KA5TXN
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240325@US-2991 Bonham State Park
Bonham State Park is a small gem of Texas state parks. It’s small, as state parks go, but beautiful and friendly. The ranger at the entry point was sure to remind me that park access is free to veterans and… Continue reading
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240325@US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
Not the most beautiful Monday for radio. Overcast, drizzly, and in the 50’s, it was the kind of day where my recliner has much more influence than it should. Overdue for some POTA-therapy I was going – lazy or not.… Continue reading
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Learning CW – Drills and Practice
There’s a load of tools online for learning Morse Code – some are helpful and some are not. I’ve challenged and improved my copy with the tools below. Interesting to me, the code translator does two things I value. It… Continue reading
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240317 @ Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
A beautiful afternoon in the park on Sunday – and to make it even better, I had a buddy join, NZ5K, Mike Mitchell. Our radio goals couldn’t be more different. I’ve always approached my activations from the “solo” perspective. It’s… Continue reading
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240316 @ K-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
The Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge is my “home” park and this activation was my 57th, there. It’s beautiful, but in a wetlands kinda way and through my POTA eye, it’s accessible (no gate), has decent antenna trees, is seldom crowded,… Continue reading
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CW – First beeps
I’m a CW novice and accept I will be for some time…. I’ve read articles and sat on the edge of conversations about QRP operating and the magic properties and performance of CW mode. 5 watts, 1 watt, milliwatts –… Continue reading
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240309 @ Tuskahoma, OK
It’s not uncommon for my wife to poke her head in my office on a Wednesday afternoon and ask, “Do you have plans for this weekend?” My standard reply is, “POTA”. Hopefully she follows that with, “Wanna go somewhere?” I… Continue reading
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240301 @ K-3005 Eisenhower State Park
K-3005 Eisenhower State Park While admiring my POTA stats page, I noticed I was 70 QSOs short of 10K. Well, that’s close enough to do something about this weekend. My phone and I, anticipating spring-ish weather, immediately sought reservations for… Continue reading
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An introduction
I find radio more of a journey than a destination – we step off towards what we want to accomplish and pick up “experience” (code word for trial and error) along the way. I’ve found there aren’t any real turn-key… Continue reading
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