Musings

August 23, 2025

2025 POTA Week!

My annual POTA week is near and I’m excited! Not completely planned out but that’s how I like it, I’m an improvisor – what I call hip shoots. Western Texas and eastern Arkansas! I’ll bring my FT-891 and a few… Continue reading

April 5, 2025

Liberation Day

I saw the surgeon yesterday and he cleared me to do anything that doesn’t hurt. For those of you “not in the know”, I broke a leg several weeks ago – just a small fracture of the tibia – and… Continue reading

January 13, 2025

Radio Jedi

I used to shoot a little pistol competition and once saw a sticker on a gun box that said revolver shooters are the Jedi of action pistol competition. It made me chuckle and still does. Is a revolver easier to… Continue reading

December 15, 2024

Spread The Word!

I’ve watched a ton of YouTube videos while learning CW. Most every night, I fire up my Kindle or phone and copy along to someone else’s POTA activation. There’s several CW operators filming and posting their POTA activations to YouTube… Continue reading

December 13, 2024

POTA The Destroyer

I happened across a live stream by Walt, Coastal Waves & Wire posing the topic of what POTA will mean to the solar minimum. The talked slipped into is POTA a contest and should it be allowed on the non-contesting… Continue reading

October 15, 2024

What if that was me?

The news from North Carolina has caused me to think and consider things a little differently. I don’t really focus on the news. I’ve just gathered little bits and tits from various sources that combine to paint part of a… Continue reading

October 7, 2024

Hurricane Helene – Big Boost for Ham Radio … at my house.

First, I live nowhere near North Carolina. I have not participated in or contributed to any relief for those poor folks. However, my wife and Commander in Chief has read about the devastation and aftermath. She has chanced across some… Continue reading