton and want to pick one up
Joe Giraudo – N7JEH I enjoy puttering in my shop. I am also a cheapskate. With the onset of the 2026 wildland fire season, Rock Mountain Power announced that planned preventative power outages could be anticipated during high wind conditions to reduce power line induced wildland fires. This got me to think about what are
What have you been doing that the club might want to know about? Send a Word document, preferably with pictures, to d****n(at)tutanota(dot)com. Got a great POTA setup? Just worked Antarctica on 80? Putting up a new antenna? Got a new toy? Let’s let the club hear about it.
Denton’s Corner Whimsy is at the end of the article. Fun With Ferrites At one of our meetings, Joe pointed out that coaxial cable really has three conductors: the inner conductor, the inner surface of the shield, and the outer surface of the shield. This can lead to problems with unwanted currents as the coax
