DitWit Portable Radio

Amateur Radio

  • 241029 Another Oklahoma Raid

    DitWit adventures continue!  Inspired by “just going somewhere”, I found a cabin at McGee Creek State Park near Atoka, Oklahoma.  The cabins, huts they call them, were rustic – table, bunk bed, no indoor plumbing – but they came with… Continue reading

    241029 Another Oklahoma Raid

  • 241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park

    Vacation – a whole week!!  Looking at the calendar at the beginning of the year, I know I’ll want – need – some outside time in decent weather.  Meaning fall.  So I blocked out the first week of fiscal November… Continue reading

    241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park

  • 241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

    Hagerman didn’t disappoint.  But I did.  I made it all the way to the fishing area, opened the back hatch to unload and discovered some idiot forgot to grab a battery on the way out of the door this morning.… Continue reading

    241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

  • 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

    What if that was me?

  • 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

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

  • 241005@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park and GCARC Fall Campout

    Well, I just stepped into a steaming file of horse apples of my own making.  I write these things, these blog posts, in Windows OneNote.  Everything I’ve written to date is in my OneNote, including the two hours I’ve written… Continue reading

    241005@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park and GCARC Fall Campout

  • 240927@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

    A friend and Elmer Mark, AA2MA, picked up an IC-706Mk2G for me from the Huntsville Hamfest.  He found me a good deal and arranged all of the mailing.  Here’s the backstory. I wanted an all mode, all band radio. I… Continue reading

    240927@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

  • 240921 The Great Oklahoma Raid

    I woke Saturday morning with the urge to make a quick raid across the Red River to steal some parks – unexplored territory and parks I’ve never activated.  A recovering Oklahoman himself, there’s no better guide and interpreter than W5DRT,… Continue reading

    240921 The Great Oklahoma Raid

  • 240905 Queen Wilhelmina Rove

    I like to Rove.  I like the challenge and I like the sense of accomplishment.  I feel like a “real” portable operator – all the planning, the packing and unpacking, the setting up and tearing down, the making solid contacts… Continue reading

    240905 Queen Wilhelmina Rove

  • Unlicensed Preppers

    “Just get the ham equipment so you have it.  You don’t need a license to use it in an emergency.” Hmmm.  I regularly read this on the Facebook feed for “Radio Preppers”.  Gil Grusen founded and administers the feed where… Continue reading

    Unlicensed Preppers