Talk about being hooked, I feel like a fish just yanked out of the sea. For the past several months, I have been involved in self made operating events, commonly known in the ham world as POTA, or Parks on the Air. I’ve mentioned this now for the past few months. There have been a…
Author: James Frank
The ‘CW Corner’ by James – KW5CW (June Edition)
This year has been special for me with CW for two reasons. First and foremost, now that Covid seems to be behind us with the country finally opening up again, and second, the continuous presence of on-line CW operations using the ‘Parks on the Air’ as the medium. With ‘Parks on the Air’, I…
The ‘CW Corner’ by James – KW5CW (May 2021 Edition)
The Airwaves have been pretty busy lately, especially on CW. This is the time of year that activities using all modes of operation begin to rise with increased activity due to freedoms that all Americans are now witnessing thanks to the Coronavirus vaccine. But for CW operations, operating Amateur Radio has been…
Station of the Month – N5LDO – March 2021
Our March Station of Month is an update from Glen Davis (N5LDO). Glen recently moved his ICOM 7100 from his house out to his shed and is now running 100% off of battery. With this new set up, Glen is using a new 6bvt vertical and a diamond 2m antenna. He also added a Heil…
Ricky Jessen – January 2021 Station of the Month
Our January Station of Month belongs to Ricky Jessen (KG5FDT). Ricky primarily focuses on the HF bands and is currently focused on FT8. He uses a Yaesu FT991a which is an all-mode radio allowing him to do both HF and 2m/70cm all with one radio. With this set up Ricky uses an MFJ G5RV Jr….
Station of the Month – NG5E – November 2020
Our November Station of Month belongs to Dave O’ Neal (NG5E). Dave primarily focuses on the HF bands using an ICOM 7300 and Ameritron ALS-1306 1.2 kw 160-6m amplifier that he uses to work ft8, ft4, PSK31, RTTY, and CW. While he uses many different modes and bands, his favorite mode to operate is CW….
CW CORNER – Speed vs. Proficiency
I call him my CW mentor, and I was happy to have my friend Kurt Zoglmann (Picture shown above) give us a presentation at our November Club meeting on Satellite Communications. Yes, it was nothing to do with CW but he simply gave that presentation to us because I asked him if he would speak…
Station of the Month – KW5CW – October 2020
Our October Station of the Month belongs to James Frank (KW5CW) and is outfitted with a Kenwood TS590SG for low bands and an all mode ICOM IC-7100 as well as an Anytone AT868UV and Kenwood TH-K20 handy talkies. In addition to these, James also keeps his vintage transceivers, a Drake TR7 s/n 678 along with…
CW Corner – Interesting TidBits from Kurt – AD0WE Including Satellite Communications
My good friend Kurt – AD0WE has updated his QRZ page and also his personal website located at https://www.morsecode.ninja. For the past 3-4 years now, I have alerted the club of his activities because of his positive influence on me within this hobby and he has been kind enough to contribute a few articles to…
Toys for Tots Collection 2020
Collection Times During November meeting on 11/17 During Christmas Party 12/15 (last opportunity) What if I’m unable to bring a gift to a meeting? You can donate in person any time between the above dates by contacting Angel (N5APJ) You can ship your gift Please verify your gift will arrive by December 15th Send your…