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  • 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
  • 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
  • Summer Field Day Preps

    Summer field day is neigh! (Note: The image for this post is what AI thinks of radio field day) ARRL Field Day is when amateur radio clubs come out to play and I have a great club.  As I’ve stated… Continue reading

    Summer Field Day Preps
  • Laptop Woes

    I’m back – mostly. My laptop deserted me and it’s taken a few days to put things back together. As a “getting back to the blog” event, I’ll share my blunders and leave it to you to pick the lessons… Continue reading

    Laptop Woes
  • US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site

    I love my Ham Club, the Grayson County Amateur Radio Club K5GCC, but I’m not much of a meeting guy. The meetings are fantastic, well organized, informative, and the people are great to be around, but the monthly meeting runs… Continue reading

    US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
  • IC-706MK IIG

    Mike – Tips, tricks, and what I learned about your rig are below. The rest of you can move along… unless you have and IC-706. Auto Repeater pg 32 and 53This is a function that sets repeater shift automatically. You… Continue reading

  • 240518-20 Weekend POTA

    Note: The image for this post is from the word Press AI. You just click a button, and it whips up an image based on the content of the post. I have no idea what those antennas are and I… Continue reading

    240518-20 Weekend POTA
  • 240511@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park

    Every app and webpage I frequent said the bands would be noisy and closed and they were not wrong.  But I went anyway. A slow day in the park beats any day at work, right?  Turns out, HF bands weren’t… Continue reading

    240511@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park
  • 20240510@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park

    A beautiful Friday, sunny and about 80 – there won’t be many more like this and I’m glad I got out to a park.  I tried Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge but found it under water from the recent rains.  Really… Continue reading

    20240510@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park
  • Embrace diversity! 

    We have this common draw, this shared fascination, a compulsion for some, that is amateur radio. In this world of instantly accessible and freely shared information, it’s so natural to burrow into a path of complete focus, hyper-focus.  Ever notice… Continue reading

    Embrace diversity!