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The view from my other spot along the lake I had the day off work today and it was another amazing day up this way for fall so I headed ...

I just can't believe the weather we are getting for it being half way through October. The temperature today was 22C with clear skies ...

Setting up  This is the first (but not last) year I participated in this contest, I have Larry W2LJ to thank as his blog posts regarding...

The setup in the car The CHA P loop  On Saturday wife and I had some errands to do in the town we used to live in, it's about an...

Starting out on my cool walk CHA P-Loop antenna I had the day off work today and it looked very nice outside, the sky was clear and ...

Learning a QRP lesson I took advantage of another portable mobile QRP day again on Saturday. Once again using my Elecraft KX3, mono band...

Hunting for that one contact In Canada it's the Thanksgiving long weekend and I thought I would add Friday as a vacation day to make...

View from the portable op's position.  It was another amazing day weather wise up this way and with winter soon coming I wanted to h...

The park setup With the fall fast approaching which signals colder weather that is just around the corner and with that an end to outdoo...

Well here we are once again trying to get the portable ham radio setup going. My first attempt was to place one of my mono band whips on my ...

The test setup  I was out today once again with my portable operations but this time there was no on air time it was time to test and de...

The setup by the Lake  This past weekend the weather was great and the propagation seemed to be fair. So that meant it was time to t...

The bike all loaded up I had Friday off and it was a beautiful sunny day so it was time to take my KX3 out on the trail...

Now that I have some potential operating areas scouted out (with more to come as I do some more exploring) it’s time to look at what to...

April has arrived with not showers but a snow storm! We have had snow falling and accumulating all day today and it's forecast to snow m...

The QRP setup I had a great part time effort in the CQ WW CW contest, I was not concerned with score or putting in a major amount to tim...

The KX3 being used in my lap. It's the Easter weekend and I normally get the Friday and Monday off work but this year I decided to a...

A happy looking KX3 I decided to take the KX3 out and about on my day off Friday, it was an overcast day so I thought it wise to do m...

Tracer Battery kit In a recent post I told the blog world about the failure of my KX3 portable power source. It was an external battery ...

The setup in the car It was a great day today even though they called for rain  it was just overcast and very nice cool temps in around ...