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  • The best table at Bonham SP

    I found a cool morning at US-2991 Bonham State Park.  Not cool-neato, but cool-brrr.  It was high 50’s when I  arrived at 08:00 and dropped four or five degrees while I was there.  The activation was a breeze, pun intended.… Continue reading

    The best table at Bonham SP

  • 241109 @ Eisenhower State Park, QRP

    Something about CW outside just really recharges my battery.  Maybe it’s being outside after my first week of going back in to the gulag – err – office.  Maybe it the sunshine after several days of overcast and misty days. … Continue reading

    241109 @ Eisenhower State Park, QRP

  • 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

  • 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.