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  • FISTS Fall Sunday Sprint

    I don’t really work contests much, but I’m a long-time FISTS club member, and I noticed that the Fall Sunday Sprint was this weekend. It’s the last one of 2024, and there’s a note that if participation doesn’t increase through 2024, then future sprints will be cancelled effective 1 January 2025. So I decided to […]

  • RIP cheapqsls.com

    I can’t count the number of QSL cards I’ve sent, and received, that came from this business. They’ve long been a staple of the Amateur Radio community. The owners, being in their mid-70s, had already wound down to taking only reorders from prior customers (with updates if necessary), but it looks like now an equipment […]

  • 2023 Updates

    It’s been a while since I’ve had radio on my mind, given the way the last couple of years have gone. But I’m in a new QTH, getting ready to get set up for radio and projects again. I’m back up on 2 meters and 73 centers with lightly portable operation from the front porch […]

  • Projects On The Table

    And I do mean quite literally on the table. They’re stacked up and waiting for when I can find some time to do them and write up a post about the interesting ones. Some of the things I’m going to be working on include: An IC-271A 2-meter all mode transceiver repair and alignment. Fixing a […]