6:45 am ( Read more... )

ARRL Field Day was this past weekend and I had a lovely time. I operated with my friends from the NoVA QRP club in Virginia using the club call WA4MM. My neighbor kindly gave me a ride to and from the event. On the drive over, I munched on a sausage & egg muffin and then armed myself with sunscreen. Before I knew it, we had arrived! ( Read more... )

Since I wasn't up for a rigorous 24-hour Field Day operation this year, I joined a QRP (low power) operation in Virginia. We were running 4A, which means we had 4 stations on the air ( Read more... )

The weekend was warm and breezy here in MDC (Maryland-DC). I spent the days at the W3AO Field Day site, where I trained and operated using CW, RTTY, and PSK. I'm one step closer to becoming a CW contest op.( Read more... )

November is going to be an exciting month. I'll get my free time back, there are two big CW contests (ARRL Sweepstakes and CQWW), and the results from Field Day will be released. We are on the list for having submitted our log:

KV3B - W3EXP (GOTA) - Montgomery Amateur Radio Club - 2 transmitters - class A - MDC (Maryland/DC)I can't wait for Field ( Read more... )

This will be my last Field Day reflection post for this year. I'll leave with some interesting tidbits that I picked up through the weekend ( Read more... )

Besides operating radios, we had a lot of other fun adventures at Field Day. There were slingshots, fishing reels, rainstorms, and wonderful cookies ( Read more... )

1:00 am. Field Day carries on ( Read more... )

I was going to write one big post about Field Day - and I did write up a draft that was online for all of half an hour - but I think it will be more fun to split up the eventful moments of this past weekend into shorter entries over the next few days. That way I won't be spamming everyone's friend list pages with one or two very long-winded ( Read more... )

ARRL Field Day!
When: June 28-29, 2008 (this weekend!)
Where: Find a local location
What: Amateur Radio Operators from all over the USA go out to the fields, set up stations, and share ham radio with the community. It's a time to come see what amateur radio looks like, what it is all about, and experience it firsthand. You can even take you ( Read more... )