Had a great Sunday casually knocking out a couple of big points in the Centennial QSO party. Thanks to Kay Craigie (N3KN) for the 300 points and thanks to Mike Corey (KI1U) for the 50 points. All while using my portable ground mounted ATAS120 antenna with 15 radials and 100W. I haven’t made much of […]
Having spent about 24 operating days running HF mobile, I can say that it’s definitely something that I enjoy. In that short amount of time, I’ve worked nine different countries (Brazil, Cuba, France, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, and the US), and made 43 contacts. All on the FT-897D and 100w. After a failure […]
On the way back from Arizona, I made a stop at the NRAO – Very Large Array. The sheer size of this place is amazing. Built on an ancient lake bed. This was a self-guided tour around the administrative buildings and a short drive down to “the barn” where they perform routine maintenance on the […]
That I could have worked some HF from the Titan II Missile Silo. While on vacation near Phoenix, my buddy and I stopped in to visit. Of course he insisted on driving. Had I known this was available, I would’ve grabbed my FT-897 out of the car and brought it with. Next time. “Communications of […]
Since getting the ATAS120A installed earlier last week, I made my first mobile DX contact Easter weekend. While demonstrating ham radio to the family, I was able to have a nice QSO with CT7AEQ/Ted in Portugal. A nice 59 report from the FT-897D and ATAS120A combo running 100w from my parent’s driveway in Iowa. The […]