Happy Holidays

I have not been active on the bands lately. I hope to fix all of that after the start of the new year.

Until then have a safe and happy holiday season. Best wishes to you and your's.

72 and talk to you soon!

Steve

Happy Thanksgiving

Best wishes to you and yours. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Steve

November PBMME

I will not be able to operate in the Polar Bear event today. My Marine Corps turned 234 years old on November 10th and we are celebrating tonight. The birthday ball is a time honored tradition amongst Marines and is ALWAYS a good time!

So while I toast one (or more) to the Marine Corps tonight, I will make sure to sneak one in for all of you guys out on the ice shelf. Best of luck and 72!

Steve

Hurricane Ida Postmortem

All is well in Baker, FL. We had minimal wind and maximum rain! No damage to report. Hope to be QRP/p soon. Will keep you updated. 72!

Steve

Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida is due to hit some time tonight. My house is in the area of the Northeast quadrant of the storm. I don't believe that it will be too bad but never the less.

I will have my Sierra setup in the garage. I have a 40M dipole in the attic for this specific purpose. She does not run much power and the antenna is not the greatest but it is something.

I do not have a 2M rig in the house so in the event that power/phones go out I will be using that setup as my communication means. Please consider monitoring 7.040+/- because this is where I will be in the event of any emergency communication needs.

Best of luck and see you when the dust settles.

Steve

AC/DC THIS FRIDAY!!!

I'm headed to Jacksonville, FL this Friday to see my all time favorite band, AC/DC. Will catch up with you when I get back.


Steve

Snakes, Family & Ham Radio

Quick update with interesting pictures from the river this past Sunday. With the PA QSO Party going it was no suprise that all of my contacts were from PA. The following stations are listed in my log book. All contacts were made on 20m CW.

KC3M - PA QSOP
KA3BMV - PA QSOP
K3QIA - PA QSOP
N3BNA - PA QSOP

K3CHR - John from Philadelphia & fellow QRPer. John was using a FT-817. It sounded good John and keep up the good work!





Conditions were good. The PA stations were like shooting fish in a barrel!

Ann, Tyler & Sand Castle



On the way home from the river we ran into a very ornery fellow. When we pulled up he wouldn't look at us. When I asked him how he was doing he gave me a "come any closer and you're dead" look. So I gave him plenty of space.





He was an Eastern Diamondback. He was about 3' long (small) and had aproximately 4 rattles. I have mentioned before on this blog how much I like snakes. My opinon hasn't changed.

Hope you enjoy and 72!

Steve