Working the world on 100 watts and a wire again! It doesn't have to be complicated. Went out to US 1684 to activate today because someone on our local Discord needed it to complete Hunting Connecticut as one of the parks they needed. A little background on the park: it's at about 50 feet above sea level and in a bowl with 400-foot
Remote operation and a unexpected QSO with Thailand I've always been able to operate remotely, even with the 857. I was able to operate FT8 and other digital modes without issue. When I got my IC-7300, I thought to myself, "A whole new world of remote operation has finally opened up to me."
Japan... The long way. When it comes to making an amateur radio contact, there are generally two ways the signal can bounce off the ionosphere: the long path and the short path. I was tuning around the 40-meter band recently and heard a few stations working an operator in Japan. With my antenna,
The least expensive IC-7300 ever? So there I was browsing discord looking through the swap meet, the IC-7300 was always a that would be nice to have more so than a need. The FT857-D did everything I needed and let's face it still does. There it was like a beacon in
It's official I'm extra... The FCC says so! I guess you could say I went all in on amateur radio, I got my Tech in February, my General in March and my Extra earlier this month. I did all of my exam prep through Ham Radio Prep their video lessons go over the content but highlight the correct
