I recently purchased a new watch. I needed a utility watch that is affordable and wanted the ability to easily display local time and UTC. In my research I came across Casio’s Waveceptor WV200A. (originally released in 2012). These watches have a built in receiver that synchs to WWV for accurate timekeeping. It’s pretty slick.… Read More »
One aspect of this hobby that I enjoy is antenna design and experimentation. I’ve written before about my plan to build and off-center fed dipole (OCFD) which I may build in the future. However, I am currently looking at a different antenna design to replace my current G5RV when I finish cutting down trees on… Read More »
(At least for a while) This weekend is the ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) and I will take this opportunity to get on the air one last time before having to take down the G5RV to work on a fencing project. The G5RV is strung between two tall trees on the East side of our… Read More »
Now to get proficient using the code! I recently finished building the QRP Labs QCX for 40 meters. This was a fun build! I didn’t run into any surprises once I read the instructions which are very well done. The only real challenge was winding the toroids (not pictured above). I actually would one too… Read More »