DitWit Portable Radio

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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

  • Packin’ Light

    I carry allot of gear.  My mind plans in depth, a trait I developed in the Marines, to account for every possible circumstance then lay in reasonable contingencies for each.  My thoughts swirl with, “If this happens, I’ll do that… Continue reading

    Packin’ Light

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 240816 @ US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site

    Not a bad day in the park.  I’m trying to maintain my two-activations per week tempo, so any chance for a Friday feels like a bonus.  I had work meetings scheduled into the afternoon but by 0800, they started to… Continue reading

    240816 @ US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site

  • 280810 Hometown Rove

    I’ve found myself taking for granted the collection of close parks at home. Looking at the dots on the POTA map, I daydream about Air BnBs and clusters of dots in exotic lands like….. Arkansas. I think about the East… Continue reading

    280810 Hometown Rove

  • 240720@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

    Whew, what a great day for radio. The birds were chirping, the bees were buzzing, and the thermometer stayed  under a hundred.  I had some things to take care of yesterday after work, namely sleep, so I was on fire… Continue reading

    240720@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge