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I recently picked up the domain blogs.radio, and I’ve begun reviving the original purpose of the site.

A recent project I started on, was upgrading/replacing my DMR hotspot.

I know this is a few months late, but I wanted to put something up of my adventures at Hamvention 2025!

I activated Alum Creek State Park (US-1933) via “Parks on the Air” (aka: POTA), on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 for International Women’s Day and the “YL POTA Party” advertised by the Young Ladies Radio League (aka: YLRL).

I recently signed up for Bluesky, with the username @k8vsy.radio.

On Saturday, April 13, 2024 the amateur radio clubs from The Ohio State University (W8LT) and The University of Cincinnati (W8YX) held a joint Parks on the Air (POTA) activation at Cowan Lake State Park in Ohio.

I recently bought a new Raspberry Pi 5 (RPi5) and I’ve been looking for something to do with my Raspberry Pi v3.

For various reasons, sometimes I like to do remote operation (FT8) of my base station that I have set up at home.

I activated my first park for “Parks on the Air” (aka: POTA) on Saturday, September 9th, 2023 in the morning.

Two years ago I bought a cheap DMR hotspot on Amazon for about $100.

Occasionally I’ve been on Telegram in a few ham radio chats and wanted to lookup a call sign via QRZ.com.

One of the things I’ve been craving for my ham radio station/toolkit is the ability to operate portably on HF.

What is a ham to do when they have an antenna that is too close to the ground?