Hello ???

I'm still here. This winter has been miserable. We have been bombarded with freezing weather this year in Florida. This, needless to say has kept me from outdoor ham radio activities.

I've got an upcoming move to North Carolina in June. I will do my best to get out and go portable before the move. I want to operate from the beach before I go. Of course a full report will follow. Will keep you updated.

Steve

Rusty

I decided that today was the day to get my gear back on the air. I have not been on HF in over 2 months. I found my Sierra and hooked it up to my doublet here at the house. After a few minutes of fumbling around with the coax and tuner I got everything setup.

I figured that 20m was the place to go to start scrubbing the rust off of my CW decoder (brain). I was not disappointed. Plenty of activity to go around. One problem though. The rust is caked on pretty thick right now. I'm running as fast as I can to keep up and I'm being left in the dust!

No worries though. I've got all the gear up and running, and I'll get all this rust cleaned up in no time. Looking forward to a QSO with you soon. 72!

Steve

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